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…
Almost $1.3 million worth of clandestine lab produced illegal pills and a powder to make Xanax were seized Monday by Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives and state and federal investigators. Detectives seized more than 58,000 Xanax pills and one pound of pure Alprazolam powder during a search of two locations in the county, said Narcotics…
Rutherford County Schools held its second annual STEM Expo Night on Friday evening at Stewarts Creek High School. The countywide event was highlighted by nearly 100 student projects representing grades 6-12. Students presented original research developed from a complex question, problem or challenge. Projects were categorized as STEM Research, Engineering I, Technology or Agricultural STEM….
Construction of the Greenway extension near Barfield Crescent Park is well underway. Anticipated completion is September 2019. The newest 2.9-mile section of the Murfreesboro Greenway on Stones River will connect the terminus south of the Cason Trailhead to the existing trail at Barfield Road. It follows the West Fork of the Stones River. “This is…
A Public Hearing on CDBG funding is scheduled for April 12, 2018, from 6-7 p.m. at Patterson Park Community Center, 521 Mercury Boulevard. The City of Murfreesboro expects to receive a Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018. Because it…
Heather J. Rohan, FACHE, Division President, HCA TriStar Division has been elected the 2018–2019 Chairman-Elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Rohan took office at the Council of Regents Meeting during ACHE’s 61st Congress on Healthcare Leadership on March 24. The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of 40,000…
Blackman High School juniors received a firsthand look at the MTSU textile merchandising and interior design program, biology, chemistry and careers in agriculture, geosciences and more during the Blackman Collegiate Academy Day April 5 on campus. The 60 students spent the entire day on campus — from learning about the admissions process to spending time in the James E. Walker Library. The MTSU-Blackman partnership is one of several arranged each semester…
Although MTSU senior Katherine Witcher hasn’t experienced sexual assault, the issue has hit close to home a few times. “People who are really close to me have gone through sexual assault, so seeing the displays out there is really reassuring that the university cares,” Witcher said. Witcher was referring to MTSU’s campus exhibit dubbed “What…