Working in one of the fastest growing municipalities in the state, members of the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department must both juggle the current needs of the community they serve while also planning ahead to ensure quality of service doesn’t fall behind as the community expands. To honor the efforts taken by the department to strengthen…
The 39th Annual Telly Awards, the premier award honoring video and television across all screens, has recognized the City of Murfreesboro’s ‘Kids Recycling PSA’ as winner in the General-Children category. The award was announced May 21, 2018, and can be found at https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2018/television/general-children. Video Producer John Padgett, an 11-year veteran of CityTV, earned the prestigious…
The 39th Annual Telly Awards, the premier award honoring video and television across all screens, has recognized the City of Murfreesboro’s local documentary ‘The House Still Standing’ as winner in two categories—General Documentary and Biography. ‘The House Still Standing’ tells the stories of Burrell Gannaway, one of Murfreesboro’s first aldermen, and King Daniel Ganaway, a…
For the second consecutive year, members of the MTSU Robotics Club shined at the National Robotics Challenge recently at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Marion, Ohio. This year, MTSU emerged with gold and silver awards in the Mini-Sumo Robot competition, silver and bronze in Combat Robot competition and a bronze in the Autonomous Vehicles Challenge….
In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Retired District Attorney General William C. Whitesell, Jr. presented the Hometown Hero Award in memory of District Attorney General Guy R. Dotson, Sr. to General Dotson’s family. Accepting the award on behalf of their father were Bethe Dotson Becker, Ben Dotson, Greg Dotson, and Guy Dotson Jr. “Hometown…
School Resources Officers contributed from their own pockets and fund-raisers to award four $1,000 college scholarships to Rutherford County seniors Wednesday. SRO Jason Urban, who coordinates the scholarships, said a panel of SROs chose the winners based on their grade point average, ACT score, extra-curricular activities, a written essay on “Ways I Would Improve School…
The MTSU Department of Art and Design announces Winner’s Circle 2018, an invitational showcase of artworks from the Kindergarten through 12th grade students of Murfreesboro City Schools, Rutherford County Schools, area private schools like Saint Rose of Lima, and community home-schoolers. Scheduled May 11-19, 2018, a closing Awards Reception is planned Saturday, May 19, 1:00…
Murfreesboro City Schools honored its Employees of the Year at a special ceremony this week. Forty-six staff members received recognition as support staff of the year and departmental employee of the year. Support staff from each school and departments were nominated by their peers or supervisor for this recognition. “This recognition was a great opportunity…
Siegel High School partnered with Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in a yearlong anti-texting while driving campaign called “Be in the Zone-Turn Off Your Phone.” The campaign is sponsored by The Allstate Foundation and Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. The yearlong commitment included a youth service empowerment project with the City…
Central Magnet School has once again been ranked the best high school in Tennessee and 10th best magnet school in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The publication releases rankings each spring identifying the best schools in each state and throughout the nation. Central has been named among the best in Tennessee…