Middle Tennessee football agreed Tuesday to play at Iowa in 2019 for a whopping $1.55 million. The Blue Raiders play the Hawkeyes for the first time in school history in Des Moines on Sept. 28 of 2019. Iowa went 8-5 last season with a win over No. 2-ranked Michigan while competing against Florida in the…
Do you support or participate in music in Murfreesboro? All music producers, promoters, teachers, composers, musicians, conductors, songwriters, music business owners, and music fans are welcome to come to Music Mingle! The goal of Music Mingle is to encourage communication and collaboration between individuals in the music community, start community discussions about the needs and…
Middle Tennessee State University continues its “Paint the Community Colleges True Blue” spring tour with upcoming visits to Motlow College’s main campuses. MTSU recruiters will travel to Tullahoma, Tennessee, Tuesday, April 11, and to Motlow’s Smyrna, Tennessee, campusWednesday, April 19. In between, a visit is planned for a “paint” event at Chattanooga State Thursday, April…
A vision for a vibrant downtown Murfreesboro will bridge North Highland Avenue with the “Historic Bottoms.” If you missed public comments before the Murfreesboro Planning Commission, you can still catch the highlights and more in this month’s edition of “In the City” on YouTube at https://youtu.be/T4LAt2l0aTs. The April video magazine show, hosted by Cecilia Herrell,…
Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital in Smithville, Tennessee has completed its renovation of the hospital’s Emergency Department. The construction, which began in early March 2017, is now in full operation (see pictures below). “The purpose of the renovation is to upgrade and modernize the Emergency Department and to add features, such as a security room, which…
British photographer-designer Priyanka Modi has been selected by professors at Middle Tennessee State University to present her photographic series “Temporary Memories” in a Spring 2017 group show at the Murfree Art Gallery in Murfreesboro, from Monday, March 27th, 2017.The Murfree Art Gallery is located in room 218 on the second floor of the Property Assessor’s…
The Todd Art Gallery announces the Winner’s Circle, an invitational exhibit of artwork from students of Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County Schools. Scheduled May 8-18, 2017, a closing Awards Reception is planned Thursday, May 18, 4:30 p.m., MTSU, Todd Hall, Room 224A. This year’s competition also serves as an inaugural event for student work from…
For years it was called Typing 101. Nowadays it’s referred to as Keyboarding, and another significant difference is that instead of waiting until high school, the newly named course is offered in middle school along with digital literacy, computer applications and document formatting. Dr. Carol Parker, a keyboarding instructor at Rockvale Middle School, is advocating…
Locating a missing Riverdale High School remains a priority for the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Devin Bond, 16, of Armor Place was reporting missing March 31. Sheriff’s deputies, Murfreesboro Police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s helicopter launched searches during the weekend he was reported missing. Detectives are following leads to locate him safely. Community volunteers…
G’Anni Milton, Tinsley Pittenger and Allison Swenson and nearly 900 other Rutherford County school children have no idea how much MTSU senior Austin Brennstuhl wants them to know where there food comes from — and he doesn’t mean the grocery store. The children from 10 schools across the county learned about farm life Tuesday (April…