Carroll County News

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.

Tickets are on sale now for the summer season at the Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center, 191 Court Square in Huntingdon.

Forecasters are calling for strong storms to stick around into the evening. The strongest of those storms will probably be through southern Middle Tennessee by 5 p.m., stretching from Pulaski up to Franklin and ...

“Four minutes into the call, two more units were sent out.”

A Weakley County man who previously served time on a manslaughter conviction is scheduled in court this week to face a murder charge in his father's death. via Jacksonsun.com

Funeral services for Lonnie G. Akers, Jr., 72, of Dickson, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 12, 2008 from at Taylor Funeral Home with Bro. via The Tennessean

“It appears that Douglas, who is also associated with Staten's son's mother, confronted and shot Staten when he arrived to pick up his son”

The case against a Huntingdon High School custodian accused of raping a female student at the school last year has been continued to 9 a.m. June 9, according to the Carroll County Circuit Court clerk's office. via Jacksonsun.com