Three weeks ago, knowing the need for MTSU Health Services to utilize COVID-19 vaccines about the expire so they would not be wasted, university nurses Tracy Mifflin and Heather Ashby brainstormed. Ashby suggested Murfreesboro’s homeless population. Mifflin knows Scott Foster, executive director of Journey Home Inc., a Christian ministry that serves homeless people and the…
Halloween is right around the corner and many folks in La Vergne are wondering how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect their annual trick-or-treating traditions. La Vergne’s mayor and city administrator want to emphasize that the city does not regulate or restrict Halloween activities as they are not city-run events. “We want everyone to have a…
This is James Evans with Rutherford County Schools. We have an important announcement for you concerning COVID-19. The school is reporting a high number of students on quarantine, as well as several staff members. As such, we are planning to temporarily close the school and will move all students to distance learning beginning Tuesday. We…
Flu season typically begins to ramp up in October which, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on public health, means our communities are now at an even greater risk for disease that cannot be ignored. Reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses, like flu, this fall and winter is more important than ever. Sometimes the best…
Besides the physical battles COVID-19 has caused across the world, the pandemic is also leaving a trail of emotional scars. As a result, there have been increases in depression, suicide, substance abuse, overdoses, family conflict and child abuse and other mental health issues. Thanks to the Tennessee Recovery Project grant program, help is available. “The…
Masked Lightning, a symbol of MTSU’s pandemic precautions on campus, will be grand marshal of the 2020 virtual Homecoming Parade, which will be broadcast live Saturday. The traditional parade format, which was set aside due to COVID-19 concerns, will instead be a “MTShUbox” parade, featuring more than 50 shoebox floats created and decorated by students,…
Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron announced Monday afternoon that the Rutherford County Face Covering Order set to expire on September 30 will instead be lifted on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. CDT. In a letter to citizens, Ketron writes, “Your compliance with the order which went into effect on July 22, had a…
A Murfreesboro nail salon technician was arrested for committing a sex crime against a customer during a COVID-19 home appointment on Sunday, Sept. 6. Nam Dinh, 39, of Murfreesboro, was taken into custody Sept. 11 and charged with sexual battery. A 37-year-old female customer booked a home appointment for a manicure and pedicure with Dinh…
“We knew the Child Protective Investigative Team had a difficult job responding to horrific cases of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and children exposed to their parent’s drug use,” said Child Advocacy Center Director Sharon De Boer. “But, we had no idea what 2020 held in store for our team when the COVID-19 pandemic spread…
In one of the most eventful years of Middle Tennessee Electric’s 84-year history, even the COVID-19 pandemic played a part in the cooperative’s Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 29. For the first time, Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) held its Annual Meeting without any members attending in person. Following guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease…