A team of Murfreesboro Police officers received STARS Awards Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, for “representing the City in a positive light, exhibiting the core values and ‘creating a better quality of life.’” Officer Nathan Corwin, Officer Cormac Chandler and Officer Cameron Stamps conducted a drug bust on Aug. 25, 2019, that uncovered heroin, Oxycodone and…
Middle Tennessee State University continues to be recognized for its advocacy of increased voter registration and participation, this week receiving a “Silver Seal” award at the 2019 ALL IN Challenge Awards Ceremony as well as recently being named a Voter Friendly Campus nationally. Held Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the ALL…
The Oakland High School Cosmetology classes recently participated in the Middle Tennessee Cosmetology Competition at the Georgia Career Institute. Oakland High School students earned more awards than any other school at the competition. OHS is very proud of these students and their accomplishments. For more information about the Cosmetology program at OHS, please contact the…
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is pleased to announce that its stroke program has been recertified by The Joint Commission, the healthcare industry’s most prestigious accrediting and standards-setting entity. Since first securing the designation of “Advanced Primary Stroke Center” in 2007, Saint Thomas Rutherford has maintained this status by meeting the requirements of biennial on-site surveys…
The Siegel High School JROTC Female Raider Team won first place at the Blaze Raider Meet this past weekend, beating all other female high school teams in the county, and the team finished second overall in Rutherford County School’s Raider League. The Siegel Male Raider Team is the RCS Raider League Champion, finishing first place…
The amazing Alnassar triplets are preparing to enter MTSU. They will be dual enrollment students next fall and full-fledged freshmen in the future. After meeting the 13-year-old whiz kids, university President Sidney A. McPhee looks forward to their youthful vitality and presence being a part of campus someday. Make that the Alnassar triplets, plus one,…
Detective Steve Brown and Detective Ryan Huggins were selected as the Exchange Club Officers of the Year by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. They were chosen for their extensive investigation to solve the murder of sports enthusiast Terry Barber, who was found deceased inside his Christiana home June 26. Initial evidence at the scene did…
Three longtime insurance professionals are latest inductees into the Robert E. Musto Tennessee Insurance Hall of Fame at Middle Tennessee State University. The inductees into the 2019 class are Julie Mix McPeak of Nashville, Mary Francis Miller of Nashville and William “Dick” Williams of Crossville. An induction ceremony was held Sept. 12 at the Embassy…
The Oakland High School Football Hall of Fame selection committee announces the Class of 2019 Hall of Fame members to be inducted on Friday, October 18, 2019 at the Oakland vs Riverdale football game. Dr. O. Tom Johns and Jack Jones will be inducted as 2019 Hall of Fame members. Dr. Johns was a team…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) employee Tim Rowlett has been named, ‘Firefighter of the Year,’ by the Noon Exchange Club of Murfreesboro. The award was presented at the Noon Exchange Club of Murfreesboro 2019 Fire and Crime Prevention Banquet held at First Methodist Church on Thompson Lane Thursday, Oct. 10. Chief Mark Foulks accepted the…