MTSU Dual Enrollment Record

MTSU’s Dual Enrollment Hits New Record as Area High School Partnerships Expand

Middle Tennessee State University’s Dual Enrollment program is seeing record enrollment because of strengthening partnerships with Rutherford County Schools as well as expansion into Sumner and Wilson counties. With dual enrollment, high school students can get a head start by taking MTSU courses for college credit at little to no cost. Currently, MTSU partners with…

TN STEAM Festival

During Oct. 13-22 TN STEAM Festival, MTSU Students, Faculty Featured at STEAM-a-Palooza

Middle Tennessee State University students and faculty will play a prominent role in the upcoming Tennessee STEAM Festival to celebrate the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and math. Particularly with the STEAM-a-Palooza from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. MTSU students will man…

Road Construction

Murfreesboro Road Construction Projects for October 15-21

Beasie Rd Extension (River Rock Blvd just north of Racquet Club Dr) Expected Lane Closures: Monday Through Friday: Riverrock Blvd will be reduced to one-lane flagging operation at Beasie Rd for waterline installation work. Road and bridge construction work over Stones River Greenway continues. The greenway trail will be closed around the existing Beasie Rd…

SROs Celebrate 30 Years in Rutherford County Schools

SROs Celebrate 30 Years in Rutherford County Schools

Rutherford County Sheriff’s school resource officers are celebrating 30 years of service as the first SROs in Tennessee at Rutherford County Schools. Sheriff Truman Jones and Rutherford County Schools’ Director Elam Carlton teamed up to add SROs in five high schools in 1993. The first SROs were Barry Benham, Phil Brooks, Dan Goodwin, Bill Kennedy…

Murfreesboro Police Searching for Shooters

Murfreesboro Police Searching for Shooters Who Shot and Kill One Man, and Injuring Another

Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Criminal Investigations Division detectives are trying to determine if robbery was the motive behind a shooting that left one man dead and another one seriously injured Thursday evening, Oct. 12. Christopher Jones-McClean, 26, died after being shot at a home in the 2000 block of Cason Lane at 10:19 p.m. Thursday…

Saint Thomas Rutherford

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Awarded Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Certification

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for its Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Certification. Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital underwent a rigorous, unannounced on-site review. During the visit, a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with related certification standards including program management,…