“Cops in the Community”  Join us for MixxedFit with Officer BK

“Cops in the Community” Join us for MixxedFit with Officer BK

Join us Saturday, May 20 for MixxedFit® with Officer BK. As part of the “Cops in the Community” initiative Officer Barbara King will be leading MixxedFit®- a dance fitness program with explosive moves and boot camp style toning at 9 AM at Patterson Park Community Center. The class is free to attend and will be…

City, MTSU taking significant measures to combat campus-area crime

City, MTSU taking significant measures to combat campus-area crime

Privately owned apartments near the Middle Tennessee State University campus will be the focus of a strategy announced Wednesday by Murfreesboro leaders that will step up patrols and increase landlord accountability. City Manager Rob Lyons said Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland and other City officials metTuesday “with the apartment complex managers with the highest call for…

City releases proposed FY 2018 Budget for Council Review

City releases proposed FY 2018 Budget for Council Review

City Manager Rob Lyons, in accordance with the City Charter, has submitted the City’s Proposed $157.2 million Fiscal Year 2017-18 (FY 18) Budget for review by the City Council.  The proposed General Fund expenditures increase 3.75 percent while revenues increase nearly 5 percent from FY 2016-17 budgeted amounts. “The City of Murfreesboro is still enjoying…

DR. MATTHEW DESHAZO JOINS SAINT THOMAS  HEART FAILURE CLINICS IN NASHVILLE, MURFREESBORO

DR. MATTHEW DESHAZO JOINS SAINT THOMAS HEART FAILURE CLINICS IN NASHVILLE, MURFREESBORO

Matthew deShazo, M.D., MPH, has joined the Saint Thomas West Heart Failure Clinic and the Saint Thomas Rutherford Heart Failure Clinic as a specialist in advanced heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and transplant cardiology (see picture below). Dr. deShazo joins the two Saint Thomas Health Heart Failure Clinics from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where…

Murfreesboro mother grieves loss of 18-year-old son killed in shooting

Murfreesboro mother grieves loss of 18-year-old son killed in shooting

A mother is grieving after her 18-year-old son was shot in Murfreesboro Tuesday night. Police are also still searching for the person who killed Kendrick Love in the parking lot of the Gateway Apartments. There’s no worse way to find out that your son was the victim of a violent gun attack than through social…

18-year-old dies after shooting in Murfreesboro parking lot

18-year-old dies after shooting in Murfreesboro parking lot

An 18-year-old died after he was shot in a Murfreesboro parking lot of an apartment complex. Murfreesboro police say they responded to the Gateway Apartments around 7:45 p.m. where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso. The victim, who was identified as 18-year-old Kendrick Love, was taken to Saint Thomas Rutherford…

Victim suffers life-threatening injuries in Murfreesboro shooting

Victim suffers life-threatening injuries in Murfreesboro shooting

Someone was shot Tuesday night in Murfreesboro in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Murfreesboro police say they responded to the Gateway Apartments around 7:45 p.m. where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Their identity has not yet been…

Deadline nears for STEM camp at MTSU for underrepresented middle school girls

Deadline nears for STEM camp at MTSU for underrepresented middle school girls

The deadline for a STEM camp at MTSU for underrepresented middle school girls is Friday, May 19, and openings remain, a camp official said. Participants will spend one day during the week of camp (June 12-16) to learn about each letter in STEM — one day on Science, one on Technology, one on Engineering and…