TREZEVANT – The Trezevant City Board met in their regular monthly session Tuesday, August 9 with an active agenda. The meeting got underway at 6:30 p.m. with a prayer and a roll call vote of board members present. more

ATWOOD (August 11) — The 2022-23 school year is off to a good start, said the three school site administrators. more

McKENZIE — Bethel University welcomes back its on-campus student population for the fall 2022 semester with classes beginning Aug. 22. more

Wedding Punch 2 quarts orange juice 1 cup lemon juice (real lemon) 1-2 cups sugar 1 quart pineapple juice 2 quarts water 2 quarts ginger ale more

Thursday, August 18, The Fajita Bros. will perform in downtown McKenzie as the bi-weekly Nights on Broadway continues in downtown McKenzie. more

HUNTINGDON — This year’s slimmed-down Carroll County Fair features a nightly carnival with Belle City Amusements. more

Huntingdon has hosted several bicycle road races and triathlons in past years but this year they are hosting the 2022 Tennessee State Individual and Team Time Trial Championship on Saturday, August 20. more

Average gasoline prices in Tennessee have fallen 16.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.58/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,821 stations in Tennessee. more

Two Carroll County 4-Hers showed out at the regional and state 4-H horse shows this summer. Alyvia Foster and Gracie Hix, both seniors at Hollow Rock Bruceton Central High School earned numerous awards in the senior division of the regional and state 4-H horse shows. more

Save the date: McKenzie’s annual Sweet Tea and Southern Pickin’s Festival is August 26 and 27.  more

A few of our vendors are on vacation, but we still have plenty of fresh produce. Shoppers were able to take home heirloom tomatoes, canning tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, okra, squash, zucchini, onion, cucumbers, peas, beans and honeydew melons. more

HUNTINGDON (August 6) — The stories of Governor Gordon Browning, Governor Alvin Hawkins, and aviator Lt. Jack Jenkins were portrayed by Robert “Gus” Radford, John Everett Williams, and Kent Jones on Saturday, August 6. The portrayals were part of the history of Huntingdon during its bicentennial celebration. more

The McKenzie Special School District Board of Education met Tuesday, August 2 in a regular meeting following the first day back to school.  more

McKenzie Special School District, Huntingdon Special School District and West Carroll Special School District all recorded increases in student enrollment as compared to last year. more

Ice Cream 6 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 can Eagle Brand Milk Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon vanilla Milk more

HUNTINGDON (July 26) — After some animated discussion regarding Mayor Dale Kelley’s recommendation of Angela DeMaris to become executive director of the Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center, the council voted 4-3 to approve her for the position. DeMaris was serving as Director of Operations but had also been unofficially doing the theater director’s duties as well after Lori Nolen resigned. The position was not filled immediately due to the COVID pandemic. more

NASHVILLE (July 27) — The Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) announced Dr. Jay Phipps, owner of four community pharmacy locations in McKenzie, Jackson, Huntingdon and Waverly, as the organization’s 2022-23 president. Dr. Phipps resides in McKenzie and is a Carroll County commissioner. more

Students from around the county start back to school Tuesday, August 2 after a two-month summer break. The first day of school is a half-day for students, from 8 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. more

McKENZIE (July 30) — The early bird gets the produce. McKenzie Farmers Market shoppers who arrived early bought their pick of cantaloupes, honeydew melons, squash, zucchini, onions, potatoes, cucumbers, peas, and green beans, and we had a tasty treat this week with the Milam’s heirloom tomatoes. They may look a little different, but the taste brings you back to the tomatoes many of us grew up with. more

McKenzie High’s Rebels played host to McNairy Central and Camden in a three-way scrimmage Friday afternoon, July 29. more