Carroll County News

Early Tuesday morning the Benton County Sheriffs Office, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Task Force, made their way across Benton County arresting people for various drug charges.

According to the company's president, Republic Doors completed negotiations for a new five year labor agreement with its local union and the company scheduled a 24 hour down period to insure an orderly transition from the old contract to the new one.

Governor Phil Bredesen and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew Kisber recently approved more than $28 million in Community Development Block Grants to assist with infrastructure improvements in Tennessee.

A Carroll County teen died Sunday after he overcorrected his truck while negotiating a curve left the road and then overturned.

"Hey it's my right to bear arms," said Joyce Smith, who lives in Huntingdon. The ban would not only prohibit guns on property, but also weapons.

Carroll County mom who works in Jackson on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is looking for someone to keep her 6-month-old son who is having dietary issues with milk and other foods.

Unemployment in Madison County reached 11 percent last month, the highest percentage rate since 1983.

If you are intrigued by things of old you wont want to miss an event that will be taking place in Holladay on Nov.

Recent rainfall hasn't dampened the spirits of Carroll County leaders as the Reedy Creek Dam - part of the county's $14 million lake project - nears completion.

Secretary of State Tre Hargett said he's convinced he has the best job in government.

The project is aimed at moving the completion of the lake forward and also making it environmentally friendly.

Where is she? What someone could have done to her?," said Phelicia Rodgers. Rodgers mother, Janie Lindsey, has been missing for five years.

Reginald Gordon, 30, of Carroll County, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in federal prison on drug charges, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

A former Carroll County teacher will be released from jail Monday after pleading guilty to the sexual battery of a 14-year-old boy.

When building contractor Jack Cowan recruited family and friends to help him construct a 1,600-square-foot solar home in Atwood, they focused on efficiency.

Zondra Scott was laid off Jan. 30. Two weeks later, her husband Steve lost his job.

The Huntingdon City Council voted unanimously in favor of a water and sewage rate increase during its Thursday evening meeting.

A two-year-old boy has been found dead in Georgia after floodwaters swept him from his father's arms, and authorities say at least four others have died across the Southeast as rains drench the area.

For more than a century, the Carroll County Fair has taken over the town of Huntingdon for a week.

Authorities in West Tennessee have captured a man wanted in Florida on several charges.