Lyle Laverne Ploger passed peacefully on July 4 th, 2023. His sons were at his side when he entered his Lord’s Kingdom. Lyle was born on February 16, 1948, at his family’s old farmhouse in Exeland, Wisconsin. His parents, Ray & Ethel Ploger, one sister, and three brothers preceded him in death. Lyle believed in…
Mrs. Margaret Louise Utley, age 99, of Smyrna, TN passed away Thursday, July 6, 2023. She was born near Dawson Springs, KY to the late Chester and Vannie Walker Brown. Mrs. Utley had several careers in her life; she was a homemaker, hairdresser, and owned her own seamstress shop at one point. She was a…
Main Street’s “Taste of Rutherford” tickets are now on sale for their annual fundraising event. Approximately 25 restaurants will spread out on the Oakland’s grounds to serve tastings of their delicious foods, the Mid-State Brew Crew will be serving craft beer, and live music will be performed by The O’Donnells. VIP area in the back…
Holloway High School will be hosting its annual open house on July 27 from 3-6 p.m. Prospective students will be able to take a tour of the school and complete interviews on-site the same day. Administrators will be doing the equivalent of a “speed dating” type interview with students being admitted on the spot, said…
Congratulations to Family Pet Health for their ribbon cutting celebration on Wednesday, July 12th at 11am. Family Pet Health is located at 3907 Richard Reeves Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37127 (Off Joe B. Jackson Pkwy. Just past the Amazon facility) and can be contacted at 615-907-8387.
Eight MTSU undergraduates took their research projects across the pond to the annual World Congress on Undergraduate Research, also known as WorldCUR, at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, earlier this spring. Students Janna Abou-Rahma, Marzea Akter, Hunter Brady, Brooke Busbee, Leslie Gonzalez, Yaseen Ginnab, Jesse Scobee and Ross Sibley traveled with Jamie Burriss,…
Congratulations to Redstone Federal Credit Union for their grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 13th at 11am. Redstone Federal Credit Union is located at 5525 Franklin Road, Suite A, Murfreesboro, TN 37128 and can be contacted at 615-890-1980.
An investigation is underway by the Murfreesboro Police Department Special Victims Unit (SVU) hoping to identify several women who were allegedly raped by a Murfreesboro man while they were unconscious. A Rutherford County Grand Jury indicted 38-year-old Immanuel Webb on multiple counts of rape earlier this month after a second woman came forward and said…
Detectives need help identifying a person of interest in a fraudulent use of a credit card case. On June 19, a male victim reported the theft of his wallet. After checking his online account, he noticed more than $600 worth of charges were made at a 7-11 in Lewisburg. The person of interest was driving…
Rutherford County Schools kickstarted its professional development opportunities for the 2023-24 school year with this year’s Elementary Summer Summit. The summit is a voluntary professional development opportunity for teachers that offers over a hundred sessions ranging from classroom management to content focused development. During the summit, teachers and principals can attend sessions pertaining to their…