Murfreesboro City Schools is the one of two districts in the region to complete the Project ADAM specifications and become a certified heart safe school district. Project ADAM’s mission is to serve children and adolescents through education and the deployment of life saving programs that help prevent sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death in…
Professor Michael Sherr, chair of the MTSU Department of Social Work, sat among his colleagues in the James E. Walker Library conference room Thursday to discuss why students need hands-on experience no matter what field of study. “Social work is a field where everything students learn in undergrad, in general education courses- actually will use,”…
Congratulations to Total Trans4mation Heating & Air Conditioning for their ribbon cutting on Friday, May 12th at 11am. Total Trans4mation Heating & Air Conditioning is located at 5409 New Nashville Hwy. (from Murfreesboro – just past Roselawn Funeral Home on the right and beside Storage Plus – please part in Storage Plus parking lot), Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and…
The Goodwill Career Solutions center at 2955 S. Church St. in Murfreesboro will host a job fair from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, for six employers seeking to fill at least 250 positions in Rutherford, Williamson and Wilson counties. Employers include Sunoco Aplus, Onin Staffing, Vista Inn & Suites, Abacus Staffing, AllStaff Services…
The word to describe Tucker Williams is joy. “He is happy, fun, active, and an extremely strong little boy,” said his mother, Jessica. Just 14 months ago she might not have described her son this way. Jessica did not know if her son would celebrate his first birthday this year, let alone Mother’s Day. At…
A veteran detective is back on duty after a TBI investigation and review of their findings by 16th Judicial District Attorney General Jennings Jones, SheriffMike Fitzhugh says. “In a May 5th letter to TBI, General Jones found Detective Ty Downing’s shooting justified and that he acted appropriately,” the sheriff said of the April 12 shooting….
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…
The Tennessee Renaissance Festival continues this weekend in Arrington. Located just off Highway 96 in between Franklin and Murfreesboro, the annual festival is easily accessible from interstates 24, 65 and 840. More than 60 skilled artisans from all over the country will have their unique items, including silks, swords, jewelry and specialty foods and drinks…
A deputy who shot a man in Rutherford County last month has been cleared of any wrongdoing. Ty Downing shot 54-year-old Jeffrey Underhill on April 12. The district attorney has since looked over the TBI’s investigation and said Downing shot Underhill after the man pulled out a gun while he was under arrest. Underhill was…
Authorities cracked down Friday on speeders, texters, as well as drinking and driving on a dangerous stretch of roadway that spans from Davidson to Coffee County. Law enforcement agencies are out in force looking for violators along State Route 41/70. It’s a stretch of road in Rutherford County that has proven to be dangerous and deadly. “The…