McKENZIE —  McKenzie Special School Board of Education meets Tuesday, August 2, 5:30 p.m. at the Board of Education office, 114 Bell Avenue, McKenzie. more

McKENZIE — The Rotary Club of McKenzie is hosting a Monster Dash 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run to benefit the McKenzie/Carroll County United Neighbors.  more

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

HUNTINGDON (March 17) — W. Kent Jones arrived at work Friday thinking he had five appointments with clients on that day. Instead, those fictitious appointments were a decoy to assure Jones attended his own surprise birthday party. 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 — The annual Boo Bash returns to downtown McKenzie after a two-year interruption because of the COVID-19 pandemic. more

McKENZIE (February 8) — The naming of the school’s football stadium in honor of Coach Wade Comer was postponed by the McKenzie Special School District Board of Education in the February 8 meeting. 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 (January 18) — The contract of Dr. Jonathan Kee, director of schools, was extended by unanimous vote by the Huntingdon Special School District Board of Education on January 18. Dr. Kee’s contract now extends to June 30, 2025, after the one-year extension. more

The Family Community and Education (FCE) January meeting was held at the Carroll County Complex and there were nine members attending. more

JACKSON (February 7) — Southwest Tennessee Development District announces Jill Holland as its Local Government and Special Projects Coordinator. more

JACKSON — Linda Rizzuto, president of Jackson Area Business and Professional Women, has announced the winners of Sterling Awards 2023: 20 Most Influential Women in West Tennessee, the Outstanding Woman Military Veteran and the Sue Shelton White Award. more

McKENZIE — Bethel University’s 2023 nursing class achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the NCLEX exam for nursing licensure. The 14 students in the class graduated May 6, 2023, … 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

Daniel Simon lost 34 pounds in the McKenzie TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Club. more

The Carroll County Family Community and Education (FCE) Council meeting was held on January 16 in the conference room of the County Complex with 12 members present. more

McKENZIE (March 7) — During the Tuesday evening meeting of the McKenzie Special School District Board of Education board members agreed to add cross country to McKenzie High School’s slate of athletic programs. Faculty member Beth Mathis will serve as the coach. more

Michael Schaffer, a student at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie, received a Skill Point Certificate in the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) 5-Axis Milling Programmer program during the 2023 SkillsUSA Championships. The CNC 5-Axis Milling Programmer is a cutting machine that is moved in five different directions and monitored by a numerical computer control rather than by hand. more

ATWOOD (September 7) — The West Carroll Special School District school board approved a $10 million budget for the 2024 fiscal year at their meeting Thursday, Sept. 7. This budget includes a 6.25 percent salary increase for all employees of the district. more