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Murfreesboro Road Construction Projects for Feb 19 – 25

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…

Smyrna Police Officers Recognized as Patrol Division Top Performers

Smyrna Police Officers Recognized as Patrol Division Top Performers

Congratulations to Smyrna Police Department Officers for their recognition as Patrol Division Top Performers. Officer Charles Eldridge (First Shift), Officer Demeras Jackson (Second Shift) and Officer Ryan Mosley (Third Shift) were selected as the Patrol Division 2022 Top Performers for the Smyrna Police Department. Each year the SPD selects recipients based off a four point…

Amy Aldridge Sanford

MTSU Scholar-Activist Administrator Sanford to Receive Major Regional Award

One year ago after being hired by Middle Tennessee State University, Amy Aldridge Sanford seized the opportunity to tackle a new job — vice provost for Academic Programs in the Provost’s Office — at the only speed (warp) she knows. A senior scholar in higher education, the author, activist, TEDx speaker and more, Sanford totally…

Rutherford County Schools Cheerleading National Results

Rutherford County Schools Cheerleading National Results

UCA Cheer Nationals in Orlando, FL results: Large Junior High Game Day: 3rd place – Siegel Middle School Junior High Non-Tumbling Game Day: 2nd place – Oakland Middle School Small Varsity Division I Non-Tumbling Game Day: 5th place – Rockvale High School Large Varsity Division I Non-Tumbling Game Day: 1st place – Riverdale High School…

Plainview Elementary Third-grade team

Plainview Elementary Teachers Step Up Communication to Drive Literacy Success

Here’s a fact about otters: when floating, they tend to stick together in groups called “rafts.” The same could be said for the teachers and students at Plainview Elementary School, which uses the otter as its mascot. For example, Tennessee has adopted a new third-grade retention law that potentially holds students back unless they are…

MTSU STEM Undergrads Visit State Capitol, Present Research at Annual ‘Posters’ Event

MTSU STEM Undergrads Visit State Capitol, Present Research at Annual ‘Posters’ Event

For 10 MTSU undergraduate students and researchers, Wednesday, Feb. 15, marked not just another opportunity to present their STEM-based research projects, but to also show off their work to state officials and peers and rub elbows with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee at the annual Posters at the Capitol event. The MTSU cohort joined 41 other…

Detectives Seeking Person in Theft/Identity Theft Case

Detectives Seeking Person in Theft/Identity Theft Case

Detectives are asking for assistance in identifying a person of interest in a theft/identity theft case. A Georgia woman checked her bank account on Jan. 1 and noticed a $10,000 withdrawal had been completed at Truist on E. Main St. in Murfreesboro. The victim filed a theft/identity theft report with MPD. An unidentified woman is…

Mayor McFarland recognizes MFRD firefighters Daniel Carter and Josh Walker with STARS Award

Mayor McFarland Recognizes MFRD Firefighters Daniel Carter and Josh Walker with STARS Award

Mayor Shane McFarland recognized Murfreesboro Fire Rescue firefighters Daniel Carter and Josh Walker with STARS Awards Thurs. Feb. 16, 2023, for their selfless act in responding to a motor vehicle crash in Cannon County. Carter and Walker were conducting EMT clinicals in Cannon County on the day of the crash and were honored during the…