ATWOOD (August 3) — West Carroll Board of Education was busy with 24 policy changes, an emergency purchase of an air conditioner for the classroom, and learning the interworkings of creating a master schedule for students. more

McKenzie, Huntingdon, West Carroll and Clarksburg released the enrollment census of students for the first week of the 2023-24 school year. more

ATWOOD (August 3) — West Carroll Special School District is proactively addressing security issues at each of its three school sites in McLemoreville, Trezevant and Atwood. The Board voted to start the process to possibly make upgrades at each school. That action came during the August 3 meeting at the West Carroll Junior/Senior High School. more

McKENZIE (AUGUST 1) — New state laws affecting education necessitated numerous changes in local school board policy. During the August 1 meeting, the McKenzie Special School District Board of Education approved those changes, some of which included school safety, summer school, intruder drill policy, a public comment policy at meetings, and penalties for unruly spectators or coaches at sporting events. more

HUNTINGDON (August 2) — Four state inmates housed at the Carroll County Jail were recognized for completing a course of study to help them re-enter society. more

The McKenzie City Council meets this Thursday at 6 p.m. at City Hall with an agenda focused on international codes and the rezoning on the Forrest Avenue Mobile Home Park. The agenda has the following items: more

NASHVILLE (August 4) — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Tennessee Carp Harvest Incentive Program (TCHIP) has reached a milestone in June with 25,281,993 pounds of invasive carp removed from Kentucky, Barkley, Cheatham, Old Hickory, and Pickwick reservoirs. more

NASHVILLE (August 4) — There isn’t a better way to support your local farms and community than by shopping at a farmers market. Tennessee will highlight peak season during National Farmers Market Week August 6-12, 2023. more

The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced the following road closures and construction in the area for the second week in August. Some of these announcements are repeated as road is continuing. more

Henry County Patriots are hosting its annual football jamboree featuring eight teams on Friday, August 11. more

HUNTINGDON — Carroll County Office on Aging is hosting Senior Day at the Carroll County Fair on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at the Carroll County Civic Center in Huntingdon, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. more

HUNTINGDON — Pageants in four different age divisions from birth to age 3 are this Saturday at the Carroll County Fair inside the Carroll County Civic Center. more

SPRINGVILLE, Tenn. (August 4) — The Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) announced expanded days of operation for the Visitor Center, Monday – Saturday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.. The visitor center is located at 1371 Wildlife Drive in Springville, Tenn. more

2023-2024 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Tonya Brown, Principal, Zach Renfro, Asst. Principal; Beckie Smith, Guidance; Gale Edwards, Nurse; Amy Wilkes, Interventionist; Tracie Baker pre-K; Brandy Baumgardner, Pre-K. more

The Carroll County Fair is this week at the Carroll County Fairgrounds at the Carroll County Civic Center. more

The newest edition of the Experience LOCAL Magazine is online now! It will appear in print mid-August 2023. more

McKENZIE (August 5) — On Saturday, football teams from sixteen different middle schools clashed at Randy Thomas Field for the annual McKenzie Jamboree. Three Carroll County teams competed, including McKenzie, Huntingdon, and West Carroll Middle Schools. Each team played two twenty-minute quarters on one half of the football field, allowing double match-ups to occur simultaneously. more

Rainy conditions forced the pre-season scrimmage between McKenzie and Lexington to be moved to Bethel University. The two and half hour event proved many positives for the hometown Rebels. Stafford Roditis hit two field goals (35 and 36 yards) and Timmy Arline found the end zone from 14 and 6 yards out. Tate Surber passed to Stafford Roditis for a 29 yard score. more

The trouble with going back to school each August was….well, going back to school! It didn’t cause heart failure. It wasn’t a matter of life and death. And even Buddy and Robert Earl understood the necessity of the situation. But, still, it sure interrupted summer…. more

In the heart of the American South, a wrestling revolution was brewing that would forever etch its mark on sports entertainment history. The city of Memphis became a battleground for larger-than-life personalities, intense rivalries, and a wrestling legacy that would capture the hearts of generations. At the center of it all were two titans of the ring: Jerry “The King” Lawler and Jerry Jarrett. Their story, intertwined with the iconic Mid-South Coliseum and the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), stands as a testament to the power of passion, showmanship, and the enduring spirit of professional wrestling. more