Tickets for Main Street’s “Taste of Rutherford” annual fundraising party are now available for purchase. Around 20 restaurants will be stationed on Oakland’s grounds, offering tastings of their delectable dishes. The event will also feature the Mid-State Brew Crew serving craft beer and musical entertainment throughout the night. Additionally, there will be a “VIP area”…
The developers of the Notes Live (now VENU) Amphitheater in Murfreesboro have had a change of plans as far as the layout of the new facility is going to go. Here’s an update of what they plan on doing to make room for the additional 2,000 seats they would like to add to the music…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives are searching for the three individuals who used a stolen truck and crowbar to try, and pry open an ATM, but their efforts failed. No money was taken. Officers responded to a burglary alarm at the Ascend Federal Credit Union on W. Clark Blvd. at 1:50 a.m. Sunday. Officers found…
After nearly 30 years in the music industry, Middle Tennessee State University alumnus Jeff Lysyczyn will be singing a new tune as the first executive director for the local nonprofit Rutherford Arts Alliance. The advocacy group was founded six years ago to promote the arts and culture throughout Rutherford County, and in 2023, the organization…
The Tennessee Firemen’s Association (TFA) recently announced September 14 as its date for the 10th Annual Shady Brady Memorial Bike/Jeep Ride benefiting the Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial located in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. The ride begins at 730 a.m. from three separate locations—Sparta Fire Department (715 N Spring Street, Sparta, Tennessee), Benton County Rescue Squad (295…
Beasie Rd Extension (River Rock Blvd just north of Racquet Club Dr) Expected Lane Closures: Monday Through Friday: Riverrock Blvd will be reduced to one-lane flagging operation intermittently at Beasie Rd for roadway widening work. Road and bridge construction work over Stones River Greenway continues. The greenway trail will be closed around the existing Beasie…
Nancy Ann Gillespie Yandell Senter, age 93 of Hermitage, TN, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2024. A native of Jackson, TN, she was the daughter of the late Leon Bowers Gillespie and Bessie Laverne Langford Woodard. Mrs. Senter was also preceded in death by her first husband, Harry Joe Yandell who died in 1964 and…
The 45th Annual Telly Awards, the premier award honoring video and television across all screens, has yet again recognized CityTV, Murfreesboro’s government television station, with two Telly Awards. The national awards were announced in May and officially received this month. “We are honored to again receive the recognition for video production from the Telly Awards,…
Matilda Jane “Janie” Branham McCormack, age 73 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2024. A native of Pikeville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Johnny Branham and Billie Joy Kinney Branham Boyd. Janie was also preceded in death by a brother. Gregory Branham. Janie is survived by her husband of 56…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Amanda McPherson earned status as a certified crime scene technician after graduating in June from the National Forensic Academy at the University of Tennessee. McPherson also earned certification in blood stain pattern analysis, latent print analysis and shooting reconstruction. Since she became a detective 4-1/2 years ago, graduating from the academy…