The Tennessee Music Education Association will present Letoni Murry with the Outstanding Administrator Award at the annual TMEA Professional Development Conference in April. Murry, principal of Stewarts Creek Middle School, was nominated by Band Director Andrew Lynn and selected by the Da Capo Committee of past TMEA presidents based on his “outstanding contributions to music…
Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Locating and apprehending three armed carjacking suspects earned a sheriff’s deputy honors as Officer of the Month for February from Ford of Murfreesboro. Deputy Lawson Royal spotted the suspects run from a wooded area, get into a car and drive away Jan. 18 on Interstate 24. Royal followed…
Vendors interested in operating a food truck within Murfreesboro City limits are required to have a Mobile Food Service Vehicle permit. The annual permit is $50.00. A downloadable PDF of The Permit Application for Mobile Food Service Vehicle is available athttp://www.murfreesborotn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4502. Vendors can apply for the permit from the Murfreesboro Planning Department, City Hall, 2nd…
An iconic mural painted five years ago was found vandalized Wednesday morning. The mural is painted on the side of a building that houses 12South Dental Studio near Edley’s BBQ and Draper James on 12th Avenue South. It became a popular place for tourists and visitors to have their photos taken to celebrate their trip to…
With temperatures below freezing, Batey Farms in Murfreesboro worked hard to keep their strawberry crop safe from the temperatures. Courtesy of WKRN News 2
An Endangered Child Alert was issues Tuesday afternoon for a 15-year-old girl missing out of Maury County–and it was quickly upgraded to a statewide AMBER Alert. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is searching for Mary Catherine Elizabeth Thomas. Elizabeth is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has blonde hair and hazel…
A federal jury has convicted a Murfreesboro man of smuggling gun silencers into the United States. The federal prosecutor’s office in Nashville says evidence showed that 50-year-old Paul Gratton traveled to England and purchased six silencers from a firearms dealer in Sheffield. Authorities say none of the silencers had serial numbers on them and Gratton…
A 50-year-old Murfreesboro man has been convicted of smuggling silencers into the United States from England. A federal jury found Paul Gratton guilty of delivery of a firearm to a common carrier without written notice, illegal shipment of a firearm with intent to commit a felony, illegal importation of a firearm, illegal receipt of a firearm…
What are our friends at St. Thomas Health doing for you? They are building full service care centers in your neighborhood to meet your health needs from Brentwood to Murfreesboro. The new comprehensive care centers in Middle Tennessee offer primary care, integrative medicine, on-site lab testing, imaging services, outpatient rehab, express-care and more, all under one…
Anastasia Hayes was honored as the Tennessee Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year on Monday. She is a 5-foot-7 point guard that was also named a finalist for the Naismith national player of the year award. Hayes was named the TSSAA’s Class AAA Miss Basketball and a McDonald’s All-American that averaged 22.2 points a…