City Announces 2020 Parade of Lights Grand Marshal
The City of La Vergne is excited to announce the 2020 grand marshal for Parade of Lights as well as this year’s theme. It will be a “Blue Christmas” in La Vergne for the 10th annual Parade of Lights as we pay homage to the men and women who protect and serve the city every…
Applications are available for Murfreesboro Christmas Parade
Applications are now available online for the 35th Annual Murfreesboro Christmas Parade which will be held Sunday, December 13. This year the event will be co-hosted by WGNS Radio along with the City of Murfreesboro. “We are excited to partner with WGNS this year to bring the sights and sounds of Christmas to our community,”…
Christmas at Oaklands Mansion: Evening Holiday Tours
Oaklands is once again ready to welcome you to the mansion for Christmas at Oaklands on December 11, 12, 18 & 19, 2020. Usher in the holiday season with an enchanting tour of this historic home and landmark. These special holiday evening openings of the mansion at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. with…
Virtual 37th Annual Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes
For the past 36 years, Oaklands has presented the Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes as its largest fund raising event of the year. In order to, once again, share some of our favorite homes in downtown Murfreesboro with our friends and supporters, you are invited to usher in the holiday season with an enchanting virtual…
Redstone’s Letters to Santa campaign contributes cash and cheer to children’s charities
Christmas celebrations continued at Redstone Federal Credit Union last week when the organization presented checks for $9,000 to two children’s charities as part of its Letters to Santa campaign. Each December, Redstone asks area communities to help brighten the lives of children and families by sending a letter to Santa. For every letter dropped in…
Public Works accepting Christmas trees through January 31st
Are you looking for a place to recycle your Christmas tree once the Christmas season is over? You can recycle your Christmas tree at the La Vergne Public Works facility, located at 148 International Blvd, La Vergne, TN 37086. Please make sure your tree is free of any decorations, lights and ornaments. You can drop…
RCEMS Sponsors Family for Christmas
For the third year in a row, Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS) sponsored families of special needs children through a partnership with Special Kids and its Cornelius Christmas program. RCEMS staff members and dispatch employees collected money, fulfilled Christmas wish lists, wrapped the gifts, and delivered them in an ambulance this week to Trinity…
Operation Toy Soldier: Fraudulent Bar Code Ring Busted
Murfreesboro Police and authorities in Alabama have dismantled a shoplifting ring where fraudulent UPC bar codes were used to purchase Star Wars theme toys and other action figures for pennies on the dollar, throughout the Southeast and reselling them online. Madison Alabama Police Department officers arrested James Adkins, 36, of Murfreesboro, and a co-conspirator, Daniel…