Middle Point Landfill will provide secure disposal of vape products for National Prescription Drug Takeback Day on April 26-27, 2024. Prevention Coalition for Success, a Rutherford County nonprofit dedicated to creating healthier communities by reducing substance misuse, is hosting events at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic (MMC), the Smyrna Police Department and Reeves-Sain Drug Store at which…
The Stars welcome Coach Bryan Weakley as the new Head Coach of the Women’s Basketball program. Weakley is a Graduate of Hendersonville High School and Tennessee State University. He was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Beech High School while doing his student teaching. From there, Weakley moved to Millington Middle School as an assistant…
Rutherford County Schools has announced its 2023-2024 Teachers of the Year. Three teachers were chosen as district level winners and will be submitted for recognition at the regional and potentially state level. All award-winners will be honored at a public banquet on April 30 at the Fountains at Gateway, starting at 3:30 p.m. The district…
Antoinette Spagnolo Walters, age 91 passed away Sunday, April 21, 2024. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Caroline Loggia Spagnolo. Mrs. Walters was also preceded in death by her husband, James Walters, brother, Angelo Spagnolo, and sisters, Angelina Barker, and Madeline Fortino. Mrs. Walters is survived by…
Gerald F. Gillis was born on his grandparent’s farm in Dale County, Alabama. He passed away on Monday, April 22, 2024, at the age of 90. He is preceded in death by his parents William Pruitt Gillis Sr, and Annie Bessie Faust Gillis, and a brother William Pruitt Gillis Jr (Billy), a sister-in-law Jo Helen…
George “Tink” Tinkham, Jr, age 89 of LaVergne, Tennessee died Saturday, April 20, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. He was a native of Belding, Michigan and the son of the late George and Dagmar Tinkham, Sr. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded by his wife of forty-four years, Doris…
Jessica Johnson, age 35 of LaVergne, Tennessee died Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Centennial Medical Center, Nashville following a brief illness. She was a native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and is the daughter of Ronnie and Becky Johnson of LaVergne. In addition to her parents, Jessica is survived by her son, Billy Ron Benson; two sisters,…
The Ethos Youth Ensembles announces the formation of the Ethos Children’s Choirs, a comprehensive, sequential community children’s choir program for public school, private school, and home school students in grades 3 through 8. While the ensembles won’t launch until Fall 2024, auditions for the Ethos Children’s Choirs are Sunday, April 28. Formed in 1997, the…
Melinda Crook marveled at the joy and fun the schoolchildren from Mitchell-Neilson Elementary and other schools were having recently in the Tennessee Livestock Center on the Middle Tennessee State University campus. At the MTSU School of Agriculture Ag Education Spring Fling, Crook, assistant principal at Mitchell-Neilson, knows her school’s youngsters live in downtown Murfreesboro and…
Detectives are trying to identify the person who robbed the 7/11 on Veterans Pkwy on April 19 around 4:30 in the morning. According to the employees, a young male, wearing a red hoodie, blue mask, and black pants walked in and pointed a white AR-15 styled rifle at them and demanded money. The armed robber…