Middle Tennessee State University interior design students recently took home top honors at the Formica Form, a national furniture design competition that held regional awards at the Inspire Nashville trade show. As part of the experiential learning, or EXL, capstone course for juniors taught by assistant professor Carrie Pavel, students designed a piece of furniture…
Grant Gardner, Department of Biology professor and researcher, along with Middle Tennessee State University faculty Liz Barnes, Sarah Bleiler-Baxter, Jennifer Kaplan and Greg Rushton, recently landed a $1.25 million National Science Foundation grant to develop four post-doctoral candidates into STEM-education researchers. “We’re excited,” Gardner said. “Most active research universities have a strong population of post-doctoral…
Congratulations to Reeves Sain Drug Store for their ribbon cutting celebration on Thursday, November 9th at 11am. Reeves Sain Drug Store is located at 1801 Memorial Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and can be contacted at 615-896-5731.
MPD officers are currently investigating two separate incidents that took place around the same time on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 9. There was an attempted robbery of pizza delivery driver at Crossing at Hazelwood Apartment Homes on Hazelwood Dr. A man approached the delivery driver and demanded money. The apartment where the pizza was supposed to…
Detectives are asking for assistance in identifying two persons of interest in a shoplifting case at Walmart on Memorial Blvd. On Nov. 4, 2023, a man and a woman filled several plastic bins with clothing, household items and wine, loaded the merchandise into two shopping carts and left the store without paying. They were confronted…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Firefighter Jacob Bien has been named, ‘Firefighter of the Year’ by the Exchange Club of Rutherford County. Exchange Club Treasurer Melissa Wright presented Bien with the award at an award luncheon at Through the Grapevine on Broadmor St. Wednesday, Nov. 8. Fire Chief Mark McCluskey, Assistant Chief of Training Nicole…
Here’s a new update on the new Main Event coming to Murfreesboro including their VIP event, soft opening and grand opening dates. More on their opening day giveaways coming soon!
Congratulations to The Dutton Luxury Apartments for their ribbon cutting celebration on Wednesday, November 8th at 11am. The Dutton Luxury Apartments is located at 1345 Wenlon Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 and can be contacted at 615-617-4885.
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Assistant Chief of Medical Services Jeff Wright has retired after nearly 22 years of dedicated service to the department. “It has been an honor and privilege to work alongside some of the best,” Wright said. “I’ve made some lifelong friend that I’m forever grateful for.” A retirement gather was held…
MFRD responded to a gas leak at the Rogers Petroleum main storage facility on Bridge Ave. at 9:11 a.m. Tuesday. An estimated 658 gallons of gasoline leaked from a failed pipeline. The leak has been contained. Most of the gas absorbed into the ground. A HazMat cleanup crew has been called to the scene for…