Full Moon Picking Parties
June 25, 2024
HUNTINGDON (June 22) — Huntingdon hosted Scattered Grass, a bluegrass band on the first of two nights of Pickin’ Parties on the Huntingdon Court Square. The event was June 22 and the second event is July 20.
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McKenzie Softball 12U All-Stars Crowned Champions at Big Bang State Tournament
June 25, 2024
MARTIN (June 22) — The McKenzie Softball 12U All-Stars along with teams from Halls, Dyersburg, Martin, Obion County, and Henry County recently competed in the 2024 Big Bang State Rec Tournament held at the Martin Recreation Complex.
Dixie Carter Performing Arts Releases Performance Schedule
June 25, 2024
HUNTINGDON — The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center announced its 19th Season Lineup which includes Heart By Heart, Thompson Square, Bethel University Renaissance Theatre, Comedian Henry Cho, Christmas at the Dixie, Main Street Christmas, Mandy Barnett, Confederate Railroad, Endless Highway, The Aluminum Show, Anders Osborne, The Coalminers present Always Loretta, the Designing Women Curated Market, Chi-Town Transit Authority, Forever Motown, and Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats.
McKenzie Coach Pitch Team Claims All-Star State Title
June 25, 2024
MILAN (June 16) — The McKenzie 7-8 Coach Pitch All-Stars won the West Tennessee Coach Pitch Gold State Tournament in Milan over the weekend.
McKenzie Rotary Transitions to a New Year
June 25, 2024
McKENZIE (June 20) — Christy Williams, branch manager of Regions Bank in McKenzie, is the new president of the Rotary Club of McKenzie. Williams was installed by District 6760 Governor Darrell Ailshie at a banquet on June 20 at the McKenzie First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Health Commissioner Announces Improvements at County Health Department
June 25, 2024
HUNTINGDON (June 24) — Tennessee Commissioner of the Department of Health, Ralph Alvarado, MD, cut the ribbon on Monday to symbolize the planned improvements to the Carroll County Health Department, located at 633 High Street, Huntingdon.
First Responders Honored for Professionalism
June 25, 2024
HUNTINGDON (June 24) — First responders in Carroll County were honored for their professionalism and quick response to a two-vehicle wreck involving a van, transporting Hispanic males and a truck in Clarksburg.
Huntingdon, Milan, Union City Receive Industrial Site Grants
June 25, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter announced 15 new Site Development Grant recipients including Huntingdon and Milan.
Intervention without Retention
June 25, 2024
Tennessee’s new third grade retention law is adding undue stress on parents and grade school children. The new retention law hinges on the English Language Arts section of TCAP / TNReady testing. Third graders who score below or approaching proficiency face possible retention. Students who do not meet the required score on the state test must go to summer school and have a tutor for the entirety of fourth grade. Those students must then hit a specific growth goal the next year to move on to the fifth grade. If a parent believes their child does not need to be held back they can attempt to get an appeal.
Gasoline Prices Fall During Week
June 25, 2024
TENNESSEE (June 24) — Average gasoline prices in Tennessee declined 3.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.97/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,821 stations in Tennessee. Prices in Tennessee are 20.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 12.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 2.4 cents in the last week and stands at $3.76 per gallon.
Huffman Honored at Retirement Reception
June 25, 2024
McKENZIE (June 20) — Willie Huffman was honored for his 36 years of service at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology on the McKenzie campus on Thursday, June 20.
Cross Erected on Bethel’s New Chapel
June 25, 2024
McKENZIE (June 24) — Contractors erected the Christian cross at Bethel University’s new chapel on Monday, June 24. The $4.2 million multi-level project has a seating capacity of 1,058. The finished height of the building should measure approximately 487 feet. It is currently under construction on the McKenzie campus.
McKenzie’s Brett Toombs Awarded McLean-Pedersen Scholarship
June 25, 2024
PARIS (June 17) — The Paris and Henry County Healthcare Foundation announced Brett Toombs, 2024 graduate of McKenzie High School, as the recipient of the 2024 McLean-Pedersen Endowment Scholarship. Toombs will attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the fall, where she plans to major in Physical Therapy.
He Was The BEST I Ever Saw
June 25, 2024
JUNE 18, 2024 — Maybe it was karma. Or divine appointment. I do not believe luck had anything to do with it. And it was not Willie putting his “mark” on me one last time. He had everlasting and forever done that in the summer of 1954 and ’55 and ’56 and ’57….
Chandlers Celebrating 60th Wedding Anniversary
June 25, 2024
Gary and Wanda (Trull) Chandler recently celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on June 6.
Budget Approved by 911 Board
June 25, 2024
HUNTINGDON (June 18) — Directors of the Carroll County Emergency Communications District (911 Board) - approved the 2024-25 fiscal year budget during its June 18 meeting.
Marriage Licenses
June 25, 2024
Morgan Alicia Klinzing, 27, of McKenzie, to Brock Alexander Shell, 29, of McKenzie.
Huntingdon Police Reports
June 25, 2024
Driving on Revoked License — Bennie Harbin, 50, of Huntingdon, was given 10 days to report to the Carroll County Jail for the offense of driving on revoked license first offense. Officer Townes observed Harbin in physical control of a silver Nissan Versa traveling West on Main Street in Huntingdon. Officer Townes knew the driver driver’s license was revoked. She pulled Harbin over and he was cited into General Sessions Court.
Carroll County Sheriff Reports
June 25, 2024
Theft of Property — On 06/18/24, dispatch notified deputies that an individual had called in stating someone had stolen his license plate off his motorcycle. He stated that someone had taken his license plate off his black 2006 Suzuki while he was in Memphis.
Looking Back from Our Archives
June 25, 2024
10 Years Ago — McKenzie held a hearing concerning the burned-out building in downtown McKenzie. Christien Radford previously owned the store, but online records indicated Jose Becerra and Hugo Becerra purchased the burned structure for $2,600 on April 14, 2014.
