On Tuesday, May 1st at 11:46 p.m., an officer was conducting a close watch of the 300 block of Mason Road due to recent reports of heavy equipment batteries being stolen. The officer noticed a dark color Chevy Tahoe SUV leaving the construction site at a high rate of speed that matched the description of…
Todd E. McCullough, age 85 of Murfreesboro died Saturday April 28, 2018. He was born in Nashville and was preceded in death by his parents, Sandford Woodrow McCullough and Addie Mae Jacobs McCullough, and brother, Earl McCullough and grandson, Randy McCullough, Jr. Mr. McCullough attended Lighthouse Baptist Church and had served in the United States…
Bridge over Broad Street TDOT Project (Est Substantial Completion March 2018) Expected Lane Closures: Monday through Friday, Bridge is opened and nearing completion. Traffic has been shifted onto the bridge and traffic signal and incidental work continues. There will be minor lane closures on NW Broad Street, Memorial Blvd and Old Fort Pkwy the on-off…
Holding the actual clipping in The Tennessean from 2017, where the newspaper reported MTSU’s Department of Engineering Technology needed a new building for its growing mechatronics engineering program, Jean Gould admitted publicly she “didn’t even know anything about mechatronics.” “Mechatronics was a new term for me,” she said. “But when I learned that it was…
Almost $40,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and about $100 worth of heroin were seized from a Murfreesboro man after a one-month investigation, a Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau supervisor said last week. Suspect Dustin James Thompson, 32, of Old Lascassas Road was charged with manufacturing, delivering, selling or possessing Schedule I drugs for resale, four counts…
Think twice before drinking and driving this Cinco de Mayo. La Vergne officers will be out in full force looking for impaired drivers. Officers will be also conducting field sobriety tests at checkpoints on Saturday May 5th. One checkpoint will be set up on Murfreesboro Road in the westbound lanes near Dick Buchanan Street. The…
Congratulations to Heritage South Community Credit Union for their ribbon cutting on Thursday, April 26 at 4pm. Heritage South Community Credit Union is located at 941 Sgt. Asbury Hawn Way (across from the Nissan Plant), Smyrna, TN 37167 and can be contacted at 615-995-7070. [custom-facebook-feed album=10155295172656078]
Dill O. Campbell, age 67 of Beechgove, TN died Thursday April 26, 2018. He was born in Plant City, FL and spent most of his life in Tennessee. Mr. Campbell was preceded in death by his daughter, Wendy Katherine Judd, and parents, James Howard Campbell, and Mary Katherine Price Campbell; four sisters and two brothers….
An escapee from the Rutherford County Correctional Work Center is back in custody Friday. Fugitive Justin Baucom, 30, of Smyrna, escaped from the work center April 1. Sheriff’s Warrants Capt. David Hailey said Criminal Warrants Detectives Jack Keisling and Gene Thorpe apprehended Baucom in Goodlettsville Friday. “Both deputies put in countless surveillance and tracking hours…
Chaplain John Spurgeon of the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center and Correctional Work Center earned the Volunteer of the Year award this week from the American Jail Association. Spurgeon received the award during the annual conference this week. He also serves as prison ministry pastor at New Vision Baptist Church. Deputy Chief Bernard Salandy, who…