Oakland High School IB (International Baccalaureate) students Miki Yang, Robert Giddens, and Mia Huell saw a need to improve student access to fresh fruits and vegetables and have taken steps to make that happen. The three students began in January with a proposal to their teachers at Oakland through the IB program CAS project (creativity, activity, service),…
Area business, nonprofit and community leaders looking for ways to enhance their skills amid busy schedules have the chance to do so with an upcoming series of one-day courses offered by the MTSU Jones College of Business’ Executive Education Center. Jones College instructors and associate management professors Leigh Anne Clark and Deana Raffo will…
The Middle Tennessee State University Human Sciences Department, in partnership with Oaklands Mansion, will continue their lecture series with featured 2017 guest, Lori Bell Interior Designer with EOA Architects. The presentation Wellness and well-being within your designs: your solutions of the impact of space on the mind, body and spirit. and is in conjunctions with…
The most prestigious event in the world of canine sports, the Cynosport® World Games, will be taking over Murfreesboro October 25-29. More than 1,000 canines and their human teammates from around the globe are participating in this fun, fur-flying event. Cynosport® (pronounced see-no-sport) features dogs of all shapes, sizes, colors and breeds running nose-to-nose for…
Rescuing two young sisters from a potential drowning earned School Resource Officer Jeff DeGennaro the Officer of the Month award in August from Ford of Murfreesboro. SRO DeGennaro was off duty at his subdivision swimming pool when he saw the two sisters estimated to be 3 and 5 struggle to swim and quickly sink…
Four years of hard work and planning paid off for the Chancery Court of Rutherford County. Clerk and Master John Bratcher reported that with almost 3,000 case filings each year, the need was created for an efficient way for cases to be filed and managed and electronic filing (e-filing) recently made its debut. Bratcher and…
Just after 5:30 pm, Murfreesboro firefighters from District 2, and District 1 responded to a reported fire at the concession stand of Riverdale High School, located at 802 Warrior Drive. When the first companies arrived, they found flames coming through the roof of a concession building located near the football field. According to Acting Battalion…
Congratulations to Church’s Chicken of Smyrna for their ribbon cutting on Monday, September 18th at 11am. Church’s Chicken of Smyrna is located at 931 Sgt. Asbury Hawn Way, Smyrna, TN 37167 (Across from Nissan manufacturing facility) and can be contacted at 615-220-0772. [custom-facebook-feed album=10154766404371078]
With a 1990s “Fresh Raiders of the ’Boro” theme, the 2017 MTSU Homecoming will offer plenty of festivities for students, alumni and Blue Raider supporters. Alumni Relations has events Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7. Main events include the Golden Raiders Reunion, recognition of Distinguished Alumni and more. For additional information about scheduled events, visit www.mtalumni.com. The Student Government Association’s homecoming staff plans a full week of…
The Murfreesboro Police Department and the FBI are asking the public to assist with identifying a suspect from a bank robbery in our city earlier today. At approximately 11:40 this morning a white male entered the First Bank location at 2670 New Salem Hwy and committed a robbery of the bank. He is believed to…