As part of the Adventure Science Center’s “Wicked Plants” exhibition continuing through May 29 in Nashville, MTSU students and faculty in the Tennessee Center for Botanical Medicine Research presented a series of events featuring medicinal plants. Assistant professor Iris Gao and two of the MTSU center’s graduate students, Shannon Smith and Matthew Fuller, participated twice…
Family and friends, both old and new, can join in the celebration of BBQ at the 4th Annual Backyard BBQ Festival at historic grounds of Cannonsburgh Village in Murfreesboro, TN. Smell that smoke, join in a rib eating contest and watch some of the top cookers in Middle Tennessee compete in the KCBS-Sanctioned Backyard BBQ…
A Murfreesboro family looks for answers after their dad was shot by a sheriff’s deputy. Few details have been made available in the case as the investigation by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation continues. It happened Wednesday on Double Springs Road when a confrontation between a deputy and Jeffery Underhill led to gunfire. Mary Underhill, Jeffery’s daughter,…
News 2 did some digging and found the man injured in Thursday’s officer-involved shooting is no stranger to the law. News 2 obtained documents that state back in January, Jeffery Underhill, 54, of Double Springs Road, allegedly assaulted his wife. According to the arrest warrant, the wife was speaking to Underhill and he said she…
A 31-year-old man was hit and killed while working on the side of Interstate 24 in Murfreesboro Thursday evening. According to a report by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident happened at 5:10 p.m. between the Church Street and Joe B. Jackson Parkway exits. The THP says Roxan Brown, 65, of Georgia, was driving east…
A new neighborhood in Murfreesboro is being targeted by burglars. Neighbors estimate 20 cars plus were rifled through in a matter of hours, with surveillance cameras catching the thieves in action. Sheffield Park is split down the middle. On one side, houses being built by the dozen, on the other are fresh homes and new…
Interstate 24 West in Murfreesboro has reopened after two accidents near Medical Center Parkway Friday. Authorities told News 2 has many as six vehicles were involved and that the second accident was caused by a flat tire. Initially the interstate was shut down, but by 1:30 p.m. three lanes had reopened to traffic. The final lane…
A fire at a county jail sent Rutherford County sheriff’s detention officers running to get inmates to safety. It happened Feb. 28, and inmate Anthony Jackson has been indicted on some pretty serious charges by a grand jury for allegedly starting the fire. But that’s not all. A detention officer also caught some heat for…
Join Locally Owned Murfreesboro and the Tennessee Small Business Development Center for breakfast at 8 a.m. Thursday, May 4 at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce. LOM has invited the new director of the TSBDC, Chris Swoner, to introduce himself to the community and explain what resources are offered by the center. “Locally Owned Murfreesboro…
Two Middle Tennessee State football players have been indefinitely suspended after one took video of the other slapping a puppy repeatedly. Linebacker Shalom Alvarez was on camera hitting the animal, which yelped after each smack, and defensive lineman Justin Akins filmed it and posted it with the caption “[Expletive] said you don’t pay rent.” Head…