Fleet Services Department employee Tommy Miller has been named STARS award recipient for November 2018. On Oct. 29, Miller assisted Murfreesboro Fire Rescue units responding to a fire at the City Solid Waste Department, 4765 Florence Road. When District 7, Engine 5 and Ladder 9 arrived on the scene, a Mulcher was approximately 50 percent…
Siegel High School Model UN competed at the Southeastern High School Model United Nations conference last week. They were one of 26 schools attending. The five countries represented by Siegel–Netherlands, Japan, Iceland, Philippines, and Sri Lanka–competed against 75 other countries and over 600 delegates. The Netherlands (Malcolm Bryant, Zoe Chavis, Millie Jones, Andrew Bruce, Jahon…
Four MFRD personnel were recently promoted due to retirements and departures from the department. David Bricker and Chase Martin were promoted to Captain and Matt Roeger and Matthew Twomey were promoted to Engineer. “We could not be more proud of these individuals,” said Fire Rescue Chief Mark Foulks. “They have worked hard to rise through…
The Siegel High School Marching Band made history last Friday night, November 9th as they became the first band to represent Rutherford County at the Bands of America Grand National Championship. The Siegel Band competed against 107 high school bands and approximately 20,000 band students from across the country in the 3-day event at Lucas…
A recognition of MTSU veterans who served – including five who died – in World War I, the legacy from that war, a veterans’ picnic and the presentation of the Dr. Joe Nunley Award to Jeff Davidson highlighted the pregame activities surrounding the 37th Salute to Veterans and Armed Forces at various campus venues. It…
Street Division employees Lucas Stanley and Trenton Ferrell have been named STARS award recipients for October 2018. Mayor Shane McFarland recognized Stanley and Ferrell during the Oct. 18, 2018, meeting of the Murfreesboro City Council with the STARS award for Outstanding Performance: “Succeeding Through Attitudes Reflecting Service Excellence.” Stanley and Ferrell are another example of…
Three teams of students form Rutherford County took top honors at the BEST Robotics competition held at David Lipscomb University this weekend. The competition is known as BEST because it stands for Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology. It’s a national, six-week competition that is held at “hubs” around the country, according to the organization. SC…
Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Michael Rodgers was recognized as the Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club’s Officer of the Year Thursday. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said Rodgers is dedicated to traffic safety as the sheriff’s office’s traffic enforcement coordinator. He uses enforcement and education to reduce traffic deaths and crashes. “His life-saving efforts are working because fewer people died…
Chief Larry Farley is proud to announce that Engineer Daniel Alexander has been chosen as Rutherford County’s Firefighter of the Year. Engineer Alexander has been with the department for 4 years, in various roles – 2 years as a firefighter, 1 year as an Engineer and almost 10 months as acting Lt. for A shift…
Siegel High School’s mission is to prepare students who are college and career ready. We recognize those who are college ready with our ACT 21+ banner, ACT 30+ Wall of Fame, and our Path to College events such as College Signing Day. Now we are also recognizing those who are career ready with a wall…