Finance Director and City Recorder/Treasurer Melissa Wright reminds property owners to pay property taxes on time. City property taxes are normally due by Dec. 31 but payment can be made on or before January 2, 2018 without incurring interest charges for being late because the due date falls on a holiday weekend. The Rutherford County…
Principal Cary Holman started Project Feed in 2007 as tactic to help students, parents, community members, school administration, faculty and staff celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday with a heartfelt home-cooked meal. The uniqueness of Project Feed is, the entire meal is provided, prepared and served by stakeholders in the community, students, school administration, faculty and staff….
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department welcomed five new firefighters this week. Josh Carlock, Ryan Slauson, Kyle Williams, Chad Wisniewski, and Ben Yeargan began a three-week department orientation on Monday, November 13. The five have 39 years combined fire service experience. “We are excited to have these gentlemen join our MFRD family,” said Fire Rescue Chief Mark…
City Hall and most other city offices will be closed Thursday, November 23, and Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. St. Clair Street Senior Center will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 23-25. Rover, the City’s public transportation system, will not run on Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov…
Congratulations to Taco John’s and Checkers in LaVergne for their ribbon cutting on Tuesday, November 14 at 11am. Taco John’s and Checkers is located at 5068 Murfreesboro Road (Across from the public library), La Vergne, TN 37086 and can be contacted at 615-471-1240. [custom-facebook-feed album=10154903895261078]
Sexual predators “groom” children by using behaviors to see how far they can push children to comply with their wants and desires, said Sheriff’s Detective Andrea Knox of the Family Crimes Unit. “It’s building a relationship of trust but the underlying motive is deviate sexual behavior that can lead to a child being abused,”…
High blood pressure should be treated earlier with lifestyle changes and in some patients with medication – at 130/80 mm Hg rather than 140/90 – according to the first comprehensive new high blood pressure guidelines in more than a decade. The guidelines are being published by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College…
As an alternative to the mayhem and materialism of Black Friday, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee is offering shoppers a chance to get a jump start on the holiday season, take advantage of deep discounts and support a worthy cause during a one-day event known as Blue Friday. Blue Friday — a day to shop…
The skies were sunny, the greens were fast, and the golfers enjoyed the day as it warmed up to 60 degrees at the 7th annual Turkey Tee Off golf tournament on Saturday, November 11 at Cedar Crest Golf Course. “The tradition of giving continued at this year’s tournament, and we were blessed this year…
The Rutherford ATHENA Award Program will award its annual nontraditional scholarship at the 2018 ATHENA Award dinner and ceremony on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro. The scholarship amount is $3,000. The ATHENA Nontraditional Scholarship is awarded to a Rutherford County woman who is at least five years out of high school and…