July Friday Night Live Concert Featuring Entice

July Friday Night Live Concert Featuring Entice

Main Street Murfreesboro, a nonprofit, 501c3 has been focused on economic development, design, and promotions of the historic downtown business district for the past 38 years. Main Street Murfreesboro hosts several downtown events to bring tourism and community residents to the historic downtown business district. The July 7th concert features local band Entice performing three…

After 2,400 Miles, MTSU Female Flying Aces Earn Their Wings at Air Race Classic

After 2,400 Miles, MTSU Female Flying Aces Earn Their Wings at Air Race Classic

Three female flying aces representing Middle Tennessee State University’s Aerospace Department just returned from a successful 2,400-mile cross-country trip that pilot Farilyn Hurt described as “empowering, exciting, moving and stressful.” “By the end, I felt I could literally do anything,” Hurt, 23, of Milledgeville, Georgia, and a May MTSU graduate, said of the all-women Air…

Nissan donation to RCS

$67,000 Nissan Donation Will Benefit RCS STEM, Ion Schools

Nissan has generally donated funds to both Rutherford County Schools and Murfreesboro City Schools that will be used to provide additional STEM programming for local students. In the education world, STEM is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and it is used to describe academic programs centered around those fields. Some…

Sarah Kate Wright of Siegel Middle School with her Beta award

Multiple RCS Students Succeed at National Convention

Rutherford County School students recently placed in several categories at the National Beta Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. Students represented RCS across multiple schools and grade levels, with a variety of skills and talents. RCS students were awarded in the following categories: Drawing Junior 9th Place: Zoe Tang, Siegel Middle Hand Drawn Anime Junior 2nd Place:…

MPD Receives MADD Middle Tennessee Outstanding Department Award

MPD Receives MADD Middle Tennessee Outstanding Department Award

The Murfreesboro Police Department has been awarded the 2023 Middle Tennessee Outstanding Department by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Tennessee. Several MPD officers also received awards. The award was presented at the 2023 Tennessee Statewide Night of Remembrance and Awards Ceremony held at the Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center in Manchester on June 8. MADD recognizes…

Mayor McFarland Recognizes Parks & Rec employees with STARS Award

Mayor Shane McFarland Recognizes Murfreesboro Parks & Recreation Employees with STARS Award

A team of Murfreesboro Parks & Recreation employees was honored during the City Council meeting, Thurs., June 29, 2023, for assisting emergency responders in rescuing an individual in Barfield Park. Mayor Shane McFarland recognized John “Carman” Walls, Todd Fischer, and Haskell “Benny” Barrett with the STARS Award for their outstanding service during a rescue, April…

I-24 SMART Corridor Installed on I-24

I-24 SMART Corridor Installed on I-24

Drivers traveling between Murfreesboro and Nashville and back should notice a more reliable commute after the I-24 SMART Corridor was installed. Commissioner Butch Eley of the Tennessee Department of Transportation joined La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole, Smyrna Mayor Mary Esther Reed, Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland and state Rep. Tim Rudd in speaking about the opening…

Sheriff’s Office and Inmate Workers Rescue Kittens

Sheriff’s Office and Inmate Workers Rescue Kittens

Inmate workers were mowing the grass at Rutherford County Sheriff’s office when they spotted an “orange fluff ball in the green field,” said Deputy Chelsea Quinn. “Upon closer inspection they discovered a calico kitten all by his lonesome self,” Quinn said. “After some investigation, the inmate workers found four more kittens under a bush with…