Over the last 2 days, Middle Tennessee has seen heavy snowfall and dangerous driving conditions, but that doesn’t stop hospitals like Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Rutherford from taking care of patients. Healthcare workers were in need of rides to work and members of the Stones River Jeep club came to the rescue. These individuals drove…
As announced via social media, City Hall, offices, and City facilities will be closed except essential to public safety, Thursday, Jan. 6 and Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. All City meetings, including Thursday evening’s City Council meeting and public hearings, are cancelled, and will be rescheduled. Essential City services, Public Safety and Street Department for snow…
Heavy snowfall is covering the City of Murfreesboro, wreaking havoc on traffic, leaving drivers stranded, and police responding to multiple crashes. Snow began falling by 7:30 a.m. Thursday, causing traffic gridlocks all over the city, drivers to slide, stranded cars on hills and interstate on and off-ramps, and tractor-trailers to jack-knife. There have been multiple…
In Mid-February 2021 the Middle Tennessee area experienced snowfall and the fifth longest period of below freezing temperatures for over seven days from Feb. 12-18, 2021. Most would rather soon forget the cold chill and inclement weather, but for the outstanding road crews who work for the City of Murfreesboro, it just means getting down…
A snowy Saturday night proves busy for first responders in Rutherford County. Around 10:00 p.m., crews from Rutherford County Fire Rescue (RCFR), Almaville Volunteer Fire Department, Kittrell Volunteer Fire Department, Christiana Volunteer Fire Department, Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS), and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) responded to an outbuilding fire on Thompson Road. When…
The City of Murfreesboro is stocked and ready to clear streets of ice and snow during the 2018-19 winter weather season. The City Street Department currently has a total stockpile of 1,200 tons of salt and have readied snow plows and trucks for the winter season. Preparing for winter weather begins long before any ice…