Thirty-five years ago, the execution-style killings of two young mothers shook Gibson and Carroll counties to their core. Today, the murders remain unsolved, and the questions investigators could not answer in 1991 are still waiting for fresh eyes. Twenty-year-old Kathy Stoots of Trenton and 23-year-old Tammy Tidwell of Atwood had a lot in common. Both were married, both were mothers,...

HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — The Sonic Drive-In on E. Main Street received a score of 85 out of 100 on a routine Tennessee Department of Health food service inspection conducted October 8. A score of 85 falls within the state’s passing range, though a follow-up inspection was required. Several concerned readers submitted the report to Carroll County Observer. Six violations were...

With all that has taken place and is being said about ambulance service in Carroll County, provided by Priority Ambulance under the name "Baptist Ambulance," it seemed appropriate to look back on how we arrived at this point as a county. It is well known that Carroll County does not pay anything for its ambulance service. Baptist covers the entire...

CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. — County Fire Chief Jonathan Gaskins is calling on Priority Ambulance’s corporate leadership to address what he describes as longstanding problems with staffing, equipment, and response times in Carroll County. In a public statement ahead of Monday’s commission meeting on ambulance service, Gaskins said Carroll County’s ambulance service is operating at roughly half of its required staffing...