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Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes! Be sure to come out for our Farmers Market Tomato Festival Saturday, July 16 from 8 a.m. to noon when we celebrate all things tomatoes. Peruse your home gardens for tomatoes to enter our contests for “Largest Tomato,” “Weirdest Looking Tomato,” and “Best Looking Tomato.” more

Submitted by the City of McKenzie | 7/12/22

Warman Places Third at National Beta Convention

Ava Warman, a student at McKenzie High School, placed third in the nation in Visual Arts Division I at the 2022 National Beta Convention. The convention was July 1-4 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. more

7/12/22

West Carroll Junior Senior High School Senior Beta competitors are Autumn Houston, Macey Mitchell, Hannah Fowler, Mary Grace Milsaps, Lakyn Mitchell, Morgan Reynolds, Will Murray, Seth Edwards, Jasmine Shumate and Sarah Browning.

West Carroll Beta Members Place in National Competitions

ATWOOD (July 5) — National Beta members from West Carroll Elementary and West Carroll Junior Senior High school worked over the last few months to prepare for the National Beta Convention. This summer, the two schools amassed sixteen national placements. more

7/12/22

Students grew lettuce hydroponically as part of their plant science class at Dresden High School and the results were served as part of DHS lunches. Plant science classes at Westview and Greenfield will now allow for the practice to launch in those cafeterias as well.

Weakley County Ag Teachers Prepare for New Year

Weakley County, Tenn. (July 2022) - The public may have assumed when the Summer Scholars program concluded that schools and teachers had the next few weeks to put their feet up and enjoy some … more

7/10/22

Henry County Medical Center Conducts Study to Determine Health Needs of Community

PARIS, Tenn. (July 2022) —Henry County Medical Center, with collaboration from other local health professionals and stakeholders, is working on a road map to health for the people of Henry … more

7/10/22

Milan No-Till Field Day to Feature Hemp Production Education

MILAN, Tenn. (July 2022) — New varieties, research programs and recommendations are just some of the topics to be discussed in the Hemp Economics, Production and Disease Management Tour at the … more

7/10/22

Auditions For Christmas at the Dixie

HUNTINGDON (July 8) - What better way to celebrate Christmas in July than announcing a new holiday experience scheduled for Saturday, … more

7/10/22

Farmers Market News

McKENZIE (July 2) — Our Saturday Farmers Market had a variety of great vendors bringing in over 300 customers. Gardens are coming in, and we had tomatoes, onions, yellow squash, zucchini, onions, cabbage, herbs, and eggs. more

By City of McKenzie | 7/5/22

Large Tree Removed From Veterans Park

McKENZIE (June 29) — A 100-foot tall tree was removed from the downtown Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday, June 29. The tree was heavily damaged and rotten in much of the top. more

7/5/22

Baptist Carroll County Celebrates Independence Day With Ceremony Honoring Veterans

HUNTINGDON (June 30) — Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County recently celebrated Independence Day with a ceremony honoring team members who have served in the United States military. more

7/5/22

Nights on Broadway Features The Cool Daddy Band

The City of McKenzie celebrated the end of June with the biweekly Nights on Broadway event Thursday, June 30. The Cool Daddy Band performed to a crowd of fans while attendees enjoyed snacks and treats from Hawg County BBQ, Ry Ro Lemonade and Rolling Snow (courtesy of Michael King). more

7/5/22

Madison Endres, marketing manager for WTPUD illustrates how natural gas lines are underground and in one’s house supplying fuel to heat water, provide heat for comfort or to cook food.

Children Learn About Natural Gas At Carroll County Library

HUNTINGDON (June 30) — What is natural gas and what does it do? The children visiting the Carroll County Library learned those answers on June 30 from West Tennessee Public Utilities, the local natural gas distributor. more

7/5/22

The restoration process rejuvenated the caboose’s signature red exterior and black trim.

McKenzie’s Historic Caboose Undergoes Restoration

The City of McKenzie recently contracted Mike Mazza of Mazza’s Painting to repaint the city’s historic caboose, which is located downtown to the left of McKenzie’s Splash Pad. The caboose had never been repainted since its arrival to McKenzie. more

7/5/22

Uncle Sam leading the way during the Kids Parade on Monday, July 4.

McKenzie Holds Children’s Parade Downtown

7/5/22

Watershed Authority Board — seated Dale Kelley, (L to R) Kim Carter, recording secretary; Joseph Butler, Bob Clark, and Natalie Porter. Absent are Brad Chappell and Joe Smothers.

Lake Transfer of Ownership Was July 1

CARROLL COUNTY — Carroll County 1000-Acre Recreational Lake is now owned by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. That transfer of ownership occurred on July 1 with an intragovernment transfer of assets from the Carroll County Watershed Authority, a state agency to TWRA, another state agency. more

7/5/22

Ellie and Samuel Everett are ready for the parade.

McLemoresville Celebrates July 4 With Parade, Music, Fireworks

McLEMORESVILLE (July 4) — A long-standing tradition continued in McLemoresville on July 4 in downtown. The events started with a parade, starting at the McLemoresville Baptist Church and traveling a short distance to downtown. Temperatures were in the upper 90s, but that did not deter the spectators. more

7/5/22

The City of McKenzie’s fireworks show began at dusk at the McKenzie City Park.

McKenzie Celebrates Independence Day

McKENZIE (July 4) — On an extremely hot summer day, the greater McKenzie community celebrated July 4 with concessions, music and fireworks at McKenzie City Park. The annual tradition started in the 1980s and has become an annual must-attend event. more

7/5/22

Customers at this week’s farmers market perused through vendors’ locally-grown produce and honey and handmade goods.

Farmers Market News

We now have honey! A lot of our customers have been asking for honey, and this past Saturday, we welcomed Camp Costello Farms from Hollow Rock. They brought their own delicious honey, complete with a honey dipper. In addition to being a wonderful natural sweetener, honey has many great medicinal qualities. more

Courtesy of the City of McKenzie | 6/28/22

Area Youth Attend Teen Institute

Eight Students from Carroll County joined 450 youth leaders from across the state at the Tennessee Teen Institute. more

Courtesy of Carroll County Prevention Coalition | 6/28/22

Kathy Ham and Felicia Patterson of Beating Hearts.

Rotary Learns About Beating Hearts

McKenzie Rotary Club learned about Beating Hearts, a local support agency in McKenzie. more

6/28/22