TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center announced George Palatsakis, physical therapist, as the first recipient of the R.O.S.E. Award, short for Recognition of Service Excellence award. The R.O.S.E. Award was championed by Kristy Coleman, Certified Nuclear Medical Technician, and the Employee Advisory Group (EAG) to recognize full-time, non-nursing health professionals or ancillary support employees of TriStar StoneCrest…

The Uncle Dave Macon Days Music and Arts Festival will be hosting a press conference at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center on April 27th at 10am. Please join us at the Medical Center Parkway location to learn more about the 2017 musical lineup and award recipients. Beginning on Friday, July 7th, the…

Police are investigating a shooting at a Murfreesboro apartment located not too far from Middle Tennessee State University Tuesday afternoon. It happened just after 1:30 p.m. at the Student Quarters Apartment on Greenland Drive. Police said one person was shot and the suspect ran on foot towards Highland Avenue. The victim was taken to St….

When people in New Orleans woke up Monday morning, a prominent Confederate monument was gone with plans for three more to be removed soon. Tennessee has dealt with its own issues with remembering its Confederate past. The decision to rename Forrest Hall on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University could still be months away. The…

Strawberry season is here, and patches across Middle Tennessee are opening up. The early freeze hurt some crops, but most farms around the area have recovered. At Batey Farms in Murfreesboro, they’re opening up so the public can handpick their berries. Batey Farms operator Brandon Whitt said they did lose some berries due to the…

Eleven years after a 2-year-old girl vanished from her family’s apartment, her murder remains unsolved. Analyce Guerra’s mother reported she woke up in the middle of the night on April 23, 2006 to find her daughter gone. Nearly two years later, on Jan. 4, 2008, her body was found in a wooded-area in Murfreesboro. Smyrna…

Acclaimed songwriter Angaleena Presley will be the next guest artist on Wired In, the new 4K webcast series from WMOT/Roots Radio 89.5 FM and Aurora, Nashville’s premiere online ultra high-definition streaming production studio. The show is set for 5 p.m. CST on Tuesday, April 25, and can be viewed live at WMOT.org, station streaming video…

The Tennessee Business Barometer Index has bested its record high just set the previous quarter, according to the latest online survey of business leaders by MTSU’s Jones College of Business. April’s index rose to 507, up from 470 in January. The quarterly index is a collaboration between Middle Tennessee State University and the Tennessee Chamber…

Rutherford Books from Birth is participating in The Big Payback, a 24-hour, online giving event created to help Middle Tennessee nonprofits raise funds vital to continuing their work and directly improving the community around them. This is the second year that Rutherford Books from Birth is taking part in the event. Rutherford Books from Birth…

Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department’s Districts 1, 9, and 7 and Engines 4 and 10 (total of 8 units) responded to a fire call at the Carrington Park Apartments located at 2778 Rideout Lane around 4:45 Sunday evening. Crews arrived on scene to find heavy smoke and flames showing on the third floor of Building K…