Jordan Johnson, 11, cried and screamed to 911 emergency dispatcher Cathryn Miller when her parents suffered serious injuries in a crash May 4. Her mother, Debbie, asked Jordan to call 911. Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher Miller comforted the distraught girl while obtaining details. She stayed on the phone with Jordan until after deputies and…
Who: Saint Thomas Health/Ascension and other Warren County-based agencies When: Saturday, June 10, 2017 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. What: Day of Hope, Health and Healing Saint Thomas Health, part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system, is partnering with various locally-based agencies to provide care for…
Thirty-three Buchanan Elementary School students captured 8th place overall in the National Archery in the Schools Program national competition in May in Louisville, Ky., the School Resource Officer said. The team earned eighth place in the bullseye competition and ninth place in the 3-D (dimensional) competition for students in grades 4-12, said SRO Mike Farmer,…
Sales of illegal drugs and increased violence led the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Unit to charge a suspect with felony sale of marijuana Friday at his Campus Crossing apartment, a supervisor said. Suspect Derek Steven Jackson, 22, of Memphis, was charged with felony possession of marijuana, said Detective Lt. Jason Mathis. Jackson was charged…
Congratulations to Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital for their ribbon cutting on Wednesday, May 31 at 4pm for their new Ascension Labor & Delivery Expansion. The Ascension Labor & Delivery Expansion is located at 1700 Medical Center Parkway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 (As you enter the main entrance of the hospital go down the hallway beside the gift shop to the McDonald Conference…
Join us for the 41st Annual Lions Super Pull of the South in Chapel Hill, TN. This truck and tractor pull is held every July in our beautiful community, and has been named “Pull of the Year” in 1988, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2010 by the National Tractor Pullers Association. This NTPA…
MTSU was named reserve national champion — a second-place showing — at the American Stock Horse Association collegiate championship show in Sweetwater, Texas, earlier this spring. This comes following MTSU winning the Division II national championship in 2016. The National Collegiate Championship brings together collegiate and individual riders from across the country to…
The Discovery Center kicks off Secret Garden Week 2017 on Thursday, June 1. A highlight of the summer social season in Middle Tennessee, the series of events allows participants to get a sneak peek at beautiful gardens hidden in backyards in and around Murfreesboro. Tickets and information are available at www.explorethedc.org/sgp. Secret Garden Week, which raises…
Dust off your lawn chair and your dancin’ shoes…the 2017 edition of the popular, FREE Friday Night Live Concert Series isthis Friday, June 2nd, 6:30 – 9:30 pm Local favorite, The Pilots, will kick off the concert series, and will keep you dancing to a broad range of tunes that you know and love from the fifties…
Do you recognize this man? He is accused of using a victim’s skimmed credit card information to buy $184.35 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart on South Rutherford Boulevard April 10, said Sheriff’s Detective Jason Dowdle. The suspect wore a Nashville Predators cap and T-shirt. He drove away in a dark-colored SUV. People who know his…