Northfield Junior Chefs Win District Wide Chef Academy Competition Add culinary skills to the resume for students of Murfreesboro City Schools. Fourth through sixth grade students had the opportunity to apply for the MCS Chef Academy and complete a six-week Iron Chef type competition. Putting their knowledge to work, the Northfield Knights won the district…
Murfreesboro police are on the hunt Friday for the person who opened fire into a crowd of young people on a neighborhood playground. It happened around 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gladys Blanton Park on February Street in Murfreesboro. Witnesses told police someone in a dark-charcoal two-door car pulled up and a man got out…
After several months of renovation, the Gatlinburg Sky Life reopened on Friday. It’s been six months since the devastating Smoky Mountain fires – and it deeply touched a group of firefighters in Murfreesboro. For one of those firefighters, Justin McCraven – he was called to step in when the wildfires blazed out of control as…
Bridge over Broad Street TDOT Project Expected Lane Closures: Monday through Friday, 8:00 pm to 6:00 am: There will be alternating lane closures on NW Broad Street, Memorial Blvd, Old Fort Pkwy and Ridgley Road for construction of the new Overpass. There will be lane shifts and traffic interruptions. One lane will remain open in…
Murfreesboro City Schools is ready to read this summer. As a recipient of two Tennessee Read to be Ready Summer Grants, MCS will provide free educational camps focusing on rising third graders who need a little extra help in reading during the summer months. “Summer reading loss can be a big issue in the success…
The City of Murfreesboro notified Room in the Inn Friday, May 26, 2017, of the City’s decision to not renew its lease agreement with the homeless shelter. The current lease agreement on the building at 640 West Main Street expires June 30, 2017. “While the need for shelter services in our community has not…
Michelle Rathbun is the inaugural recipient of the Andrew C. Rambo Scholarship according to an announcement made recently by Keith Canter, CEO of First Community Mortgage (FCM) and David Urban, Ph.D., Dean of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). The Andrew C. Rambo Memorial Scholarship – funded…
Matt Norman is counting down the days for his history-making summer adventure. Norman and fellow Central Magnet School students Jacob Hendrixson, Joey Hughes, Hunter Jones and Chris Johnson will navigate a 1953 Pontiac Chieftan on America’s backroads from Florida to Michigan. They are the first high school team from Tennessee to participate in the X-Club…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Firefighters Jonathan Parsons and Lance Sutton were promoted to the position of Engineer this week. The two were selected from a list of 15 qualified applicants. Meet the NEW Engineers Jonathan Parsons Jonathan Parsons has been with MFRD since March 2008. He is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with…
According to the most recent United States Census Bureau data, Murfreesboro was listed among the 15 fastest-growing cities in the country. Murfreesboro came in at No. 10 nationwide as the city grew by 4.7 percent between July, 2016 and July, 2016 with more than 131,000 people who live there. The census data also found Nashville is…