HUNTINGDON  Mr. James Michael “Mike” Thomas, 70 of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at his home. Funeral services are Saturday, July 8, … more

HUNTINGDON (June 29) — Effective October 1, ratepayers of Carroll County Electric Department (CCED) will experience a slight increase in electric rates. This is the first rate increase since 2018, according to Ryan Drewry, general manager of CCED. more

  JAMES CROCKER WATSON, JR. (Jimmy) 1943 — 2023   HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — James (Jimmy)  Crocker Watson, Jr.., 79, died Saturday, June 24, 2023 after a … more

McKENZIE (June 20) — Businesses and individuals were honored during the McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s second annual banquet on Tuesday, June 20 at the Waddell Place. more

Marty Poole returns with “R.A.D.A.R.: The Adventures of the Bionic Dog,” the latest movie produced by the Gleason-raised filmmaker and writer. The movie is available for digital purchase and on-demand streaming beginning Tuesday, June 27. more

HUNTINGDON (June 23) — Construction on a $4 million expansion and renovation project is underway at Huntngdon Primary School. more

BRENTWOOD (June 19) — Derek Carr was named to the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) 75th Anniversary Team on Monday, June 19. Carr, a 2008 graduate from McKenzie High School and a 2012 graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM), was one of eight Skyhawk honorees and one of 135 football players chosen for the team. more

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kennedy Reese, of Gleason, was named to the University of Alabama’s president’s list for the spring 2023 semester. Students on the president’s list must be full-time students and maintain an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). more

OXFORD, Miss. — Loral Winn, of Dresden, was among more than 3,100 students invited to walk across the stage at the University of Mississippi’s 170th Commencement exercises. The university’s individual colleges and schools held the commencement ceremonies during May 10-14. more

MARTIN — Several Carroll County residents received degrees from the University of Tennessee at Martin during two spring commencement ceremonies on May 6. more

JACKSON — The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is hosting its  highly anticipated Summer Celebration on July 13, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center. This event is free to attend and open to the public. more

McKENZIE (June 20) —Matthew Holt was the featured speaker at the meeting of the Rotary Club of McKenzie’s weekly meeting on June 20. more

TCAT McKenzie students Eric Flores of Henry and Ryan Chaney of Huntingdon recently earned certifications in Information Technology Systems Management (ITSM). more

Lex Suite is the new principal at Riverside High School, according to Decatur County Director of Schools Chris Villaflor. Suite has 30-plus years experience in education with three of those as assistant principal at Riverside High School. more

GERMANTOWN (May 5) — Kallie Berry, a nurse at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County was nominated for the 2023 University of Tennessee Health Science Center Nurse Hero Award at the 2023 NightinGala. Berry was one of 60 nurses in the midsouth to be nominated for the Florence Nightingale award. more

Tera Townsend was born to shine on the pageant stage. The Huntingdon native began competing in pageants at as early as six months old, and now she is traveling to Memphis to represent West Tennessee in the Miss Tennessee Pageant June 29-July 1. more

A fundraiser for Matthew Jones of McKenzie is Sunday, July 9 at First Baptist Church, McKenzie. more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $9.2 billion to BlueOval SK LLC (BOSK) for the construction of three manufacturing plants to produce batteries for Ford Motor Company’s future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles (EVs). Together, the plants, one located in west Tennessee (Stanton) and two in Kentucky, will enable more than 120 gigawatt hours of U.S. battery production annually and displace more than 455 million gallons of gasoline per year for the lifetime of the vehicles powered by these batteries. The project is expected to create a total of approximately 5,000 constructions jobs in Tennessee and Kentucky, and 7,500 operations jobs once the plants are operational. more

HUNTINGDON (June 21) — Members of the Huntingdon Special School District (HSSD) Board of Education met June 21 and approved a $17.7 million 2023-24 fiscal year budget. The tax rate remains unchanged at $1.1211 per $100 of assessed value. more

HUNTINGDON (June 21) — How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. That’s a long-standing joke indicating those who practice their musical talents can one day perform at The Carnegie. … more