ATWOOD (March 7) — West Carroll Special School District launched a new phone app and upgraded its website to better serve the stakeholder of the school system. Michelle Robinson, who headed the project, displayed the newly available phone app, that will provide a central point of communications for teachers, students and parents. Robinson said the app and upgraded website will consolidate communications for the school system. more

McKENZIE (March 11) — The much-anticipated sidewalk development in downtown McKenzie began on Monday as construction crews begin to tear out sidewalks and replace them with sidewalks that meet American with Disabilities Act. more

HUNTINGDON (March 7) — The Governor’s school voucher bill is moving in both houses and has a high probability of passage, said State Representative Brock Martin (R-Huntingdon). Martin was speaking at the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Forum on Friday at the Carroll County Civic Center. more

HUNTINGDON (March 5) — On Tuesday, the Town of Huntingdon in conjunction with Carroll County Chamber of Commerce along with other officials announced a new industry, INTOCAST AG, will locate its first U.S. operations in Tennessee. more

Precincts Reporting: 15 of 15 Race: President-GOP-Primary Ryan Binkley (GOP): 3 Chris Christie (GOP): 3 Ron DeSantis (GOP): 12 Nikki Haley (GOP): 225 Asa Hutchinson (GOP): 1  Vivek … more

McKENZIE — The concrete approaches for sidewalks along State Route 124 (Magnolia, Stonewall, and Cedar) were improved to meet the American with Disabilities Act. more

HUNTINGDON (February 28) — On Wednesday, the home of Andrew and Lindsey Barnett caught fire. Carroll County 911 received a call stating smoke was coming from the Browning Avenue residence. The family was not home at the time of the fire. more

BRUCETON — Robert (Bob) Taylor Keeton, Jr., born June 21, 1937 died February 24, 2024. more

Don Ridgeway died Saturday, March 2 after a brief illness. He was born on leap day, February 29, 1948. more

John Penn Ridgeway returns to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) at McKenzie, Paris, and remote campus at Dresden. This time, he returns as the president of TCAT-Henry/Carroll. more

McKENZIE (March 4) — Bethel University’s Board of Trustees has selected Perry Moulds, Ph.D., to serve as the university’s president, effective July 1, 2024. more

Goodbye friend, Charles Felts died suddenly on March 1. He was the picture of health for a 75-year-old man. He took great pride in everything he did. He was a valued associate of The McKenzie Banner. No task was too great. No task was too little. He was always eager to help. more

The Huntingdon Fillies punched their ticket to Murfreesboro to play in the State Tournament Class AA quarterfinals with two late-game victorious rallies. Wednesday night the Fillies defeated Cheatham County 67-60 for the Region 6-2AA title. After trailing the Lady Cubs for most of the game, Huntingdon pushed forward in the final minutes to win the region title. more

McKENZIE — Geneva Bledsoe had the best career and many precious memories of the many students she taught. She now moves slower but still enjoys a car ride with her daughter, Jennifer, who moved back home to live with her mom and is helping her celebrate 100 years of life. The official birthday was Tuesday, February 20, but the celebration continued as cards, e-mails, and flowers continued to arrive in celebration of Mrs. Bledsoe. The goal was 100 cards for her 100th birthday. Jennifer said the cards, letters, texts, and flowers keep coming. more

Voters in Carroll County and the remainder of Tennessee vote on Super Tuesday, March 5 in the Presidential Preference Primary. more

HUNTINGDON (February 21) — Huntingdon High School students will change their academic schedule next year as a new five-class school day goes into effect. more

HUNTINGDON (February 26) — A Monday afternoon shooting at Hillcourt Apartments in Huntingdon caused lockdowns at multiple locations in Carroll County. more

HUNTINGDON — The deadline to pay Carroll County property taxes is Thursday, February 29 - Leap Day. more

McKENZIE (February 15) — The industrial development boards of McKenzie and Huntingdon participated in a training session conducted at the RailYard in downtown McKenzie. more

TREZEVANT (February 13) — The Town of Trezevant has a new amphitheater, new playground and soon a newly named park. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled April 14 at 2 p.m. to celebrate the city’s accomplishments. more