PARIS, Tenn. – Due to inclement weather, Henry County Medical Center has the following clinic closures for Monday, January 31, 2023: Eagle Creek Clinic – (731) 407-7013 Paris … more

PARIS (December 15) — After 43 years in law enforcement, Lieutenant Gary Vandiver has retired. Sheriff Josh Frey said, “It’s very much a loss for the sheriff’s office. His desire and expertise, especially in working in child abuse cases, is invaluable. But fortunately, he passed that knowledge on to so many others at the sheriff’s office. He’s leaving us in good hands.” more

McKENZIE (November 2022) — The Polar Bar! Ask anyone who resided in McKenzie in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and you will hear a favorite memory of the burger and ice cream shop. It was the hangout for high school students in the late 1950s and 60s before the chain restaurants and fast food restaurants. It was the place to get a whopper burger, fries, and ice cream and shakes.  more

Clarksburg welcomed a new business on Saturday, March 18, with the relocation and grand opening of Freedom Gunworks, LLC. Randy and Rachel Comeau have operated the business from their home for the past year. more

The City Board of Mayor and Council meets Thursday, September 14, with a lengthy agenda. Old Business: Discussion/Approval to approve on 2nd reading of Ordinance 555 to adopt the 2018 … more

McKENZIE (March 18) — Prompalooza was Saturday, March 18. 1 to 5 p.m. to offer girls’ and boys’ prom attire for free to high school students throughout Carroll County. more

McKENZIE — McKenzie Industrial Board and the McKenzie Chamber of Commerce, along with participating manufacturers in McKenzie, are celebrating Manufacturing Week. more

We now have honey! A lot of our customers have been asking for honey, and this past Saturday, we welcomed Camp Costello Farms from Hollow Rock. They brought their own delicious honey, complete with a honey dipper. In addition to being a wonderful natural sweetener, honey has many great medicinal qualities. more

McKENZIE — A team of 25 students from Bethel University’s Physician Assistant (PA) program, along with four Bethel employees, recently returned from a week-long medical mission trip in Belize. more

HUNTINGDON  (October 1) — Lorrie Morgan, a country music superstar, performed at The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center on Saturday, October 1, 7:30 p.m. to a sold-out audience. She kicked off the 17th season for The Dixie. more

On Saturday, January 21, 2023, the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce Inspire program met for its first session. Students were assigned to design and build a working Ferris wheel from wooden popsicle sticks. more

HUNTINGDON — The Dixie Performing Arts Center hosted its second-annual Designing Women Curated Market, which highlights female-owned businesses across the state of Tennessee, Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18. The Designing Women Curated Market was birthed from the influence of Dixie Carter in her female-empowered role in the popular television show “Designing Women.” more

Members of the McKenzie High School Class of 1983 gathered the weekend of August 25-26 for their first class reunion in 20 years. The class graduated 108 members 40 years ago. 38 classmates attended … more

Bethel University along with the Carroll County Government and the Town of Huntingdon agreed to enter into an education partnership. In this agreement, Bethel University will extend a reduced tuition rate to both governments’ employees enrolling in Bethel’s on-line degree programs. This would include undergraduate degrees, graduate criminal justice tuition, and graduate business tuition. Bethel is also extending the benefit of a waived application fee to the employees applying to any of these programs. more

RaeKar is a family-owned business based in Wayne County. more

NASHVILLE --- Tennessee’s 2023 Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 10 and all state residents and visitors of any age may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public … more

McKENZIE (September 8) — Congressman David Kustoff visited The McKenzie Banner along with other areas of Carroll County on Friday to talk about issues in Washington. more

McKenzie Elementary’s annual Walk to School day is Wednesday, October 6, 2022. Teachers and administrators will be in the front of the school at 7 to 7:45 a.m. on that morning. more

McKENZIE (March 7) — Twenty-five McKenzie High School students were allowed to tour the Cachengo facility at the former hospital building in McKenzie. The students were invited to the facility by Cachengo CEO, Ash Young. Members of the Young family and technicians of Cachengo explained the technology company’s mission of providing high-end data storage systems to meet global demands for Edge Computing, Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by replacing the over-use of single, large CPUs with several smaller ones, embedded in each drive to perform localized computing where the data actually sits. more

HUNTINGDON (September 9) — The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life fund-raising event was held Saturday after a three-year absence due to the COVID pandemic. The scaled-down event was a good start to reinvigorate the event that once raised significant funds for the eradication of cancer. more