Overall Creek Elementary, a Murfreesboro City School, was named a Tennessee Designated STEM School by the State of Tennessee during the STEM Innovation Summit in Nashville on May 8. The Tennessee STEM School Designation denotes that a school meets the highest standards of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) instruction and is a model for…
Middle Tennessee State University’s equestrian team has sent individual riders to the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championship for many years. However, it had been five years since the well-respected program had qualified as a team. Now, a third-place finish at nationals is how coach Ariel Herrin capped off her first year as coach following…
Chaplain John Spurgeon of the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center and Correctional Work Center earned the Volunteer of the Year award this week from the American Jail Association. Spurgeon received the award during the annual conference this week. He also serves as prison ministry pastor at New Vision Baptist Church. Deputy Chief Bernard Salandy, who…
Saving the life of a 6-year-old girl earned a Life Savers Award for a Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Thursday. Deputy Chris Beach received the Life Savers Award from Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh for doing rescue breathing and reviving the unresponsive girl March 16 at her home. “He recognized the seriousness of the situation and while remaining…
Locally Owned Murfreesboro and Smyrna Independent Merchants Association honored 16 locally owned, independent businesses at the inaugural Light Up Local Firefly Awards on Tuesday, April 24 at The Grove. Light Up Local was an exciting evening of local food, music and the presentation of the Firefly Awards. The Firefly Awards, emceed by WKRN’s Larry Flowers,…
Capturing a fugitive wanted for felony murder in Georgia earned a sheriff’s deputy Officer of the Month honors for March from Ford of Murfreesboro. Deputy James Throneberry stopped a driver for a minor traffic offense on Interstate 24. After learning the driver was wanted for murder and felony robbery with a weapon, Throneberry arrested him…
A School Resource Officer who investigated a threat to Rock Springs Middle School received the Officer of the Month award for February from Ford of Murfreesboro. SRO Ben Baldwin’s intense investigation resulted in charging a 14-year-old student with making a false report. The student was also charged with criminal impersonation by using another student’s log-in…
Two scholarships were awarded at the 2018 ATHENA Award Ceremony, held at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro on Thursday, April 19. Monica McKinny, a student at Middle Tennessee State University pursuing a degree in history with a minor in education, was awarded the $3,000 ATHENA Nontraditional Scholarship, funded by the ATHENA Patrons Society. Through the generous support…
Thirty-three teachers from Murfreesboro City Schools received their Tennessee Employment Standard for Gifted Teaching after completing the 2017-18 MTSU/MCS Gifted Academy. The Gifted Academy, sponsored by The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, aims to expand Murfreesboro City Schools Gifted Education program by equipping teachers with tools to identify and engage gifted students. “We want to…
Locally Owned Murfreesboro and Smyrna Independent Merchants Association are excited to announce the inaugural Light Up Local Firefly Awards. Light Up Local, set for Tuesday, April 24, promises to be an exciting evening of local food, music and the presentation of the Firefly Awards. The Firefly Awards, emceed by WKRN’s Larry Flowers, is a people’s…