Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office returned $2.4 million to the county in the 2016-17 budget year and trimmed $500,000 from the current budget, Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said Thursday. Fitzhugh spoke about his first year in office Thursday at the St. Clair Street Senior Center. “We took a critical, hard look at what had been done and what…
A sheriff’s deputy who rescued an unresponsive man from a burning car earned Officer of the Month honors for December from Ford of Murfreesboro. Deputy Michael Moody was honored for saving the man whose car crashed Nov. 8 on Interstate 24. General Manager Jason Borowski of Ford of Murfreesboro presented a watch to Moody. “We…
The City of Murfreesboro has been selected by TDOT to receive a $6 million IMPROVE Act Competitive Transit Capital Grant for final design and construction of a new Transit Facility. The $11.5 million full-service Rover bus facility is planned on a potential 2.89-acre site located at West Main Street and Bridge Avenue. The City hopes…
Congratulations to Captain D’s for their ribbon cutting on Thursday, January 11th at 10:15am. Captain D’s is located at 1878 Almaville Road (toward Legend’s Steakhouse and other restaurants), Smyrna, TN 37167 and can be reached at 615-907-0727. [custom-facebook-feed album=10155043191821078]
Preparing for winter weather begins long before any ice or snow hits the ground. The City of Murfreesboro is stocked and ready to clear streets of ice and snow during the winter weather season. The City Street Division currently has a total stockpile of 1,200 tons of salt and have readied snow plows and trucks…
Rutherford County Schools continues to perform among the best school districts in Tennessee, based on results released today by the Tennessee Department of Education as part of the state’s annual Report Card. For the second time in five years, Rutherford County Schools has been named an “Exemplary” district, which is the highest designation given by…
Persons of interest in a theft of $2,000 worth of printers from Walmart • 1 Black Male /30’s/ gray jacket, black t-shirt, gold chain and black Yankees ball cap • 1 Black Female / 30’s/ white sweater, glasses and long braided hair. • Subjects were in a gold or gray 4 door sedan with a…
After a half century serving the students of Rutherford County, Director of Schools Don Odom is ready to hang up his trademark classroom-themed ties. Odom announced his retirement Tuesday night during the School Board’s work session meeting. Odom will complete his remaining contract, which ends June 30, 2018 — marking the end of a distinguished…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue recently promoted two firefighters to the position of engineer. Joshua Jackson and Jamie Layhew reported to their new assignments last week. “We are proud of these two gentlemen and are confident that they will excel in their new positions,” said Fire Rescue Chief Mark Foulks. Meet the New Engineers Joshua Jackson Joshua…
Entering a third year for the MTSU computer science-ran Hack-MT, department Chair Chrisila Pettey said “you never know what to expect” from the young collegiate minds planning to participate. “I’m looking forward to seeing what they do,” said Pettey. “It’s always interesting projects (they create).” More than 200 individuals representing 10-plus colleges and…