The Red Caboose opened Monday, July 18, in McKenzie’s downtown, beside the McKenzie Station Splash Pad. more

As the August 18 qualification deadline nears for the November 8 Local Municipal Election, more candidates have qualified to be on the ballots. more

PARIS — Two longtime attorneys died Saturday. Fred McLean, 72, and William Neese, 77 both had distinguished careers. more

As the first day back to school inches closer, select Carroll County schools have announced orientation, open house, and registration dates for students. Students return to school Tuesday, August 2 for a half-day. more

McKENZIE (July 14) — Two meetings were held at McKenzie City Hall July 14. more

Gleason School Alumni Association Lifetime Charter Members, 1940s and 1950s were honored July 17, 2022, at a reception/recognition ceremony at First United Methodist Church in Gleason Tenn. more

HUNTINGDON — Early voting is underway for the August 4 general election and state and federal primaries. more

McKENZIE — On July 10, 2022, the Weakley County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the Bells Store Rd. and Patterson Road area just outside of McKenzie, Tenn. There had been a report of a person lying on the road. When they arrived, they found Terry Beard, 49, of Milan, Tenn., lying on the side of the road. He had suffered a gunshot wound and was deceased. more

HUNTINGDON (July 15) — What county officials hoped would be a day of celebration instead resulted in disgust when the time capsule buried July 28, 1972 was opened. more

I’m not much for buying things on the side of the road. Cathy insisted. She wanted some fresh home-grown tomatoes. I got to thinking about a good BLT with just the right amount of mayonnaise. And I hadn’t had a baloney and tomato sandwich in years... more

Teachers’ cars are in the parking lots. The sounds of the band practicing have returned to Holly Hills, the neighboring subdivision. The soccer girls are practicing when I drive by headed to breakfast. Middle and high school football players are on the practice fields. All of our schools have fresh wax on the halls. These indicate that the class of 2023 are about to begin their senior year. Students will attend the traditional half-day August 2nd and begin a full day schedule August 3. I want to welcome all of our new and returning students for what is going to be an exciting year. more

After the opening of the Sesquicentennial vault was a bust thanks to water damage. I decided to look through the Banners 1972 archives and find a little memorabilia for our readers. more

 McKENZIE -   On July 10, 2022 the Weakley County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the Bells Store Rd. and Patterson Rd. area just outside of McKenzie Tenn. There had been a … more

In the past week, northwest Tennessee has experienced hot temperatures with heat indexes up to 115 degrees. more

HUNTINGDON — On Friday, July 15, 2022, the time capsule buried in 1972 as part of the Carroll County Sesquicentennial will be opened. more

A McKenzie business discovered a baggie in the parking lot on June 29 around 5:23 p.m. and the employees phoned McKenzie Police Department. An employee had discovered the suspicious material in the front parking lot of the Highland Drive business. more

MEMPHIS (July 5) — Micah Bullock McCarty, O.D., of Huntingdon, was among 134 students recently awarded the Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. more

HUNTINGDON (July 7) — McKenzie City Attorney Laura Keeton filed a complaint with the Carroll County Election Commission concerning the candidacy of Joshua Wheat Filtz for mayor of the city. The complaint was officially filed on July 7 on behalf of the citizens of McKenzie. more

The early voting period for the August 4 State and Federal Primary and State and County General Election is July 15-30. The voter registration deadline was July 5. The absentee deadline is July 28. more

Just a few short years ago, Sadarius Hutcherson was playing high school football and basketball for the Huntingdon Mustangs. He played on the interior line as well as tight end and defensive end. By his senior year, he was considered a 3-star defensive end prospect by 247 Sports and was being noticed by several schools. Sadarius eventually signed with South Carolina in February 2016 where he saw action for three and a half seasons. more