Rutherford County’s high schools are significantly out-performing the state average for the number of students who are on-track or have mastered subject areas, according to information released today by the Tennessee Department of Education. Each year, students in Tennessee public high schools must take End-of-Course exams, commonly referred to as EOCs, for courses in…
Middle Tennessee State University again enlisted a diverse cast of students, faculty, staff and alumni to recite the latest video expression of what is becoming a cherished Blue Raider tradition. The True Blue Pledge is recited each fall at MTSU’s annual University Convocation ceremony during which university President Sidney A. McPhee, top executives and…
MTSU will be closed Monday, Sept. 4, in observance of Labor Day. All business offices will be closed and no classes will be held. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. and all fall semester classes will resume Tuesday, Sept. 5. Classes will be held Sept. 2 for students taking Saturday classes. Some venues will have operating hours during the holiday weekend….
College football fever returns to the MTSU campus Saturday, Sept. 2, as the Blue Raiders entertain Vanderbilt in a nonconference game at 7 p.m. in Floyd Stadium. At 2:30 p.m., 4.5 hours before kickoff, the inaugural “Minds of Middle: The Deans’ Tailgate” begins in Walnut Grove between Peck Hall and Cope Administration Building. In what may become one of the top…
According to Sheriff Michael Fitzhugh, a School Resource Officer, who is a 15-year veteran of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, was charged with assault, perjury, filing a false report, and subsequently terminated. Jimmy Sanford, 53, of La Vergne was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, after detectives investigated an arrest that he made Monday at…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department has deployed a team of trained swift water rescue personnel to assist with the flooding in Texas. Eleven (11) MFRD personnel along with three (3) Rutherford County Special Operations Response Team (SORT) members deployed with rescue boats and other equipment to travel to Texas following a briefing at TEMA on Sidco…
Paul Latture, president of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, received the 2017 Executive of the Year award at the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Executives annual conference last week. Latture’s impact on the community has been significant. Under his leadership, the Rutherford County Chamber has added more than 12,000 jobs and a capital expenditure of…
Area high school students, their parents and families are invited to attend the upcoming Rutherford County College Night — one of the first college recruiting fairs in the Middle Tennessee region this fall. The event, hosted by MTSU, features nearly 60 colleges and universities from across the Southeast. It will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.Wednesday, Sept….
Every high school library in Rutherford County will receive a hardbound copy of “Rutherford Reflections,” the latest volume of local history authored by County Historian Greg Tucker, thanks to the efforts of the Rutherford County Historical Society (RCHS). Dr. E. C. Tolbert, senior member of the RCHS board of directors, recently delivered ten bound copies…
Just after 5:30 pm, Murfreesboro firefighters from District 1, District 8, Engine 3 and Rescue 2 responded to a reported fire at the Aspen Heights Murfreesboro Apartments on Old Castle Drive. When the first companies arrived, they found flames and heavy smoke in the downstairs of a two-story apartment. The fire was quickly brought under control…