Expect slower traffic when teams of officers emphasize enforcement of the “Move Over” law, distracted driving and hazardous driving Friday on Interstate 24 and U.S. Highway 41/70 South in Murfreesboro and Smyrna. Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers and sheriff’s deputies will concentrate on driving violations from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. from Joe B. Jackson Parkway…
Three awareness checkpoints will be held Friday to combat the rising number of traffic deaths this year in Rutherford County, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s sergeant said. Forty people lost their lives in traffic crashes this year as compared with 23 at this time last year, said Sgt. Michael Rodgers. “The holiday season is notoriously rough…
One Rutherford County Schools’ student and one driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a school bus crash Wednesday on U.S. Highway 41/70 (John Bragg Highway), Rutherford County authorities said. Emergency Medical Services paramedics evaluated the four students on the bus and transported the driver of a car to St. Thomas Rutherford. Rutherford County Schools’ spokesman James…
Vandals damaged a Sheriff’s Office sign designed to slow down motorists on Midland-Fosterville Road recently, said Sgt. Michael Rodgers. Heavy damage was sustained to three different areas of the sign displaying the speed and the solar panel when located between U.S. Highway 231 South (Shelbyville Highway) and Midland Road. “More than likely, it will not…
Sheriff’s Detective Ty Downing was selected the Officer of the Year for the Exchange Club of Murfreesboro. Downing received the award during the Exchange Club meeting Wednesday. Detective Downing is a seasoned investigator who has solved several murder cases. He was assigned as the lead investigator for the murder of Erick Bixler, 45, of Asbury…
Residents may turn in their expired and unwanted prescriptions during the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies will collect the medications in front of the lobby at the Sheriff’s Office at 940 New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro, said Sgt. Robert Dowell, who…
Grandmother Annie Maples lives with the pain of two sons dying and now suffers more heartache from the death of her granddaughter, Shontisha Marie Rutland. Rutland, 22, of Nashville talked to her grandmother frequently and told her earlier in the summer she was going to Murfreesboro. That was their last conversation. Her skeletal remains were…
Crashes remain the leading cause of teen deaths nationwide. That’s why Rutherford County Sheriff’s school resource officers hope to lower the rate of teen deaths through informational events this week during National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct. 18-24, said SRO Dustin Cox. “We want to raise awareness for distracted driving,” Cox said. “We are reaching…
Keeping medical information and contact emergency numbers in your vehicle can help first responders provide treatment when responding to injury crashes, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputy said. The Tennessee Yellow Dot Program gives the first responders immediate emergency medical information, especially when motorists are hurt in a crash, said Deputy Gary Herron, who is coordinating…
One person died in a tractor-trailer crash and fire on Interstate 24 about 5:45 p.m. at the 72-mile marker toward Nashville between Interstate 840 and Almaville Road. The truck hauled cattle. Deputies are corralling cattle into a field and helping with traffic. EMS paramedics are treating a patient while Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue extinguishes the…