A Mississippi man who contemplated suicide, is alive thanks to the determination and quick thinking of a Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Specialist II (Dispatcher) who was nearly 500 miles away in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. On the evening of December 26, 2019, Murfreesboro Dispatcher Brady Lutton browsing a Firefighter Facebook Group and saw posts from the distraught man…
A Murfreesboro firefighter and an Emergency Communications specialist were among those honored with the Jerry Anderson Hero Award from the Murfreesboro Branch of the NAACP Saturday (Jan. 25). The awards were presented at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast held at Middle Tennessee State University James Union Building. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Engineer…
Twelve deputies were recognized as Officers of the Month Tuesday by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh presented Officer of the Month ribbons to the employees. Fitzhugh recognized the efforts of the officers as a team. “I look to you to be leaders of this team,” Fitzhugh said. “Thank you for your individual…
The Rutherford ATHENA Award Program will award its annual nontraditional scholarship at the 2020 ATHENA Award luncheon and ceremony on Friday, April 17, 2020, at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro. The scholarship amount is $3,000. The ATHENA Nontraditional Scholarship is awarded to a Rutherford County woman who is at least five years out of high school and…
The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce has named Lee Moss as the 2019 Business Legend of the Year, Deb Thompson as the 2019 Business Person of the Year and Shane Reeves as recipient of the Leadership Rutherford 2019 Pinnacle Award. These three honorees will be recognized at the Chamber’s annual Business at its Best celebration…
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is pleased to recognize its 2019 honorees for outstanding accomplishments in clinical leadership. Dr. Dan Evans has been named Physician of the Year, Dr. Steven Thomas is the recipient of this year’s Clinical Excellence Award, and Dr. Warren McPherson is the recipient of the Olin Williams Distinguished Service Award for lifetime…
Collier Smith’s service to public education is no laughing matter but the gala honoring her should be a ball of fun. The 13thAnnual Excellence in Education Gala will honor Smith and feature Discovery School on January 24. Smith joins an exceptional group of civic leaders to be honored by The City Schools Foundation for their…
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Tennessee thanked law enforcement officers statewide recently who saved lives by arresting impaired drivers. Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy William Travis received the Middle Tennessee Top DUI Enforcers award for sheriff’s offices in Middle Tennessee. Travis earned recognition in the gold category for 100 DUI arrests last year. MADD honored Deputy Austin…
Middle Tennessee State University is represented among the finalists in three categories for the 11th annual Nashville Technology Council Awards. Luis Lange, an Information Systems and Analytics graduate student, is up for Student of the Year; Charlie Apigian, co-director of MTSU’s Data Science Institute, is a finalist for Data Scientist of the Year; and the…
More than two dozen outstanding high school chemistry students from across the region participated in the recent MTSU Department of Chemistry Scholarship Tournament. Held in the Science Building, the competition recognized nearly 30 outstanding chemistry students from Rutherford and surrounding counties while giving them an up-close look to consider MTSU as their college choice. Participants…