Toot’s diners can enjoy “good food and fun” while donating for 525 Rutherford County athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete in the annual Special Olympics track and field meet. Sheriff’s School Resource Officers will collect donations from Toot’s customers during the Wings & Rings fund-raiser from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 3 at Toot’s…
A graduation ceremony was held on March 9th at the Rutherford County Correctional Work Center that graduated 12 men from the first-ever Rutherford County Project Second Chance job training program. The program provides currently incarcerated individuals, who are 90-120 days away from completing their sentence, the opportunity to gain the manufacturing industry training and certifications…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office will promote the fourth annual “Thumbs Down to Texting and Driving” campaign with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office in April during Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Law enforcement agencies participate by promoting safe driving habits and increasing awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. Throughout April, the THSO will use #ThumbsDownTN to…
A suspect who claimed to carry a gun to kill a judge in the Judicial Building Monday was arrested by Court Security deputies. Suspect Troy Clinton Chaffin, 48, of Dedham Drive in Rockvale was charged with retaliation for past action by Deputy Debbie Creech. Creech was operating the Judicial Building metal detector when the alarm…
Dust off your cowboy and cowgirl hats and boots at the 12th annual School Resource Officers’ Lone Star Rodeo March 3-4. The Lone Star Rodeo Company rides in with the Great American Tour of barrel racing and bull riding at Miller Coliseum across from Siegel High School at 304 W. Thompson Lane. Gates open at…
Five Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies who excelled in their jobs earned Officers of the Month awards from Ford of Murfreesboro. School Resource Officer Shane Vaughn, Lt. Kenneth Barrett and Deputies Nick Coble, Ramy Ibrahim and Lorenzo Osborne received watches from General Manager Andy Obeissy of Ford of Murfreesboro. SRO Vaughn safely recovered a handgun from…
About 50 percent of drivers killed in Tennessee traffic fatalities failed to wear their seatbelts, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office reported. That’s why the Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies will be urging drivers to always buckle seatbelts and place children in passenger safety seats during the annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone campaign from Feb. 1 to…