It was a dream come true for one young lady in Murfreesboro Tuesday morning. Anastasia Hayes says she couldn’t wait to receive one of the biggest honors in high school basketball. Only 24 players are named McDonald’s All-Americans each year and Hayes is one of them. The Riverdale High School star officially got her jersey…
Middle Tennessee head women’s basketball coach Rick Insell has been selected for induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. He will be MTSU’s fourth coach to be inducted into a national hall of fame. In a statement from the school, Insell said, “I am truly humbled and overwhelmed by this tremendous news. To be included…
Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee received a grant from The Healing Trust, which awarded funds totaling over $1.1 million in its most recent grant cycle. The Nurses for Newborns grant was for $40,000 and will be used for providing in-home nurse visits to at-risk infants. Nurses for Newborns is dedicated to reducing infant mortality by…
Five Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies who excelled in their jobs earned Officers of the Month awards from Ford of Murfreesboro. School Resource Officer Shane Vaughn, Lt. Kenneth Barrett and Deputies Nick Coble, Ramy Ibrahim and Lorenzo Osborne received watches from General Manager Andy Obeissy of Ford of Murfreesboro. SRO Vaughn safely recovered a handgun from…
MTSU put its spotlight upon country star Hillary Scott as faculty and friends gathered Saturday, Feb. 11, in Southern California to celebrate the former student’s Grammy nods in two Christian music categories. President Sidney A. McPhee and College of Media and Entertainment Dean Ken Paulson also recognized three other Grammy nominees with MTSU ties at…
It did not take Belmont University freshman computer science major Tito Ebiwonjumi to feel right at home at MTSU. Ebiwonjumi, 17, who is from Lagos, Nigeria, participated in the computer science department’s second Hack-MT that ended Sunday (Feb. 5) in the Science Building. He pitched an idea on Day 1, but not enough people worked…