Habitat for Humanity, State Farm Team Up For Company’s Founder’s Day

Habitat for Humanity, State Farm Team Up For Company’s Founder’s Day

State Farm recently celebrated its 102nd anniversary with a week full of Founder’s Day activities. The insurance company started back on June 7, 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois. Over 50 State Farm employees, agents and agent team members across Middle Tennessee took this celebration to heart last week (June 4-8) and volunteered nearly 300 hours with…

MTSU Obelisk

MTSU Board of Trustees Approves 5.39% Tuition Increase

Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees raised tuition and mandatory fees by 5.39% for the upcoming 2024-25 academic year during its quarterly meeting Tuesday, June 11, at the Miller Education Center. The increase in undergraduate, graduate, and out-of-state tuition rates, recommended by the board’s Finance and Personnel Committee, was necessary to meet inflationary adjustments,…

Juneteenth

Murfreesboro 2024 Juneteenth Street Festival Set for June 15 Near Bradley Museum

The Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center is hosting the 2024 Juneteenth street festival this Saturday, June 15, along multiple blocks of South Academy Street near the museum. This year’s celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, with Bradley Museum serving as the hub at its location at 415 S. Academy…

Christina Penny Named Principal of Brown’s Chapel Elementary School

Christina Penny Named Principal of Brown’s Chapel Elementary School

As the new principal of Brown’s Chapel Elementary School, Christina Penny said her first priority will be establishing relationships with everyone. “Building relationships is my strength,” Penny said. “I just want to get in there and work hand-in-hand with the faculty and staff and really get to know those students and families.” Penny succeeds longtime…

BoroPride 2024

Celebrate Murfreesboro and Rutherford County’s LGBTQ+ Community in October at BoroPride

The BoroPride Planning Committee is pleased to announce the return of BoroPride Saturday, Oct. 12 to MTSU’s Tennessee Miller Coliseum. “We are tremendously excited to bring BoroPride back to the Tennessee Miller Coliseum this year,” said Dr. William Langston, member of the BoroPride Planning Committee. “The site was a perfect setting to celebrate the Murfreesboro…