Middle Tennessee meets Butler Saturday evening with the Blue Raiders eyeing a spot in the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history. They’ve reached the point in the tournament where everyone is good, and it’s obvious just how much respect these teams have for each other. On Friday, Butler coach Chris Holtmann came out…
Bridge over Broad Street TDOT Project Expected Lane Closures: Monday, March 20th, through Friday,March 24, from 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…
People in Murfreesboro went bald Friday to raise money about childhood cancer research. They gathered for the Bald in The Boro event at Lanes, Trains and Automobiles Entertainment Depot on Butler Drive. Proceeds will benefit St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which is a volunteer-powered charity that funds childhood cancer research grants. Wendy Shipley-McGill told News 2 she…
Brenda Bailey isn’t a stereotypical physical education instructor. In her class, it’s commonplace for Bailey to talk about the physiological and neurological connection to learning. She is also likely to talk about kinesthetic learning in which learning takes place by students carrying out physical activities. “I’ve always been interested in the brain,” said Bailey, who…
On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, the Murfreesboro Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. to hold important public hearings on two key downtown-area studies. The City has been studying “North Highlands Avenue” and the “Historic Bottoms”’ for the past nine months. The public hearings will be held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 111…
It’s an effort to help prevent bullying, but build friendships for students the same time. It’s called the Buddy Bench, and the vice mayor of Murfreesboro is on a mission to equip each city school with one. School officials recently unveiled the Buddy Bench at Scales Elementary School. “The Buddy Bench is a simple idea…
Katie Arnette (Oakland High School Class of 2013), who attends Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, has been selected to join a research team in Lop Buri, Thailand this summer. Katie and the team from Eckerd, along with a team from North Carolina State, will study an archaeological dig site with remains that are expected to date from the…
With 10 years of robotic surgical experience and almost 5,000 completed robotic surgical procedures, Saint Thomas Health has taken the next technological step available in health care today by adopting use of the daVinci® Xi Surgical System. The value of this advanced technology is not only improved surgical performance, but also it is less invasive to…
Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital in Smithville, Tennessee has begun a complete renovation of the hospital’s Emergency Department. The construction, which began this week, is scheduled to be completed within 30 days, and will not affect the continuous operation of emergency services at the hospital. “The purpose of the renovation is to upgrade and modernize the…
“Over half of the referrals that Cannon County Child Advocacy Center received last year were children who were exposed to their parent’s drug use,” said Cannon County Coordinator Alissa Kalish. “The Child Advocacy Center is here to help parents who want to stop using drugs and give their children a happier childhood.” According to the…