MTSU concrete, construction students seek internships through speed-interviewing process

MTSU concrete, construction students seek internships through speed-interviewing process

ByMurfreesboro.com

From 19-year-old sophomores Nija Threat and Riley Bethmann to 61-year-old senior Dan Throneberry, nearly 60MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management students of all ages participated in the Speed Interviewing Day for internships with industry partners. Companies from across the South and Midwest sent representatives to interview 45 Concrete Industry Management and 12construction management students…

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City Construction Projects for March 5 through March 11

ByMurfreesboro.com

Bridge over Broad Street TDOT Project Expected Lane Closures: Monday through Friday, 8:00 pm to 6:00 am: There will be alternating lane closures on NW Broad Street, Memorial Blvd, Old Fort Pkwy and Ridgley Road for construction of the new Overpass. There will be lane shifts and traffic interruptions. One lane will remain open in…

Central Magnet eighth-grader wins state award, scholarship for serving others

Central Magnet eighth-grader wins state award, scholarship for serving others

ByMurfreesboro.com

The late Chris Kyle famously wrote “it is our duty to serve those who serve us” in his bestselling memoir. Wills McAdams, an eighth-grader at Central Magnet School, has not yet read “American Sniper.” He never even saw the Academy Award-winning movie version directed by Clint Eastwood. And yet the 14-year-old from Murfreesboro has embodied…

Search for solid waste solutions featured in ‘Murfreesboro Storytellers’

Search for solid waste solutions featured in ‘Murfreesboro Storytellers’

ByMurfreesboro.com

Middle Point landfill is expected to reach capacity in no more than 8 years. At that time, taxpayers will lose free use of the landfill – worth at least $4 million annually – and the county will lose about $900,000 a year paid by other counties that use Middle Point. The Rutherford County Solid Waste…

City of Murfreesboro welcomes TSSAA tourneys to MTSU

City of Murfreesboro welcomes TSSAA tourneys to MTSU

ByMurfreesboro.com

TSSAA high school basketball tournaments are returning like robins this spring to the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, and the university is making temporary parking and traffic changes to accommodate its welcome guests. The TSSAA Division I High School Basketball Tournaments are set March 8-11 for the girls and March 15-18 for the boys…

Bailey Pratt named Chief Financial Officer at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

Bailey Pratt named Chief Financial Officer at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

ByMurfreesboro.com

Bailey Pratt, CPA, has been named Chief Financial Officer, Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, effective March 26, 2017. Pratt joined Saint Thomas Health in 2011, and is currently CFO for Saint Thomas Medical Partners. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system. “We are very pleased to have Bailey…

I-24 East in Murfreesboro closes after fatal incident

I-24 East in Murfreesboro closes after fatal incident

ByMurfreesboro.com

The eastbound lanes of Interstate 24 in Murfreesboro are closed due to a fatal incident. It was reported at 7:24 p.m. Sunday at mile marker 80. The eastbound lanes have been shut down and traffic is being diverted to alternate routes. Drivers traveling westbound are also experiencing delays due to rubbernecking. The roadway is expected to…

Murder charges filed

Murder charges filed

ByMurfreesboro.com

A boyfriend accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend Tuesday was charged with murder, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said Wednesday. Victim Carly Hassett, 29, of Millersburg Road in Bell Buckle was pronounced dead at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital, said lead Detective Steve Craig. Jared Partin, 32, of Millersburg Road was charged with first-degree murder, the…

Fugitives from England returned

Fugitives from England returned

ByMurfreesboro.com

Two brothers who allegedly skipped court on felony drug charges seven years ago were tracked to England by a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective and returned to face charges, the detective said. Murfreesboro Police vice detectives charged brothers Charles Culver, 30, of Milton-Keynes, England, and Dane Culver, 27, of Bedford, England, with possession of illegal, hallucinogenic…