Help celebrate Nashville’s own “fishable” and “swimmable” river by attending the inaugural Nashville Splash Blast hosted by the Cumberland River Compact, with live music courtesy of WMOT Roots Radio 89.5 FM. Head on down to the East Bank landing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 27, to kick off the summer right with…

Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity is proud to announce that Ole South Properties Inc. will sponsor and supervise the construction of a local resident’s future home as part of Habitat for Humanity’s nationwide Home Builders Blitz. Three-time GRAMMY® award-winning artist Darius Rucker will also lend a hand, building and participating in the dedication of a…

Plans are underway to bring down the dilapidated Imperial House building located at 109 Bosley Springs Road next to Saint Thomas West Hospital to prepare for the redevelopment of the property.  The apartment building was purchased by Saint Thomas Health in the 1980’s and continued to operate until 2006.  In the early 1990’s, the Daughters…

Ehab Hana, M.D. has joined Saint Thomas Medical Partners (STMP), Lenox Village, at 6005 Nolensville Road in Nashville, as a family medicine physician (see picture below).  Dr. Hana joins STMP after moving to the Nashville area from Brooklyn, New York, where he was a primary care physician providing primary and urgent care in the areas…

In observance of Memorial Day, City Hall and most other City offices will be closed Monday, May 29, 2017. Some recreational facilities and St. Clair Street Senior Center will be closed. Rover, the City’s public transportation system, will not run on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. Boro Beach, Sports*Com’s outdoor pool, will be open from…

As summer kicks off, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office partners with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket.” From May 22 to June 4, participating agencies across the state will increase seat belt enforcement as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s nationwide mobilization. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said eight…

Brendan O’Hare, M.D. is joining Saint Thomas Medical Partners’ gastroenterology practices in Nashville at 300 20th Avenue North and in Lebanon at 100 Physicians Way (see picture below).  Dr. O’Hare is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.  Saint Thomas Health is a part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system.  …

Results from the recent Tennessee standardized tests will not be factored into the final report card scores for students attending Rutherford County Schools this year, in accordance with state rules and regulations.   While the school district is expecting to receive the scores for all students soon, those scores will not be delivered to the…

Police now say an 18-year-old who suffered a gunshot injury to his foot accidentally shot himself in Murfreesboro not too far from Middle Tennessee State University. It happened at University Gables on South Rutherford Boulevard just after midnight. According to a police report, the victim initially said he was at a party at the apartment…