This year, Home Instead® celebrates 20 years of bringing joy to Central Tennessee with Be a Santa to a Senior, a gift-giving program for older adults who may be overlooked, isolated or alone during the holiday season. Since the program’s nationwide inception in 2003, Be a Santa to a Senior has engaged more than 65,000…
Although there are numerous Veterans Day events across the country honoring those who serve, Middle Tennessee State University put the attention on female military veterans at the Women Warriors program held Monday, Nov. 6, on campus. Sponsored by the MTSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women and the Murfreesboro Chapter of the American Association…
Detectives are working a shoplifting case that took place at Hobby Lobby on Old Fort Pkwy. Detectives would like to identify two persons of interest who were seen on video grabbing items, including sterling silver, concealing the merchandise, and leaving the store without paying. The unknown women returned and repeated the process. Contact Detective Ed…
A man received minor burns to his hands and foot while trying to put out a fire on his back porch with a fire extinguisher overnight. MFRD firefighters responded to the fire on Lafave Lane just before 1 a.m. Sat , Nov. 11. The man, his wife, and child were at home at the time….
Mrs. Ernice Florence Gonyea, age 82, of Murfreesboro, TN went to be with the Lord Friday, November 10, 2023. She was born in Lapeer, MI to the late Claude and Leona Wallace Firman. Mrs. Gonyea loved spending time with her husband, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She and her husband worked in evangelism holding revivals in…
The Siegel High School Student Council led a school-wide canned food and donation drive for Rutherford County’s Nourish Food Bank. Siegel has contributed to a local food bank every year since opening in 2003. This year $4,500 and 1,273 food items were donated.
Leading up to her first week as the new principal of Plainview Elementary School, Anna Sturm did make a few modifications to her new office. She opened all the blinds to let in the natural light. She also repositioned the desk. But other than those cosmetic updates, she doesn’t intend to make any wholesale changes….
Robert Edward Young of Murfreesboro, Tennessee passed away Tuesday morning, November 7, 2023, at the age of 87 years old. “Bob” was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Edward, and Violet Agnes Young, his three sisters, Doris Lowry, Margaret Hawkins, and Evelyn Walden, and by his first wife, Gwendolyn Felts Young. He is survived…
Kristen Troutt, age 42 of Murfreesboro and a native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, passed away Monday, November 6, 2023, at Alive Hospice, Murfreesboro following a long, courageous battle with cancer. Kristen was a radiant soul that loved so well. Wife to Jon, Mother to Ruby. She was and unwavering source of light and joy to all…
Faye Bolin, age 75 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee died Monday, November 6, 2023, at her home. She was a native of Rutherford County and a daughter of the late Sydney Frank Bolin and Alice Bea Bowen Bolin. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a brother, Gary F. Bolin and her…