Mike Moss, Smyrna Parks and Recreation Director, is pleased to announce Ed Gleason as the 2020 Kenneth “Coon” Victory Lifetime Service Award winner and Sandra Kamel as the 2020 Young Leader Award winner. Both individuals were honored at a modified Volunteer of the Year event held earlier this evening. Lyle Edwin “Ed” Gleason has been…
An expansion of the MTSU National Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Awards involves the addition of a new Military Service honor. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021-22 Distinguished Alumni recognitions. The deadline to submit is Friday, March 26. The awards, which will include an overall Distinguished Alumni recipient and Young Alumni Achievement honoree, recognize…
An MTSU math faculty member and doctoral student are a part of a national award-winning team. Assistant professor Jennifer Lovett and graduate student Demet Yalman Ozen, both from Murfreesboro, recently earned the 2021 Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators National Technology Leadership Initiative award. The team included doctoral candidate Nina Bailey and associate professor Allison McCulloch…
Detective Kevin Krieb with Smyrna Police Department (SPD) is the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. The award was presented by United States Attorney Don Cochran. Detective Krieb began his career in law enforcement as an officer with Vanderbilt University Police Department. He joined the Smyrna Police Department in 2002. Beginning in…
A dedicated group of Middle Tennessee State University students have been named this year’s winners of Selective Insurance’s College Competition. The annual national contest allows future generations of insurance professionals to run virtual insurance agencies and experience many associated responsibilities and considerations. The MTSU team had the highest performing agency among the eight college teams…
Twelve Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies were honored as Officers of the Month for 2020 Friday. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh presented Officer of the Month pins. Fitzhugh said he appreciated the exceptional work done by the officers. “I appreciate the work you and everyone else does every day,” Fitzhugh said. SRO Matt Powell responded to a choking…
Two officers who investigated a rash of opioid overdoses leading to one death and serious injuries to seven people earned awards from U.S. Attorney Don Cochran Wednesday. Murfreesboro Police CID Sgt. Tommy Massey and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Lt. Will Holton received the U.S. Attorney’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. Massey and Holton’s work were…
Smyrna Police Department (SPD) recently hosted a ceremony pinning two new officers. The pinning ceremony is the culmination of an intense officer training period, including 12 weeks of in-residence training at The Tennessee Law Enforcement Academy and 16 weeks of internal training with SPD. Officer Tyler Emmetts and Officer Ciera Fleming were pinned with SPD…
Reverting to a virtual environment may have affected the number of participants, but it did not deter the talent and creativity of the college students taking part in the sixth annual MTSU Computer Science Department’s HackMT. Jacob Cuomo and Emily Nguyen were teammates on the first-place team that created an app to help family members…
Four Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office deputies who saved the life of a 2-month-old infant allegedly choked by his father earned Life Saving Awards Tuesday from Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh. Another deputy who removed a driver from a burning car also received the Medal of Valor Award from Sheriff Fitzhugh. Cpl. Scott Martin, Deputy Mark Anderson, Deputy…