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May 13, 2025
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McKenzie Chamber Treats Teachers with Lunch
May 13, 2025
McKENZIE — McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and McKenzie Industrial Board honored the work and dedication of teachers of the McKenzie Special School District by providing lunch during Teacher Appreciation Week.
Disaster Response Exercises Held Throughout Tennessee
May 13, 2025
NASHVILLE (May 7) — The Tennessee Military Department, in conjunction with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and more than 30 other partnering agencies, is conducting a disaster response exercise throughout Tennessee, May 12-18. Named “Vigilant Guard 2025,” the exercise gives participants the opportunity to activate and employ their response plans to improve mission command, relationships, and interoperability among federal, state, and local agencies.
County Republicans Select Executive Committee
May 13, 2025
HUNTINGDON (March 25) — The Carroll County Republican Party convened on March 25 to select its leadership team.
Calendar 5-13-25
May 13, 2025
Whole Hog BBQ on Saturday McKenzie VFW Post 4939 is hosting a Whole Hog BBQ on Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 10 a.m. until sold out. Located at 9750 Cherrywood Road, McKenzie, Tenn. Includes: BBQ, bun, slaw, potato salad, and beans (while supplies last). Pricing: Sandwich $8, Plate $12, 1 Pound $15.
We Are All Running Out Of Time
May 13, 2025
I try my darndest to write a graduation story every May. For a myriad of reasons. Most all of them revolve around the high school seniors who are marching into the auditorium, gym, football stadium, etc. one last time to the stick-in-your-head-forever-if-you-are-not-careful sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance.”
Recipes 5-13-25
May 13, 2025
Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies 1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs 1/2 cup all purpose flour 2 teaspoon baking powder 1 (14 oz.) can condensed milk 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 1/3 cup flaked coconut
The Face of Addiction
May 13, 2025
PEOPLE WITH AN ADDICTION ARE some of the kindest, meanest, most truthful, most deceitful, gentlest, cruelest, quietest, loudest, hardest working, laziest, most giving, most selfish, most loving, most heartless, most caring, most uncaring, most humble, most prideful people on the planet, which simply means they are the extreme versions of ourselves because we all can have any and all of those traits at any given time.
Carroll County General Sessions
May 13, 2025
HUNTINGDON (MAY 7) — The following cases were heard in Carroll County General Sessions Court on May 7.
McKenzie Police Reports
May 13, 2025
Driving on a Suspended License — Derontra Antonio Byrd, 26, Cherry Avenue, McKenzie, was charged with Driving on a Suspended License, Violation of Financial Responsibility, and Expired Registration on May 11.
McKenzie Teachers, Staff Honored During Second Annual Appreciation Banquet
May 13, 2025
McKENZIE (May 5)—Teachers and staff members of McKenzie Special School District were honored for their service during the second annual appreciation dinner held at the Tennessee National Guard Armory in McKenzie. Mallard’s Restaurant catered the meal, and many area businesses provided financial support and gifts for the celebration.
McCadams Named McKenzie City Judge
May 13, 2025
McKENZIE (May 8) — On Thursday, during the monthly meeting of the McKenzie City Council, former District Attorney General, Hansel McCadams was named City Judge.
Huntingdon Police Reports
May 13, 2025
Drug Violation According to a report by Officer Malachi Arline on April 23, he observed a gray Chrysler 300 speeding in a 30-mph zone on Buena Vista Road.
Marriage Licenses
May 13, 2025
Reagan Renee Cunningham, 21, of Buena Vista, to Skylar Braeden Castleman, 22, of Buena Vista.
Property Transfers
May 13, 2025
Adam U. Reed to Vance and Tammy Ward.
Carroll County Sheriff’s Report
May 13, 2025
Possession of Sch II — According to a report filed by Deputy Sean Bongiovanni on May 5, he conducted a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Silverado for having a faulty passenger-side brake light.
More Than Three Million Tennesseans Now Have REAL ID
May 13, 2025
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, TDOSHS, announced that more than 3 million Tennesseans have obtained a REAL ID ahead of the federal implementation date, May 7, 2025.
McKenzie Woman Recovering From Traffic Accident
May 13, 2025
McKENZIE (May 7) — A McKenzie woman is recovering after a two-vehicle accident on State Route 22 on the afternoon of May 7.
Drug Task Force Special Agent Seriously Injured in On-Duty Accident
May 13, 2025
ATWOOD (May 7) — The West Tennessee Drug Task Force Board of Directors, Director and Chaplains is asking for prayers for one of their own.
Carroll County Drug Roundup Leads to Indictments, Arrests
May 13, 2025
CARROLL COUNTY – A year-long undercover joint operation targeting illicit drug sales throughout Carroll County has resulted in more than a dozen indictments and arrests.
