The Goodwill Career Solutions center at 937 Herman St. in Nashville will host a job fair from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, for 29 employers seeking to fill more than 500 positions in Davidson and surrounding counties. Employers include Writgen America, Hertz, People Ready, YMCA, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Goodwill, Automation, Assemblers Inc.,…
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is pleased to announce the promotion of Elishia Gifford, RN, BSN, to Nurse Manager for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). As Nurse Manager of the NICU, Gifford will have the responsibility of oversight for daily operations of the NICU, nursery, lactation, childbirth education and outpatient outreach programs, as well as…
A sobriety checkpoint will be dedicated to the memory of Clifton Braunwalder, a 13-year-old Boy Scout killed by an impaired driver four years ago. The fourth annual Clifton Braunwalder Memorial Checkpoint will be from 10 p.m. to midnight, Friday, April 20 on Old Nashville Highway near Rocky Fork Road, said Rutherford County Sheriff’s Cpl. Michael…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue and Murfreesboro Police Department will once again face off in a friendly game of basketball for a good cause this weekend. The Second Annual “Guns N Hoses” game benefitting the departments’ Relay for Life “Boro Public Safety” team will be this Saturday, April 14 at 6:00 pm in the gym at Middle…
It’s not spring in Rutherford County until JazzFest arrives, sponsored annually by Main Street Murfreesboro. As always, JazzFest is the first weekend in May, with high school jazz bands performing on Friday evening, May 4, and the pros taking over on Saturday, May 5. It all happens on Murfreesboro’s beautiful downtown square. Bring a chair…
Mabel Elizabeth Tolbert Robertson, age 107 of Murfreesboro, TN, died Wednesday April 11, 2018. A native of the Dilton Community in Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late William L. and Della Jernigan Tolbert. Mrs. Robertson was also preceded in death by her husband Murray L. Robertson who died in 1981, brothers, Elam,…
Milton Wyatt Powell, age 83 of Murfreesboro, formerly of Fosterville died Saturday April 7, 2018 at his home. He was a native of Rutherford County and was the son of the late, James Wallis and Ethel Wyatt Powell; he was also preceded in death by a sister, Opal Jackson. Mr. Powell was a member of…
The Murfreesboro Police Department, Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue Department, and the City of Murfreesboro honors local public safety Telecommunicators, the “first” first responders, this week in recognition of National Telecommunicators Week. National Emergency Telecommunicators Week was started in 1981 to put a special focus on public safety telecommunication professionals for their contributions to the safety…
William Terry Pruitt, age 63 of Rockvale, TN, passed away Monday April 9, 2018. A native of Fort Valley, GA, he was the son of the late Emory L. and Frenchie Jones Pruitt. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Gene Pruitt. Terry is survived by his wife, Linda S. Massengill Pruitt; daughters,…
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Huber, MTSU’s senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives, was the keynote speaker at Tuesday’s Rutherford County 2018 Good Scout Award Luncheon, held by the Trail of Tears District of the Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America at World Outreach Church. This year’s annual event honored fellow…