A Murfreesboro eighth grader has been named the top Middle School Volunteer in the state of Tennessee. Wills McAdams attends Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro. He earned the Prudential Spirit of Community Award for his volunteer work at the local V.A. Medical Center. Wills volunteers at the medical facility’s physical therapy clinic 10 hours a…
Tennessee’s tax-free weekend will be held the last weekend of July just before students return to school. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. July 28 to 11:59 p.m. July 30, shoppers can save nearly 10 percent on clothing, school supplies and computers as student prepare to return to school. “The sales tax holiday for back-to-school items is…
Middle Tennessee State University is playing host this week to a delegation of schoolchildren, teachers and administrators from China’s Dongcheng Educational Group for the sixth in a series of reciprocal visits between the institutions. Dongcheng is an affiliate of Hangzhou Normal University, MTSU’s partner in the creation and operation of the Confucius Institute on…
Murfreesboro is the place to be on Monday, August 21, 2017, when a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event will take place: the first total solar eclipse to sweep across the entire United States in almost 100 years! Please join us at Siegel Park in North Murfreesboro to view this extraordinary spectacle. Solar viewing glasses will be provided on…
Join the many happy children under the spray from the Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue Department on July 20. Wear clothes and shoes to get wet in, and don’t forget your sunscreen and towel. Free. Parents, plan to stay with your children and enjoy the water too! Ages: Children 12 years & under with a parent/grandparent…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department’s District 1, District 9, Engines 4 and 10 responded to a fire in the wrestling building at Blackman Middle School just before 10 p.m. on Sunday Night. When crews arrived, they found that a detached metal building located behind the school had heavy black smoke. There was little fire remaining and according to Battalion Chief…
It was a record-setting day for the state of Tennessee as a crowd of 47,622 people filled Nissan Stadium in Nashville to watch team USA take on Panama in its Gold Cup Opener. The record-breaking crowd was about 2,000 more than were in Music City for the US Gold Cup tune-up game a few years…
Cummins Falls State Park is open on Sunday, but with a warning for families: Do not bring small children for another day or two, until water levels go down. A post on the Park’s Facebook Page says visitors can now hike to the base of the waterfall, but the water is still too high for…
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” swung past expectations, opening with an estimated $117 million in North America and giving a Sony Pictures a much-needed hit. “Homecoming” was one of the biggest tests yet for the notion that domestic moviegoers are growing weary of sequels and reboots and suffering so-called “franchise fatigue.” ″Homecoming” kicks off the third “Spider-Man” iteration…
Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota and Saint Thomas Health are partnering to visit four middle Tennessee high schools Tuesday, July 25. The entire community, are invited to be on hand for the events, which will feature a Q&A with Mariota. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system. …