Splash Out!

Join the many happy children under the spray from the Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue Department. Wear clothes and shoes to get wet in, and don’t forget your sunscreen and towel. Free. Parents, plan to stay with your children and enjoy the water too! Ages: Children 12 years & under with a parent/grandparent   Date: July 6, 2017…

Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield Open House

Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield Open House

Thursday, June 23, 2017 saw a gathering of forty fans of Rutherford County’s Stones River National Battlefield celebrating the accomplishments of the ‘Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield’ over the past year. President Mike Liles shared how the ‘Friends Group’ helps support the staff and volunteers of the Battlefield by: • Supporting the educational…

MTSU survey: Tennessee consumer optimism dips slightly as summer begins

MTSU survey: Tennessee consumer optimism dips slightly as summer begins

The most recent statewide survey of Tennessee consumers by MTSU’s Office of Consumer Research indicates consumers’ outlook on the economy “has waned heading into the summer months.”   The Tennessee Consumer Outlook Index declined slightly to 123 from 134 in March, a drop that mirrors results from recent national surveys, noted Tim Graeff, director of…

MTSU gives CAP cadets taste of aerospace, engineering during weeklong events

MTSU gives CAP cadets taste of aerospace, engineering during weeklong events

Middle Tennessee State University has been home base to Civil Air Patrol cadets from across the country attending classes and participating in aerospace and engineering activities tied to the College of Basic and Applied Sciences.   Last week, MTSU hosted Civil Air Patrol’s National Engineering Technologies Academy, a weeklong special activity that drew about 50…

Discovery Center offers ‘After Dark’ pirate adventure

Discovery Center offers ‘After Dark’ pirate adventure

Avast, ye mateys! The Discovery Center invites adult swashbucklers to join Captain Jack’s crew and set sail for a grand adventure during “Discovery After Dark: The Pirate Code” on Thursday, June 29, at 7:30 p.m.   Tickets are available at www.explorethedc.org/discoveryafterdark and include three drink vouchers. Attendees must be 21 or older.   Along with full access to the Center’s…

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST DR. MICHAEL TODD MILLER JOINS SAINT THOMAS HEART IN NASHVILLE

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST DR. MICHAEL TODD MILLER JOINS SAINT THOMAS HEART IN NASHVILLE

Michael Todd Miller, M.D. has joined Saint Thomas Heart at 301 21st Avenue in Nashville.  Dr. Miller is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (see picture below).   Dr. Miller comes to Saint Thomas Health from Montgomery Cardiovascular Associates in Montgomery,…

MTSU Alumni Summer College wraps up 10th year

MTSU Alumni Summer College wraps up 10th year

They heard about the upcoming Great Tennessee Solar Eclipse, MTSU’s veterans’ initiatives, coaches’ spiel from Kermit Davis and Rick Insell, history from noted forensics expert Hugh Berryman and visited the renovated Wiser-Patten and Davis Science buildings. They took in part of Nashville’s music scene, visiting the Ryman Auditorium, hearing a songwriters panel, visiting Studio A…

High schoolers get fascinating forensic experience at 2017 CSI:MTSU

High schoolers get fascinating forensic experience at 2017 CSI:MTSU

MTSU’s Forensic Institute for Research and Education, or FIRE, just wrapped up the 2017 CSI:MTSU summer camp in which high schoolers get an exciting, hands-on experience in forensic science.   CSI:MTSU is a four-day program designed for students entering the ninth grade through college freshmen. The cost is $250 per participant. This includes all camp…

Great Race Monday at noon at Cannonsburgh in Murfreesboro

Great Race Monday at noon at Cannonsburgh in Murfreesboro

Five Central Magnet School students and graduates will be among 150 contestants in the Great Race stopping in Murfreesboro Monday as part of the nine-day trip from Jacksonville, Fla., to Traverse City, Mich. The race of vintage cars will stop, Monday, June 26 beginning about noon at Cannonsburgh in Murfreesboro so car enthusiasts can view…