A son was charged with attempted first-degree murder of a man shot early Saturday off Mona Road, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said Tuesday. Son Christian Curtis, 19, was accused of shooting a 26-year-old Lebanon man whose name is not being released at this time, said Detective Josh Anderson. The victim remains hospitalized. Christian Curtis…
Sheriff’s school resource officers will ask Toot’s diners to support 43 Special Olympians representing Rutherford County at the Special Olympics Tennessee games. SROs will collect donations during the Wings & Rings fund-raiser from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 23 at Toot’s at 860 Northwest Broad Street in Murfreesboro. Coordinator Lou Paschall said donations will…
Older brother Clifton Braunwalder always watched out for his younger sister Louann, helping with homework and acting as a roadblock until she felt comfortable with new people. She watched helplessly as Clifton, 13, was changing the flat tire on the family car and was struck and killed by an intoxicated driver five years ago Wednesday…
Sheriff’s Explorers will present the colors during the Nashville Predators’ first game in the playoffs Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena. Proudly ‘standing’ with the Preds will be, from left, Capt. Malia Xanachack, Cpl. Laeken Adams, Cpl. Patrick Burns and Sgt. Hannah Gregory.
Identity of an armed robber accused of injuring a Dollar General store clerk Saturday is sought by a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective. The robber allegedly robbed and assaulted a clerk before 10 p.m. at the Dollar General store on Epps Mill Road, said Detective Josh Anderson. He He is described as a light-skinned black man…
Kittrell resident David Rutledge suffered a medical emergency recently and laid on his floor about 30 hours until Sheriff’s Senior Citizens Awareness Network volunteers rescued him. “I was never so glad to see anyone in my life,” Rutledge said after recovering from the medical scare. SCAN volunteers Jack Kelton and Phil Barnett stopped by Rutledge’s…
UPDATE – Justin White may experience the surprise of his 10 year life when he’s reunited with his best friend, Goblin, his German shepherd. Mother Christina White said someone took Goblin was taken their neighborhood March 10, leaving her son withdrawn and upset. After news reports of the missing dog today, she said a man…
Crime Stoppers of Rutherford County offers a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who vandalized the Johnny Rebel Confederate monument Tuesday on the downtown square. The vandal spray painted in pink paint the words “murderer,” “Ft. Pillow” and “Coward” on the statue, in an apparent reference to the Battle of Fort…
A woman escaped serious injury when a male friend allegedly assaulted her, then shot her cellphone and home door locks in a domestic dispute early Tuesday, Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies reported. Suspect Thaddeus James Lee, 29, of Airview Drive in Smyrna was charged with aggravated domestic assault, reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm into an…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for the identity of the person who vandalized the “Johnny Rebel” Confederate monument Tuesday night located near the historic courthouse. The vandal spray painted in pink paint the words “murderer,” “Ft. Pillow” and “Coward” on the statue, in an apparent reference to the Battle of Fort Pillow commanded by…