With a theme this year of “Make a Difference,” Middle Tennessee State University’s 2022-23 Employee Charitable Giving Campaign will do just that, with a record-setting amount of almost $145,000 pledged, beating the $142,500 campaign goal. MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee lauded the university’s 830 faculty and staff participants for again rising to the occasion and…
Detectives are seeking information about three unknown individuals who stole a blue Daixi PMZ motor scooter from CarTronics, 179 Mall Circle, on Oct. 22. The scooter was moved behind a different building before it was loaded into the back of the Blue Ford F-150. The motor scooter has been entered into NCIC as stolen. If…
For MTSU English and education student and mother, Aiko Baker, balancing her studies, part-time job and parenting her 2-year-old son has been tough, but she knows it is well worth it. “I’m doing it for him,” Baker said. To help lower income, parenting students like Baker manage the financial burden of child care while pursuing…
Joe Mason Brandon, age 82 of Murfreesboro, TN, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 20, 2022. A native of Cannon County, TN, he was the son of the late George Thomas and Pearlie Gilley Brandon. Mr. Brandon was also preceded in death by his son, Joe Mason Brandon, Jr., a grandson, Zachery…
Pastor Angela Cairo Ford, age 68 of Murfreesboro, TN entered the gates of Heaven on Sunday, November 20, 2022, at Alive Hospice Murfreesboro with her family at her side. She was a native of Chicago, Illinois and a daughter of the late Raymond Scott and Mary Anne Caputo. In addition to her mother and stepfather,…
Discovery School at Bellwood is now accepting applications for the 2023-24 school year. A school information meeting and tour is scheduled for Friday, December 9th at 9:00 am, and Monday, December 12th at 6:00 pm. for parents interested in learning more about the admission process. Application deadline is Friday, January 6, 2023 and can be…
As a Dec. 1 application deadline looms for the next group of budding medical school students, the first four Middle Tennessee State University undergraduates have successfully advanced in the special partnership with Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. “We have made it to medical school,” an exuberant Maria Hite of La Vergne,…
Oma Wilson McNabb, age 98 of Murfreesboro, died Sunday, November 20, 2022, at Adams Place. She was a native of Rutherford County and a daughter of the late Aubrey H. Wilson, Sr. and Alta Simmons Wilson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Hall McNabb, a son, Kirby…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a charitable organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the 40 Middle Tennessee counties it serves, announces $2,802,040 in grants to 432 nonprofit organizations as part of the 2022 annual grant making process. Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity (RCHFH) has received a $6250 grant to provide…
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation will host a ribbon-cutting and blessing ceremony on November 22 at 11 AM to celebrate the completion of the hospital’s 8th floor Dr. George Smith West Wing and Anne and Jeff Davis Waiting Room. Named for one of Murfreesboro’s first and longest-serving African-American physicians,…