During United Way’s 2018 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, more than 40 volunteer preparers completed 1,434 tax returns resulting in a $1,850,714 investment through tax refunds, as well as $388,614 in reduced tax prep fees, totaling $2,239,328 economic impact in Rutherford and Cannon counties. Through combined efforts with My Free Taxes, a free online…
Approximately 600 Murfreesboro City School third-graders from six schools experienced MTSU farm life during a field trip on Wednesday. The field trip is the culminating event for third grade as part of the Farm to School curriculum. About half of the Murfreesboro City Schools third-graders learned about the MTSU gardens while the rest took in…
On May 15, 2018, just after 9:30 pm, Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to a call of a male sitting in the roadway on W. Main Street near Bridge Avenue. Upon arrival, officers were told by witnesses the male subject had made statements of having shot someone at InTowne Suites at 1345 Old Fort Parkway and…
Congratulations to CoreLife Eatery for their ribbon cutting on Wednesday, May 16th at 10:30am. CoreLife Eatery is located at 2330 Medical Center Parkway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and can be contacted at 607-765-6309. [custom-facebook-feed album=10155336283341078]
A Rutherford County constable who died in the line of duty in 1878 was memorialized this year on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Constable Abner Dement, who was shot by a suspected horse thief Aug. 19, 1878, was formally remembered during the 30th Annual Candlelight Vigil Sunday night during National Police…
Middle Tennessee State University helped its primary partner in China, Hangzhou Normal University, celebrate its 110th birthday, participating in a series of events that wrapped up Monday. HNU, which helps MTSU operate the Confucius Institute on the Murfreesboro campus, marked the anniversary of its 1908 founding with an international assembly of scholars, which featured MTSU…
Congratulations to Rocket Shirts for their ribbon cutting on Friday, May 11 at 3:30pm. Rocket Shirts is located at 141 MTCS Rd. Suite B (by Just Love Coffee and Webb Refreshments), Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and can be contacted at 615-900-5677. [custom-facebook-feed album=10155330591616078]
Bridge over Broad Street TDOT Project (Est Substantial Completion March 2018) Expected Lane Closures: Monday through Friday, Incidental construction work continues. There will be minor lane closures on NW Broad Street, Memorial Blvd and Old Fort Pkwy the on-off ramps. Appropriate traffic controls will be in-place. Middle Tennessee Widening Project (Greenland Dr to E Main…
Tennessee again attracted substantial foreign investment in 2017, amounting to roughly $2 billion from 11 different countries, according to the latest “Global Commerce” report from MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center. This investment by 19 foreign-owned firms created almost 3,400 new jobs, and the amount of new investment was the highest over the past 10…
Juliann Rose Black, infant daughter of Tyler and Angela Fox Black, was born, and passed away, on Saturday May 12, 2018. Juliann is survived by her parents, Tyler and Angela Fox Black; sisters, Emma Jean Beverly, Alexandria Nelle Black, and Vivian Faith Black all of Murfreesboro, TN; grandparents, Connie Vance of Murfreesboro, TN, Norma Danette…