BlueCross Healthy Place at Barfield Crescent Park

Murfreesboro Parks & Rec awarded $750k Playground Grant

The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation plans to create 10 new BlueCross Healthy Places across the state in 2021. In celebration of the company’s 75th anniversary, the foundation is investing $750,000 in each space, bringing the statewide total to $7.5 million. The 10 project sites are spread across communities large and small in each of…

Lascassas Elementary School students

Stuffed animal Pancake delights kids at Lascassas Elementary

Kindergarten students giggle and wave as they watch Pancake move his paws and “woof” with the help of School Resource Officer Chad Dodson. Pancake is a stuffed animal dog that Dodson brings to Lascassas Elementary School to entertain students. Dodson introduced the stuffed dog to communicate with the kindergarten through 5th grade students since COVID…

Happy Birthday Child Advocacy Center

Child Advocacy Center Hosts 20th Birthday Party

“It is hard to believe that last Friday was the Child Advocacy Center’s 20th Birthday,” said Child Advocacy Center director Sharon De Boer. “It feels like yesterday when we first opened the doors. Time really does fly.” The Child Advocacy Center celebrated their 20th Birthday with a Drive Thru Birthday Party. The Happy Birthday yard…

Dalton Missing poster--SPD Nabours

Smyrna Police Department Searching for an Endangered Juvenile Runaway

Smyrna Police Department (SPD) is searching for an endangered juvenile runaway. On August 20, 2020, Alyssa Gracie Dalton, age 15, was reported as a runaway by her grandparents. She was last seen shortly after midnight on this date. Alyssa is believed to be in the Nashville area, but her mode of transportation is unknown at…