The teenage girl at the center of a statewide AMBER Alert issued Tuesday evening was found safe about an hour later. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Skylee Morgan, 14, was recovered after a vehicle stop in East Tennessee. A driver reportedly called law enforcement in Georgia to report the vehicle at the center of…
Murfreesboro police have a mystery on their hands, trying to figure out if a bicycle rider was hurt by a hit-and-run driver or if he had a terrible fall on his bike. Police apparently weren’t called when the accident that happened on May 21, and now the department’s Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) is investigating…
Rising 6th grader Lanise Harden gained more self-confidence after School Resource Officers taught her self-defense herself during the annual Junior Deputy Camp last week. “I love how they teach us to defend ourselves if our parents are not around,” Lanise said. “I will do anything to defend myself.” Lanise and about 80 Rutherford County Schools’…
Team captain Sam Fassnacht and other members of the MTSU Baja team have been putting final touches on this year’s off-road vehicle before heading to Illinois for the 2017 Baja SAE Collegiate Design Competition. “What we really need right now is the skilled part,” said Fassnacht, an MTSU senior from Alabama who’s majoring in…
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is preparing for tens of thousands of music fans to descend on Tennessee this weekend. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival takes place on a farm just off exit 111 on Interstate 24 in Manchester, about 65 miles southeast of Nashville. Bonnaroo’s gates open Wednesday, June 7 at 8 p.m. with…
For the first time in history, a Tennessee high school will compete in the Great Race’s X-Club category for vintage cars. Five Central Magnet School students and graduates, along with School Resource Officer Sgt. Scott Culp, will compete in the Great Race from June 24 to July 2 from Jacksonville, Fla., to Traverse City, Mich….
Middle Tennessee State University’s president told the Board of Trustees Monday (June 5) that the institution remains committed to recruiting high-ability students and is on track for enrollment gains in the fall. President Sidney A. McPhee said MTSU responded to enrollment challenges posed by the Tennessee Promise, a state program offering free tuition for…
A few years ago during the Aspiring Administrators Academy — a semester-long course Rutherford County Schools offers to those who wish to one day serve as a principal — Felicia James received a book recommendation that shaped the way she has led as an assistant principal at David Youree Elementary School. The book, The 4…
The community celebration of Alive Hospice’s new Murfreesboro Residence will continue with an open house scheduled for Friday, June 16 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. The program will include refreshments, tours, an introduction to Alive Hospice (The Residence at Alive Hospice Murfreesboro, home hospice care, grief counseling and community education) as well as a time for Q&A with the nonprofit’s senior leaders. To RSVP, visit…
Dr. Andrea Anthony will serve as the next assistant superintendent for Human Resources and Student Services for Rutherford County Schools, Director of Schools Don Odom announced today. “Twelve years of experience as a high school principal and over 600 hours of Human Resource training uniquely creates an understanding of staffing challenges,” Odom said of Dr….