Beatrice “Tootie” Bowman Barrett, age 95 of Christiana passed away at NHC Murfreesboro on Friday, March 3, 2023. She was a native of Rutherford County but was born in Celina, TN. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Charles Lawrence Barrett, Jr; her parents, Bedford and Sara “Sally” Bowman; daughter, Kat…
The Kimberly Family Foundation held its Charity Casino Night on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2022, at the Stones River Country Club in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Thanks to the generous financial support from the Rutherford and Cannon County Bar Association, Compass Insurance Group, and many other community partners, the event raised over $30,000.00 for charitable giving,…
Congratulations to Smoothie King for their ribbon cutting celebration on Friday, March 3rd at 1:30pm. Smoothie King is located at 1636 New Salem Hwy., Suite A, Murfreesboro, TN 37128 (just down from Gateway Urgent Care) and can be contacted at 629-335-5775.
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of an apartment fire where a woman was trapped inside and rescued by a neighbor. Firefighters rescued several neighbors from upstairs apartments on Friday, March 3. A neighbor rescued the woman as she tried to crawl out of the burning apartment. A Murfreesboro…
Theodore (Ted) Paul Fix II passed away on February 28, 2023. He was born in Ansonia, CT on January 15, 1929. Shortly after, his family moved to Maplewood, NJ where he spent his early years and graduated from Columbia High School. He then enrolled at North Carolina State University where he earned a degree in…
Mrs. Teresa Howard Garrett Richardson, age 76, of Murfreesboro, TN passed from this earth on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, and enjoyed the ultimate birthday celebration as she walked into Jesus’ arms fully healed. Mrs. Richardson was born in Lebanon, TN to the late Horace and Lucille Eakes Garrett. She earned her bachelor’s degree from David…
United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties exceeded its goal for the Annual Community Baby Shower Sort-a-Thon event presented by Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford on Friday, February 17th at the Patterson Park Community Center. UWRCC is happy to announce that 102 volunteers packed over 550 bags with over 17,500 new baby items donated by companies,…
Q: Tell me about your position, what does the health services supervisor do? A: So, the health services supervisor and homebound supervisor is over all the school nurses – then over the homebound services. So, I’m working with students who are unable to attend school also. I started out at Rock Springs Middle School as…
The initiative is part of Rutherford County Schools’ new Ion school program. “Ion is an exciting opportunity for our schools to engage their communities in developing new programs that will reach students with a wide variety of strengths,” said RCS Choice School Coordinator Dr. Caitlin Bullard. “Ion programs will promote relationship-building and help ensure that…
For Mengliang “Mike” Zhang, MTSU assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and rising research star on campus, successful research is all about collaboration. “Michael Jordan said, ‘Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships,’” Zhang said. “Similarly, research and education in science benefit immensely from collaborations and support.” Since joining the MTSU faculty…