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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.
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8/9/22
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The McKenzie Special School District Board of Education met Tuesday, August 2 in a regular meeting following the first day back to school.
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By Lyndsey Summers
lsummers@mckenziebanner.com | 8/9/22 |
McKENZIE — Repaving a portion of South Main Street in McKenzie was completed Monday. The section is from Block City Pizza to U.S. 79.
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8/9/22
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McKenzie, Huntingdon and West Carroll will be involved in football jamboree action this Friday night, August 12
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8/9/22
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With the August 18 deadline only a week away, more candidates have qualified for the November 8 Local Municipal Election.
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8/9/22
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McKenzie (August 7) — Reverend Rob Harris told his congregation he would preach from the rooftop if the attendance on Easter Sunday reached 300. It did and he did.
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8/9/22
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Carroll County has a new General Sessions judge. Michael King defeated Larry Logan for the seat. Logan has served 41 years and is the longest-serving General Sessions judge in the state.
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8/9/22
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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.
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8/9/22
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CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. (August 8, 2022) - With the August 18 deadline only a week away, more candidates have qualified for the November 8 Local Municipal Election.To qualify, candidates must obtain a …
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8/9/22
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This week, I wanted to look at the 1961 Banner archives just to see what was going on in our town compared to the excitement taking place on a global scale.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 8/9/22 |
My basketball career began in that large space where our living room ran into the dining room. I “shaped” a coat hanger into a goal and hung it on the facing above the opening between the two rooms. I bounced a tennis ball off the floor, feinted left, deftly moved around Wilt Chamberlain and banked a right-handed hook shot off the “backboard” and through the coat hanger for the winning basket.
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8/9/22
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ELECTION RETURNS AUGUST 4, 2022
CARROLL COUNTY TENNESSEE
Number of Precincts Counted so far. FINAL VOTE , 15 of 15 precincts
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8/4/22
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ELECTION RETURNS AUGUST 4, 2022
CARROLL COUNTY TENNESSEE
Number of Precincts Counted so far.
The totals from each of the precincts are brought to the Carroll County Election Commission to be counted.
The totals will be updated on Thursday evening as those are available to the media.
The General Election includes:
Circuit Court Judge, District 24, Part 1: …
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8/4/22
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HUNTINGDON (August 8) — The purchase of new voting machines is on the August 8 agenda of the Carroll County Commission. The estimated cost of new machines for every precinct is $250,000. The machines are not expected to be ready for the November 2022 elections in Carroll County.
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8/2/22
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HUNTINGDON (July 28) — Carroll County Electric Department customers are opening their monthly statements to electric bills that are on average 21 percent higher than the same period last year. That was the information coming from the monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the CCED on Thursday, July 28.
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8/2/22
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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.
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By Jim Potts
jpotts@mckenziebanner.com | 8/2/22 |
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.
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8/2/22
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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.
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8/2/22
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Average gasoline prices in Tennessee have fallen 16.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.75/g on August 1, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,821 stations in Tennessee.
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8/2/22
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COVID-19 numbers are on the rise once again. The week of July 17-23, Tennessee averaged 2,888 positive cases out of 6,182 tests per day. Seven cases per day resulted in hospitalization, and 13 resulted in death.
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8/2/22
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