Sherri Southerland has been in education for 25 years, and this is her fifth year as principal of Smyrna High School. When asked what she enjoys day-to-day, the answer is simple: “The kids. Like what you just watched. You know we have a thousand kids in the gym right now, and you can just feel…
Last fall, the combined efforts of MTSU professor Mary A. Evins and her group of student and community volunteers secured the Blue Raider campus a second win as the top four-year public university in Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s College Voter Registration Competition. Hargett visited the campus Thursday, Jan. 26, and presented the glass plaque…
Congratulations to VidaFlo Murfreesboro for their ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration on Friday, January 27th at 12pm. VidaFlo Murfreesboro is located at 2909 Old Fort Parkway, Suite 101, Murfreesboro, TN 37128 (in the shopping center beside Just Love Coffee) and can be contacted at 615-900-3976.
Three students from Riverdale High School, Tawni Phakousonh, Madison Raney, and Elexis Thepthongsay, have been chosen to perform at Carnegie Hall’s High School Honors Performance Series in New York City. On February 4, 2023, they will perform alongside the Honors Treble Ensemble. “Being selected to the Honors Performance Series is something each Finalist should be…
Detectives are attempting to identify two persons of interest who preyed on an elderly man’s kindness and charged more than $1,400 on his bank card. On Jan. 21, the unidentified females asked the man if he could help them buy some items at Walmart. The 75-year-old man tried giving them money at first, they turned…
Oakland Court Development (Lokey Ave and Academy St) Expected Minor Lane Closures: Monday through Friday: Site construction work continues. Appropriate traffic controls will be in place. Brinkley Rd Improvement Project (between Blaze Dr and Timber Creek Dr) Expected Lane Closures: Monday through Friday: Roadway construction work continues on Brinkley Rd. There will be intermittent lane…
Detectives are needing help identifying another person of interest who also committed fraud at the Home Goods on Thompson Lane. On Dec. 2, 2022, the unidentified woman enters the store and selects two pieces of wall art and a mirror. She takes the items to a register and completes a fraudulent return for store credit…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Interim Fire Chief Mark McCluskey announces the promotion of Alvin Brandon to the rank of captain. Brandon started his career with the department as a firefighter in Oct. 1997. He was promoted to driver in 2004. Brandon will begin his new role as captain on Jan. 29. McCluskey presented Brandon…
Congratulations to The Tailored Closet for their ribbon cutting celebration on Thursday, January 26th at 3pm. The Tailored Closet is located at 531 Huntley Industrial Dr., Smyrna, TN 37167 (Off Sam Ridley, down Weakley Lane, right on Huntley Industrial – it is a dead end street – parking on lot or across the street) and…
RENT is set to open Friday, February 10, at The Center for the Arts. Based on Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème, RENT follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of impoverished, artistic friends living in Manhattan’s East Village. The group’s dreams, losses, and love stories weave through the…