Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro hosted a St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature head-shaving event to raise funds for lifesaving childhood cancer research on Friday, March 1, 2024. With a goal of raising $28,000, participants will register to shave their head or chop their locks to support the Foundation’s mission to fund the best research to find…
Mrs. Kay Melton Hargis, age 74, of Smyrna, TN passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024. She was a lifelong resident of Rutherford County, TN and a daughter of the late Arthur B. and Mattie McCullough Melton. Mrs. Kay was a 1967 graduate of Central High School in Murfreesboro. She worked for Farm Bureau as a…
Martha Pauline Halliburton Cook, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024, at the age of 83. Martha was the daughter of the late William Andrew and Alice Pauline Parrott Halliburton. Mrs. Cook is preceded in death by her dear husband Paul F. Cook and son Paul Andrew Cook, as well as her siblings…
Hugh Maurice “Bob” Swanner, age 85 of Mt. Juliet, TN, passed away Friday, March 1, 2024. A native of Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Hugh W. and Clemmie K. Killough Swanner. Mr. Swanner was also preceded in death by a brother, David Swanner. Mr. Swanner is survived by his wife of…
Joy Dawson Webb, age 93 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Thursday, February 29, 2024. A native of Dyer, TN, she was the daughter of the late Drennon Mathis and Maudie Farris Grissom Dawson. Mrs. Webb was also preceded in death by her husband Robert Noah Webb, Jr., and brothers Ray and Wayne Dawson, and a…
Nashville Zoo’s Grassmere Historic Farm has been certified as a Backyard Bird Sanctuary by The Habitat Connection, a local non-profit that encourages businesses and individual homeowners to create native habitats that support wild bird populations. The certification is another step in the Zoo’s ongoing efforts to practice local conservation by regenerating native habitats that provide…
Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate, STEM-based researchers recently got to showcase their talents, meet Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee and tour the halls of state government at the annual Posters at the Capitol event. The MTSU group of nine joined undergraduates from public universities across Tennessee at the Cordell Hull Building to share their projects spanning…
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 at Beasie Rd for waterline installation work. Road and bridge construction work over Stones River Greenway continues. The greenway trail will be closed around the existing Beasie Rd…
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) advises caution for Murfreesboro motorists starting Monday, March 4, and possibly continuing through Friday, March 15, as its contractors, Burford Tree, trim trees in the Right-of-Way on the southbound lane of Thompson Lane between Siegel Road and Northwest Broad Street. This work will be done between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.,…
After construction delays pushing back the opening date, Boro Bagel is now open and is a huge hit. Opening day had a line around the building and the second day (when we visited) proved no different. The service was great, staff very friendly and the food is amazing! The added movie posters with a “bagel…