This week’s Powerball drawing created 16,342 winning tickets in Tennessee, including a $50,000 winner in Murfreesboro. A lucky Tennessee player purchased their ticket at Leanna Market, 4304 Sulphur Springs Road. They won by matching 4 of the 5 white numbers drawn plus the red Powerball number. According to the Tennessee Lottery website, a prize of…
The Southern Girls Rock Camp is celebrating 15 years of fostering young women’s creativity — and some world-class rock ’n’ roll — at MTSU this week. Scheduled July 24-29 inside the university’s Wright Music Building, the summer day camp, formerly known as Southern Girls Rock & Roll Camp, once again offers girls ages 10-17 a safe, nonjudgmental…
Like many of her colleagues, Kacie Oja had a romantic vision of what her career as teacher would be like. Now beginning her ninth year in education and second with Rutherford County Schools, Oja has a firsthand understanding of the responsibility she has each and every school year. “I’m never going to be a veteran…
Congratulations to Absolute Auto Center for their ribbon cutting on Friday, July 28th at 11:00 AM. Absolute Auto Center is located at 415 SE Broad Street Murfreesboro, TN and can be contacted at 615-217-6767 [custom-facebook-feed album=10154792376190267]
Congratulations to Veda’s Flowers & Gifts for their ribbon cutting on Wednesday, July 26 at 4pm. Veda’s Flowers & Gifts is located at 27 South Public (just beside L&L Contractors), Murfreesboro, TN 37130 and can be contacted at 615-396-8344. [custom-facebook-feed album=10154635741286078]
Congratulations to TrustPoint Hospital on their groundbreaking expansion for their new facility on Tuesday, July 25th at 3pm. The new TrustPoint Hospital Expansion is located at 1009 N. Thompson Lane, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and can be contacted at 615-867-1111. [custom-facebook-feed album=10154633596496078]
he Great Tennessee Eclipse at Middle Tennessee State University Aug. 21 will bring thousands of schoolchildren and other visitors to campus for the highly anticipated midday to early afternoon natural phenomenon. MTSU, the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and its Department of Physics and Astronomy will host a four-hour solar eclipse observing party. Thousands of Rutherford County Schools and Murfreesboro City Schools students have…
The Murfreesboro Police Department is continuing its efforts to reduce traffic crashes on Murfreesboro streets. The MPD Aggressive Driving Unit, along with other traffic officers have increased traffic enforcement along US 231 S. Church St. as part of ‘Operation Southern Shield’. Officers issued over 450 citations as part of the week-long enforcement campaign. The MPD…
The latest Tennessee Business Barometer Index reversed its upward trend amid reduced optimism among Tennessee business leaders as well lingering concerns about finding qualified workers, according to the survey by MTSU’s Jones College of Business. The overall index dipped to 461 this month from 507 in April. “This drop was due mainly to reduced optimism…
Fire service personnel from all over the state are in Murfreesboro during July 22-25th for the 49th Annual Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association (TFCA) Conference at Embassy Suites. “Last year was the first time the conference was held in Murfreesboro, and it was a huge success” said Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department Chief Mark Foulks. “We have even…