Telly Award for Take20 with Murfreesboro City Schools

CityTV Brings Home Two National Telly Awards

The 44th Annual Telly Awards, the premier award honoring video and television across all screens, has recognized CityTV, Murfreesboro’s government and educational station, with two Telly Awards. The national awards were announced and officially received this month. Multimedia Producer John Padgett, with Lisa Trail and Tori Carr of Murfreesboro City Schools, earned a Silver 2023…

Award-Winning MTSU Solar Boat Team Makes Waves at 2023 International Competition

Award-Winning MTSU Solar Boat Team Makes Waves at 2023 International Competition

For the second consecutive year, the Middle Tennessee State University solar boat team finished fourth overall in the 29th annual Solar Splash, the world championship of collegiate solar boating. MTSU finished behind champion Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, 2022 winner Cedarville (Ohio) University and third-place University of Southern Indiana. The MTSU team earned the Outstanding Solar System Design…

Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center Employee Receives Prestigious Professional Designation

Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center Employee Receives Prestigious Professional Designation

Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center (MECC) Communications Specialist II Jeffery Harter receives the Emergency Number Professionals (ENP) Certification, becoming one of only seven in Rutherford County to attain the prestigious professional designation. Harter was notified he received the ENP Certification in April 2023. Harter is a one-year MECC employee with more than 17 years emergency communications…

MTSU Sends Multiple Undergrads, Wins Mayo Clinic Challenge at National Conference

MTSU Sends Multiple Undergrads, Wins Mayo Clinic Challenge at National Conference

MTSU recently sent 16 undergraduates to participate in the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research and one student, Janna Abou-Rahma, was part of the team that won a highly competitive challenge putting her in the top 1% of hundreds of applicants. More commonly known as NCUR, the annual conference took place this April at the University…

LaVergne Middle Tech Crew earn Dell certification

LaVergne Middle Tech Crew Carn Dell Certification

It has been almost a year since students at LaVergne Middle School began their journey as part of the Student Tech Crew. Now, they’ve received certification as part of the Dell Certification program. Students completed a collective assessment over what they learned — disassembling and reassembling computers and troubleshooting computer issues. “It was kind of…

History-Making MTSU Equestrian Team Wins First Western National Championship

History-Making MTSU Equestrian Team Wins First Western National Championship

For the first time in school history, the Middle Tennessee State University equestrian team took home the Western National Championship trophy at the 2023 Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championship. Held earlier in May at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, five Blue Raider riders qualified as a western team and four riders qualified individually…

RCS presents Rutherford County Sheriff's Office with Resolution of Appreciation

RCS Presents Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office with Resolution of Appreciation

In a gesture of gratitude and recognition, Rutherford County Schools and the Rutherford County Board of Education proudly presented the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office with a resolution of appreciation during Thursday’s board meeting. The resolution, signed by Director of Schools Dr. Jimmy Sullivan, the RCS School Board members, and Safety Director Patty Oeser, symbolizes the…