Stewarts Creek Elementary School has been recognized as a “Common Sense School,” one of the first in Rutherford County. Common Sense is a national non-profit with a mission to help kids and families navigate media and technology while keeping themselves safe. “We applaud the faculty and staff of Stewarts Creek Elementary for embracing digital citizenship…
MTSU’s James E. Walker Library has been named as a Preservation Steward for the U.S. Government Publishing Office, an agreement through which the library will procure and preserve publications relating to agricultural, legal and cultural aspects of brewing and distilling from the 1800s through 1980. The topic falls in line with the university’s Fermentation Science…
U.S. Army Col. John C. Kinton helped celebrate 11 of the Army’s newest officers recently during the annual Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider Battalion Spring Commissioning Ceremony. Kinton, commander of the 194th Engineer Brigade with the Tennessee Army National Guard, spoke to the new second lieutenants and an audience of family, friends and supporters…
On May 10th Rutherford’s County chapter of 100 Women Who Care presented A Step ahead with $6405 as their 2nd Q recipient for 2023. “Since 2020, 100 Women Who Care Rutherford County has given back over $65,000 to our community. ” – Alicia Stachura, one of the founding chapter members. This unique giving group was…
Jen McCrery is a special education interventionist at Smyrna Middle School, and even just reading this interview, it’s obvious just how much she cares about her students. McCrery also didn’t have a traditional start to education. She previously worked in nursing and even edited copy for a radio station. In this Q&A, McCrery explains how…
The Downtown Murfreesboro Farmer’s Market runs every Saturday from 8am-Noon from May 6th all the way to the end of October 2023.
Linda “Linnie” Bonifant, age 46 of Manchester, Tennessee formerly of Murfreesboro, TN died Saturday, May 6, 2023, at her home. She was a native of Nashville and the daughter of the late Rockey Bonifant and Linda Brewer Bonifant who survives her. In addition to her mother, she is survived by daughters, Natalie “Butterbutt” Jones (Zach…
Until this Saturday, the FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Rutherford is open to support individuals and households that sustained damage from the March 31 – April 1 tornadoes and severe storms. At the Recovery Center in Rockvale, applicants can ask a FEMA specialist questions about their application, receive clarification on letters or information from…
Middle Tennessee State University is home to yet another Fulbright Scholar. Political science major Victoria Grigsby has received one of the most competitive overseas fellowships in the country — the Fulbright Summer Institute in Wales in the United Kingdom. “I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity. I believe it will play a huge…
After graduate student Abigail Kwarteng capped off her MTSU experience with a walk across the Murphy Center stage this past weekend, she set her sights on her next dream — to represent her native Ghana in high jump in next year’s Summer Olympics Games in Paris. “Honestly, as an athlete, the Olympics is almost everybody’s…