Carroll County News

Eric Scruggs and his mother, Margaret, walked up and down West King Street speechless as members of the Lambuth Area Neighborhood Association and volunteers from the community painted the outside of their ...

Sherry Roper has always been fond of log homes. 'I'll drive down the interstate and see one, and I always say I want to have one,' she said.

Three people were arrested in Gibson and Carroll counties on two separate drug busts this week, according to a press release from Donny Blackwell, special agent in charge of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force.

With primaries around the corner, three state representative candidates said they're gearing up for a strong push for the seat that represents Gibson County and a portion of Carroll County.

Federal and state grants totaling more than $22 million have been approved for 21 airports across Tennessee.

The good news continues for Carroll Academy. On Tuesday, it was announced that the state may restore funding to the school for troubled youth.

HUNTINGDON - With $73 million in Medicaid money restored, there is no reason for the state not to fund Carroll Academy, said Juvenile Court Judge Larry Logan on Tuesday.

A Carroll County woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to TennCare fraud, according to a press release from the state Office of Inspector General.

Rescue workers attend the scene of a fatal one-vehicle accident, which occurred at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on S.R. 192 in Holladay.

Troubled youth in Carroll County got some good news this week when it was announced that, despite losing state funding, Carroll Academy will be open for another school year.

On Betty Moss' front porch, Ricky and Reshawn Bell stare into the distance as Moss, their grandmother, chats with probation officer Derrick Brigham.

HUNTINGDON- The Dixie is excited to announce that it has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read in Carroll County.

Randy Hatch, senior administrator and athletic director of Carroll Academy, said private funding probably will be the best way to keep the school for troubled teens open since it lost its state funding.

Man charged in court building burglary A Jackson man has been charged in the January burglary of the Tennessee Supreme Court building in downtown Jackson.

Summer Hill hated Carroll Academy at first but grew to love it. The now 24-year-old McKenzie woman was sent to the school for at-risk youth by court order because of her truancy.

Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:29 a.m. by Carroll County Coroner Steve Cantrell.

In recent days, it has become readily apparent to me why so many people abandon dogs and cats on the side of the road or at the Jackson-Madison County Humane Society.

CEDAR GROVE - Larry Simmons squatted at the base of the red fire hydrant at Cedar Grove Fire Station Friday, filling one of several plastic gallon bottles with water.

Friends and family of Stephen Jackson said he managed to keep a good disposition even when in his line of work he didn't always see people at their best.

An intervention program that serves youth in five West Tennessee counties has been told the state is canceling its grant.