It all started with a road trip. Four librarians from Rutherford County Schools – Liz Hicks, Erin Alvarado, Barbara Collie and Marcie Leeman – planned a girl’s weekend in Charleston, South Carolina, where they attended a young adult book festival. One trip in October 2013 led to another a year later, in 2014, and in…
Tressler & Associates, PLLC and Tressler Title have leased a 1,713-square-foot retail space for the firms’ new Murfreesboro offices on the ground floor of One Fountain Plaza, the recently completed 105,500-square-foot office building at Fountains at Gateway, announced developer Scott Graby, president of Hearthstone Properties. Tressler & Associates, PLLC has served clients since 2009 in…
From 19-year-old sophomores Nija Threat and Riley Bethmann to 61-year-old senior Dan Throneberry, nearly 60MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management students of all ages participated in the Speed Interviewing Day for internships with industry partners. Companies from across the South and Midwest sent representatives to interview 45 Concrete Industry Management and 12construction management students…
Bridge over Broad Street TDOT Project Expected Lane Closures: Monday through Friday, 8:00 pm to 6:00 am: There will be alternating lane closures on NW Broad Street, Memorial Blvd, Old Fort Pkwy and Ridgley Road for construction of the new Overpass. There will be lane shifts and traffic interruptions. One lane will remain open in…
The late Chris Kyle famously wrote “it is our duty to serve those who serve us” in his bestselling memoir. Wills McAdams, an eighth-grader at Central Magnet School, has not yet read “American Sniper.” He never even saw the Academy Award-winning movie version directed by Clint Eastwood. And yet the 14-year-old from Murfreesboro has embodied…
In March of every year, Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department takes on the task of flow testing all of the hydrants in the city of Murfreesboro. Over the next six months, MFRD personnel will test and perform minor maintenance on over 5,500 hydrants. MFRD is required by the Insurance Services Office (ISO) to flush hydrants annually…
Middle Point landfill is expected to reach capacity in no more than 8 years. At that time, taxpayers will lose free use of the landfill – worth at least $4 million annually – and the county will lose about $900,000 a year paid by other counties that use Middle Point. The Rutherford County Solid Waste…
TSSAA high school basketball tournaments are returning like robins this spring to the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, and the university is making temporary parking and traffic changes to accommodate its welcome guests. The TSSAA Division I High School Basketball Tournaments are set March 8-11 for the girls and March 15-18 for the boys…
Bailey Pratt, CPA, has been named Chief Financial Officer, Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, effective March 26, 2017. Pratt joined Saint Thomas Health in 2011, and is currently CFO for Saint Thomas Medical Partners. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system. “We are very pleased to have Bailey…
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 24 in Murfreesboro are closed due to a fatal incident. It was reported at 7:24 p.m. Sunday at mile marker 80. The eastbound lanes have been shut down and traffic is being diverted to alternate routes. Drivers traveling westbound are also experiencing delays due to rubbernecking. The roadway is expected to…