MTSU’s Fraternity and Sorority Life recently collected more than 5,300 items and raised roughly $740 by coordinating a food drive during its spring Greek Week celebration. The beneficiary was MTSU’s Student Food Pantry. Located on the second floor of MT One Stop, the pantry offers canned food and other nonperishable items to help students in…
Thanks to Textbook Brokers, qualified students in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University can get a financial boost toward fulfilling their dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Senior John Stewart, an entrepreneurship major from Charlotte, North Carolina, was recently awarded the very first Textbook Brokers Endowed Scholarship in Entrepreneurship in…
Saint Thomas Health and Richland Creek Watershed Alliance (RCWA) have worked together in revising the Specific Plan for the redevelopment of the Imperial House property located next to Saint Thomas West Hospital on Harding Pike. The revised Specific Plan adds water quality buffers to the mixed used development plan approved by the Metropolitan Council in…
Murfreesboro City Schools is accepting applications for peer models for the Integrated Preschool program at Black Fox and Northfield Elementary. The MCS Integrated Preschool is a program that offers preschoolers, with and without disabilities, challenging experiences through a language-based curriculum. Peer models serve as role models and helpers for students with special needs. The integrated…
The streets of downtown Murfreesboro were filled with local hometown heroes as the Child Advocacy Center hosted the Hometown Heroes Walk for Children on Friday, April 21. This 2nd annual event concluded Child Abuse Prevention Month and highlighted the important work that every day heroes do to help child abuse victims. The Child Advocacy Center…
At one point, it appeared two robotic-driven mail delivery systems were on a collision course … best and strongest man (delivery system) wins. Both were stationed across from each other April 27 at the Nissan Training Center in Smyrna when one of MTSU mechatronics engineeringteams decided to guide their mail delivery system toward the other…
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…
An Oakland High School teacher has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of a criminal investigation. According to Don Odom, Director of Schools, the investigation involving Soffiantino stems from allegations of inappropriate contact with a student. He was suspended April 17. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office had no comment about the investigation. According to…
One person was seriously injured in a shooting in Murfreesboro early Friday morning. According to a police report, the victim was found lying in a yard with multiple gunshot wounds near Russell Drive around 2:30 a.m. The victim told officers he was shot by a group of men who approached and began firing. He was hit…
Eight people were arrested Tuesday in a drug bust at a Murfreesboro home authorities said was not fit for human habitation. It happened at a home in the 100 block of Fall Creek Drive, where the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said it was responding to a 911 call of a heroin overdose. Detectives say they recovered…