It’s official! Trader Joe’s is coming to Murfreesboro. It’s been 10 years in the making with Mayor Shane McFarland pushing to have the specialty grocer set up shop in Murfreesboro, TN and they finally agreed. No word on an exact location to where it’s going to go just yet, but when we have that info…
April McClurkan is the latest Murfreesboro City employee to be awarded as a STAR! McClurkan professionally and persistently coordinated a response with law enforcement that resulted in the arrest of a suspect for vehicle break-ins and auto theft. Mayor Shane McFarland honored McClurkan, an Emergency Communications Specialist II, with the STARS Award during the Nov….
Mayor Shane McFarland discusses the City’s major 2022 accomplishments in his latest “State of the City.” The interview discussion with Public Information Officer Mike Browning is airing on CityTV and available to watch on YouTube and Facebook at https://youtu.be/ksw9x8ULhOo. Mayor McFarland addresses accomplishments and challenges in managing a growing city, particularly infrastructure needs and costs….
In April, Murfreesboro Police Officer Lance Hofmeister noticed an elderly female walking down the side of a busy roadway with her walker. He stopped and offered her a ride in his patrol car to her hair appointment. Unknown to him, his kind service was captured on video and posted on social media, generating thousands of…
City of La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole today announced that he has received the endorsement of County Commissioner for District 5, Commissioner Laura Davidson. “I’m proud to endorse Mayor Jason Cole for re-election as Mayor for the City of La Vergne. I have lived in La Vergne for more than 20 years and seen firsthand…
For MTSU geosciences professor and researcher Alisa Hass and her collaborators at the Nashville, Tennessee, mayor’s office, a recent early morning research excursion was the result of months of hard work and preparation. It was finally time to collect Nashville’s heat data as part of their research for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Heat…
Mayor McFarland was nice enough to come join us for episode 58 of our podcast where he answered all the questions people have been asking about what’s going on in and around our community. Everything from the new skate park that’s opening up, new developments around the Downtown Square, the new amphitheater, road projects and…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue firefighters Capt. Tim Lampitt, Marcus Cartwright, Tyson Donaldson, Richard Goodyear, and Justin Dillard were honored July 21, 2022, as STARS for saving an infant child’s life. Firefighters rescued the five-week-old baby boy from a locked, hot SUV on June 13, 2022. The temperature was 97 degrees with a heat index of 108….
We just reviewed the February inspection report from TDEC on Middlepoint. It was not good. Here are the highlights: 15 acres of area that didn’t have sufficient initial cover or intermediate cover resulting in visible open trash Hydrogen sulfide staining on the southern slope and gas bubbling in multiple leachate pools. This causes significant odor….
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Captain David Bricker and MPD Officer Jaydin Davis were honored April 21, 2022, with STARS awards. Bricker and Davis demonstrated exemplary service by going above and beyond to assist an elderly lady in need. Mayor Shane McFarland recognized the two City employees before the regular City Council meeting. The following description by…