Tommy Miller receives STARS Award

Fleet Department employee Tommy Miller receives STARS Award

Murfreesboro Fleet Department employee Tommy Miller has been named the latest STARS award recipient. Mayor Shane McFarland recognized Miller during the City Council meeting, Thurs. Dec. 3, 2020. STARS stands for Succeeding Through Attitudes Reflecting Service Excellence. Miller went above and beyond the call of duty in assisting a motorist whose vehicle caught fire, Sept….

Fuzzy Williams Award

Narcotics detective earns statewide award

A Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective earned an outstanding achievement award from the Tennessee Narcotic Officers Association Saturday. Detective R.L. “Fuzzy” Williams received the award in recognition of this “dedication and unwavering commitment in the performance of your duties as a narcotics investigator in 2020.” Williams was part of multiple international and local investigations and participated…

Katie Harris students

Siegel High School Teacher Katie Harris Wins Grant

Katie Harris, who brings twelve years of experience to Siegel High School, was recently awarded the Richard Siegel Grant for $9,347.99 to help develop a curriculum involving robotics in the STEM pathway. Her all-encompassing curriculum provides students with both problem-based and project-based learning opportunities for hands-on critical thinking and troubleshooting experiences in the classroom. The…

Saint Thomas Rutherford

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford earned the award…

Matt Roeger

Exchange Club of Murfreesboro honors Fire Fighter / Advanced EMT of the Year

Matt Roeger Driver/Engineer and Advanced EMT who is assigned to Ladder 11 C-Shift, was awarded as City of Murfreesboro Fire / Rescue Employee of the Year by The Exchange Club of Murfreesboro on Wednesday November 4, 2020. Matt Roeger Driver/Engineer and Advanced EMT who is assigned to Ladder 11 C-Shift, was awarded as City of…

Detective Ty Downing

Downing named Exchange Club Officer of the Year

Sheriff’s Detective Ty Downing was selected the Officer of the Year for the Exchange Club of Murfreesboro. Downing received the award during the Exchange Club meeting Wednesday. Detective Downing is a seasoned investigator who has solved several murder cases. He was assigned as the lead investigator for the murder of Erick Bixler, 45, of Asbury…

MTSU College of Education

MTSU College of Education named among top teacher prep programs nationally

Middle Tennessee State University’s in-the-field training offered through its undergraduate elementary teacher preparation program has been ranked among the nation’s best by the National Council on Teacher Quality. MTSU’s clinical practice program stands out as among only 33 traditional elementary programs out of more than the 1,100 evaluated to earn an “A” grade in the…

City Street and Fleet Department employees receive STARS Award

City Street and Fleet Department employees receive STARS Award

Murfreesboro Street Department employee Anthony Wolfe and Fleet Department employee Jeremy Vassar have been named STARS (Succeeding Through Attitudes Reflecting Service Excellence) award recipients. Mayor Shane McFarland recognized Wolfe and Vassar during the City Council meeting, Thurs. Oct. 22, 2020. Anthony and Jeremy went above and beyond the call of duty in assisting a woman…

Chief Arnold Receives Joe Case Award

Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold Awarded the Tennessee Association Chiefs of Police 2020 Joe Casey Award

Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold is the recipient of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP) 2020 Joe Casey Award. The award was presented by TACP Past President and Retired Metro Police Chief Joe Casey earlier this evening. Chief Arnold began his law enforcement career in 1980 as an officer with the Middle Tennessee…

NATOA Awards

CityTV earns 19 NATOA Awards in 2020 for Programming Excellence

Murfreesboro’s CityTV was again recognized nationally for quality government television programming from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). Murfreesboro’s government-oriented television station received 19 national awards during the 35th annual Government Programming Awards presented by NATOA (https://www.natoa.org/). The winners were announced in September. “The CityTV team is an amazing and award-winning group…