Murfreesboro Police Chief Michael Bowen announces the retirement of Lieutenant Melonie Roche nearly 25 years of dedicated service. Roche began her career with MPD in July 1999 as a patrol officer. Roche was promoted to Patrol Division Sergeant in 2006. She was promoted to Administrative Services Division Lieutenant in 2019. She was also a general…
This week’s podcast featured staff and volunteers from The Journey Home in Murfreesboro which helps the homeless population in our community. The Journey Home is a Christian ministry whose primary focus is to serve the homeless and disadvantaged of Rutherford County – providing practical resources and relationships that encourage faith, economic stability, wholeness, and reintegration…
Statistics for the prevalence of abuse and intimate partner violence are alarming – 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men – and a Middle Tennessee State University professor believes the community should know how to respond when faced with those situations. Rebecca Oldham, assistant professor in MTSU’s Human Development and Family Science Program,…
Oakland Middle School recently took 43 students to the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta. The students performed a 15 minute excerpt from the musical Shrek, Jr. The students were adjudicated by Broadway professionals where they earned the Dance in Excellence award. Students Evelyn James and Gavin Pearson were chosen as All Stars by the adjudicators…
Middle Tennessee recently showed its support for National Wear Red Day, proudly embracing the “red” spirit. However, our commitment to heart health extends beyond that day. In celebration of Heart Month, Ascension Saint Thomas, in collaboration with Tennessee Maternal Fetal Medicine, is excited to announce they are the only hosptial in the Nashville area offering…
Congratulations to Main Event Entertainment for their ribbon cutting celebration on Friday, February 9th at 11am. The Main Event is located at 1510 Greshampark Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and can be contacted at 615-639-1899.
Critical thinking, problem-solving and informational literacy are at the heart of Middle Tennessee State University’s restructured general education program, which will be implemented at the beginning of the fall 2024 semester. True Blue Core — the name for the newly revamped set of requirements — will be unveiled at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, at…
Raymond Lee Taber, age 89 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024. A native of Omaha, NE, he was the son of the late Carl and Josephine Coolidge Taber. Mr. Taber was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Joseph Taber, siblings, Donna Wassom, Carole Smith, Kathy Lyon, Josephine Smith, and Don…
Mr. James Timothy “Tim” Johnson, Jr., age 53, of Smyrna, TN passed away Saturday, February 10, 2024. He was born in Shelby County, TN to James Timothy Johnson, Sr. and Rikki Vannucci Johnson. Tim was a 1988 graduate of LaVergne High School. He owned Southwest Properties and worked in partnership with M&T Development. Tim is…
The new Main Event in Murfreesboro has a GIANT ice cream sundae they offer and we just had to go check it out. AND if you eat it in under 5 minutes, it’s free! Any takers???