City Manager Rob Lyons resigned Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, effective immediately to pursue other opportunities. Lyons made the announcement official in a meeting with Mayor Shane McFarland Friday morning and submitted his resignation to the City Council before announcing his decision to staff at 8:30 a.m. “We deeply appreciate the many years of service Rob…
Individual advising and the maturity of nontraditional student veterans elevate them in their quest to perform better in the classroom at Middle Tennessee State University. Ray Huntley, 42, a Murfreesboro resident who will graduate Saturday, Dec. 16, during 9 a.m. commencement ceremonies in Murphy Center, said “the advising experience really developed — providing me with purpose, motivation, direction…
The operative question at Central Magnet School is what isn’t special about it? Their average ACT score of 30.0 is the highest in the state. The school offers 29 advanced placement courses, and perhaps more importantly, every graduate leaves having taken at least four AP course. Most of those graduates took 10 and sometimes more,…
Smyrna Rotary Club donated $2,500 to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s Senior Citizens Awareness Network. Funds will be used to help the needs of senior citizens to live in safe homes. From left are Rotary members Bobby Hopkins, Carolyn Peebles and President Dewayne Sadler, Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh, Rotary member Amanda Johnstone, SCAN volunteers Clarence Guice,…
This month orthopedic surgeons at Saint Thomas Health partnered with Operation Walk to provide free hip and knee replacement surgeries to four patients. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system. Operation Walk USA is an independent medical humanitarian organization that provides free hip or knee replacement…
The Rutherford County Solid Waste Department will be providing a free gift wrapping event on the Murfreesboro Square. Gifts will be wrapped for free, in recyclable material, to help spread the word about the impending Landfill closure in Middle Tennessee. The free gift wrapping station will be location outside of the Rutherford County Courthouse on the Murfreesboro…
Congratulations to Coleman Taylor Transmissions for their ribbon cutting on Tuesday, December 12th at noon. Coleman Taylor Transmissions is located at 130 River Rock Blvd, Suite 102, Murfreesboro, TN 37128 and can be contacted at 615-866-7939. [custom-facebook-feed album=10154973517461078]
Statement from School Board member Wayne Blair In 2005 and 2006, my two children became third generation graduates of Smyrna High School and finished their kindergarten through twelfth grade journeys through Rutherford County Schools. My family was blessed by the wonderful administrations, faculties, and staffs at Smyrna West Kindergarten, David Youree, Thurman Francis, Cedar Grove,…
Saint Thomas Health is proud to announce Brad Hull has joined the leadership team as Chief Financial Officer of Saint Thomas Regional Hospitals, effective immediately. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system. In this position, Hull will be responsible for leading all financial operations for the…
Registration continues for the rescheduled 21st annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference at MTSU, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 10, on campus. Middle school and high school girls are welcome to attend. The registration fee is $20. The deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 19, or when maximum capacity has been reached….