Oakland senior Emma Clonan has been awarded the 2023 Play Like A Girl Trailblazer Award. The Trailblazer award is given to women and businesses who are pioneering the future and changing the face of leadership in Nashville and the surrounding area. This year’s honors include Play Like a Girl alumna Emma Clonan. Emma is an…
The once popular Old Timers Festival, put on every fall by the City of La Vergne, is being rebranded. The new La Vergne Fall Festival, a free music and vendor event, is scheduled for September 16, 2023 with a special Music in the Park on September 15 to kick-off the festivities. While the city is…
UPDATE: Thanks to your tips, the person of interest in the retail fraud and theft of merchandise case at Kohl’s has been identified. Detective Sanders has obtained warrants for her arrest. Thanks for sharing. Do you know this person? Detectives would like to speak to her as a person of interest in a retail fraud…
Twenty-five teachers from Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) received their Tennessee Employment Standard for Gifted Teaching on March 4 after completing the Middle Tennessee State University/Murfreesboro City Schools Gifted Academy. Since its inception in 2015, over 200 teachers have graduated from the academy. The Gifted Academy, sponsored by The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, MTSU and…
Dr. Troy Allen Festervand, age 75 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023. A native of Vivian, LA, he was the son of the late C. M. and Melba Helen Westbook Festervand. Troy is survived by his wife of 50 years, Carolyn Lee Festervand; children, Kelley Nihill and her husband Mike of Freeport,…
Carole Jones Logan, age, 81 of Smyrna, TN, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 3, 2023. A native of Estill Springs, TN, she was the daughter of the late John Paul and Levinia Elizabeth Medley Jones. Mrs. Logan was also preceded in death by her brothers, Corky, and Pete Jones,…
Oakland High School Senior Naomi Summey has been selected as a University of Kentucky Singletary Scholar. Naomi was selected for one of 25 awards from a pool of over 2600 students. The award is a full tuition scholarship along with a two-year housing stipend. Naomi is an International Baccalaureate diploma candidate and is the all-student…
Barbara Jean Luttrell Hicks, age 79 of LaVergne, TN, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023. Born in Columbia, TN, she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward Luttrell, Sr., and Ruth Davis Luttrell. Mrs. Hicks was also preceded in death by her brothers, Charles Luttrell, Jr., Billy Ray, James Lee, Jerry Wayne, John Harold,…
Oakland Court Development (Lokey Ave and Academy St) Expected Minor Lane Closures: Monday through Friday: Site construction work continues. Appropriate traffic controls will be in place. Brinkley Rd Improvement Project (between Blaze Dr and Timber Creek Dr) Expected Lane Closures: Monday through Friday: Roadway construction work continues on Brinkley Rd. There will be intermittent lane…
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…