The first Crime Safety Analysis produced by the La Vergne Police Department is now available to the public. From January 1 through February 29 the reported crimes include: 13 assaults 125 domestic assaults 5 robberies 44 thefts 35 burglaries 29 thefts from cars 10 vehicle thefts 17 stolen vehicle recoveries Of the thefts from motor…
The City of La Vergne is looking to its residents to find better ways to communicate things going on in the city. The formal evaluation will look at the City’s communication efforts and effectiveness to assist in an upcoming Communications Plan being developed by the Public Information Officer. The survey will be available through May…
La Vergne Event Coordinator Robert Rayburn has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Southeast Festival and Events Association (SFEA). Rayburn was voted in by members of the board at the annual conference at Muscle Shoals, Alabama on February 25. Twelve members serve on the SFEA Board of Directors. Board members…
The last year has been an adventure to say the least. This has been my first year as mayor and we’ve seen a lot of changes to City Hall and to the city as a whole. Aggressively, with the support of our staff, we began taking La Vergne forward to a better place. We started…
Around 250 Rutherford County employees and their families packaged 51,250 meals on Saturday in an effort to tackle hunger issues in the community. The food packing event, organized by The Outreach Program, was the brainchild of Mayor Bill Ketron who had participated in events of its kind during his time as a State Senator. “This…
The La Vergne Parks and Recreation Department wants your input as they plan for the future. The department is currently working on its new Master Plan and is looking for input from citizens concerning what they want to see as the city continues to grow over the next decade. This is the second screening of…
As part of his continuing education Mayor Jason Cole has completed a 70-hour Foundations of Leadership course through the Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership, an agency of the UT Institute for Public Service. The Foundations to Leadership certificate provides techniques that will enhance skills to make better decisions, resolve conflicts, improve employee performance and lead…
After weeks of work the new playground at Veterans Memorial Park is ready to be opened to the public. Parks and Recreation staff will be at the new play structure at Veterans Memorial Park, located at 115 Floyd Mayfield Drive, for the ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. There are…
La Vergne’s special ops team was called out for a high angle rescue after receiving a 911 call for a man who suffered a medical emergency at the top of a cell phone tower. The worker was at the top of the cell tower on the 100 block of Stones River Road near the railroad…
About $80,000 worth of illegal heroin was seized from a La Vergne couple by Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives last month in La Vergne, a supervisor said. Detectives located 1.5 pounds of heroin, 50 Oxycodone pills and marijuana at the home of Kalum Shamar Alexander, 31, and Alyncia Latoya Sales, 30, both of Ace Wintermeyer…