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WEAKLEY COUNTY — A preliminary hearing originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 22, for two murder defendants in Weakley County General Sessions Court is rescheduled for Tuesday, December 20.
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11/29/22
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STUTTGART, Arkansas (November 26) — Huntingdon High School and Bethel University alumnus Seth Fields won the World Duck Calling Competition Saturday afternoon.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 11/29/22 |
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McKenzie Rebels, 14-0, punched their ticket to the championship game after a resounding defeat of Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering in the semi-final contest on Friday, November 25. After earning a two-point victory one week earlier against Fayetteville, the 34-0 victory over MASE seemed as a cake walk to the Rebels.
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By Joel Washburn
washburn@mckenziebanner.com | 11/29/22 |
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DRESDEN (November 29) — Area high school and college students now have a new opportuniity for global travel, thanks to a new, local non-profit organization, Global Citizen Adventure Corps …
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11/29/22
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McKENZIE — The National Weather Service in Memphis has upgraded its initial advisory of potential severe weather predicted to start late Tuesday afternoon, November 29 locally and throughout West Tennessee. They are predicting a moderate risk of very severe weather starting in the late afternoon and into the evening.
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11/29/22
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For the last couple weeks, the Banner staff has been hunkered down prepping for the upcoming football season. Each year we publish our gridiron guide along with a host of football programs for area schools. While it is a painstaking process, we take pride in what we do and feel honored to help the schools.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 11/29/22 |
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Today, McKenzie’s new mayor Ryan Griffin takes the oath of office for a four-year term. He has pledged to continue on the successes of retiring Mayor Jill Holland. Griffin plans to continue the city’s growth in new ways.
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By Joel Washburn
washburn@mckenziebanner.com | 11/29/22 |
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John Howell Ingram could outrun the wind. I saw him make a diving catch in deep left-center in that old baseball field across from the Pajama Factory that you would not believe! It was the best I ever saw.
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By Kesley Colbert
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11/29/22
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NASHVILLE , Tenn. (November 2022) – The Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability (TCAD) released its annual statewide data profile today featuring critical statistics on …
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11/29/22
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McKenzie Rebels football earns return trip to championship game in Chattanooga on Friday, December 2, 2 p.m CST.
McKenzie defeated Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering 34-0 in the …
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11/26/22
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November 22, 2022
The Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards will be presented to the top football players in nine classifications of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association on …
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11/23/22
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Holiday travel may be underway, but more people are canceling trips because of high gas prices. QuoteWizard by Lending Tree analysts found that fifty-one percent of Tennessee drivers canceled a trip in the last week due to high gas prices.
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11/22/22
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HUNTINGDON (November 17) — The health insurance coverage remains unchanged for employees and their dependents at the Carroll County Electric Department. The Board of Directors voted Thursday to continue coverage with Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Tennessee for the year 2023.
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By Joel Washburn
washburn@mckenziebanner.com | 11/22/22 |
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HUNTINGDON (November 14) — On Monday’s meeting of the Carroll County Commission, members of the Civic Center Board learned of the resignation of the center’s current manager, Ben Canovan, at the end of the year.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 11/22/22 |
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GLEASON (November 17) — Edgar Floyd was honored Thursday, November 17 for 37 years of teaching agriculture at Gleason School.
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11/22/22
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McKENZIE (November 20) — A rural McKenzie home was destroyed by fire on Sunday, November 20.
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11/22/22
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One Thanksgiving Leon decided he was going to shoot a turkey for the big meal. I’m not sure till this day why he took me along. I’d never seen a live turkey in my whole life. I sure couldn’t help him find one.
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By Jim Potts
jpotts@mckenziebanner.com | 11/22/22 |
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Growing up, it was not uncommon for my parents to go on a Sunday afternoon drive. I honestly think it was handed down through the generations. I know my grandparents did the same thing back in the day, and the Lord knows driving all the back roads with my granddaddy back in the day taught me how to get just about anywhere without hitting a major highway.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 11/22/22 |
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McKENZIE — Bethel University is hosting the annual Miss Bethel University Volunteer and the Miss Carroll County Volunteer pageant on November 19, at 6 p.m. in the Dickey Fine Arts Building on Bethel’s campus. This combined pageant acts as a preliminary for the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship pageant held each July in Jackson. Deadline for application is Tuesday, November 15.
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11/15/22
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HUNTINGDON (November 11) — Huntingdon High School held its annual Veterans Day program in the high school library because of audio issues in the gym.
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By Jim Potts
jpotts@mckenziebanner.com | 11/15/22 |