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Poetry: To August Place

Aug 10, 2021 at 11:00 am by Paulette Jackson

As the summer begins to wind down, I was thankful for the opportunity today to be outside and enjoy the beauty of this time of year. It seems like the colors of August's.... Read More

Murfreesboro Mama: How to Start the School Year Like a Ninja Warrior

Aug 10, 2021 at 10:00 am by Laura Beth Payne

I don't know about other parents, but all the air-conditioned movie watching and stress-snacking I did through the heat this summer has me currently evaluating my workout op.... Read More

Legal Aid Society Names Laura Baker as 2021 Chair of Campaign for Equal Justice

Aug 10, 2021 at 09:00 am by bmdalton

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, announced today that Laura Baker will chair its 2021 Campaign for Equa.... Read More

Location app helps save two teens lost in Murfreesboro park

Aug 09, 2021 at 12:00 pm by Voice Wire

The what3words location app helped to find two teenage girls lost in Barfield Crescent Park on Saturday, Aug. 7. The girls spent an hour after nightfall trying to get back to.... Read More

Former Riverdale High School Principal Hulon Watson

Riverdale High set to honor former principal with 'Hulon Watson Football Fieldhouse'

Aug 09, 2021 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

There was a time when you did not have to listen closely to hear the traffic behind Riverdale High School whisking by on I-24. When the school opened in Fall 1972, not much w.... Read More

Child Advocacy Center Drug Endangered Children Coordinator Tara Davis, right, showcases the backpacks and school supplies donated to needy children. Accepting the backpacks for the CAC is Jes

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office donates supplies for first day of school

Aug 09, 2021 at 09:00 am by Child Advocacy Center

“Shock was the first feeling that I felt when I saw the 98 backpacks that were donated for needy children,” said Beth Porter with the Rutherford County Sheriff&rsq.... Read More

Bob Batcheller, who will be a volunteer at the MTSU School of Nursing’s site for Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations, receives his first dose from nursing student Taylor Shanklin Thursday, Feb. 25,

COVID-19 vaccinations increase as cases rise again

Aug 09, 2021 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

With a national and local increase in infections from the COVID-19 Delta variant, more reluctant Tennesseans are coming off the sidelines and rolling up their sleeves for.... Read More

MTSU student gets intergalactic experience spaceflight company Virgin Galactic

Aug 09, 2021 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

Middle Tennessee State University aerospace professional pilot major Mike Harris can claim he had a near-out of this world experience during his summer break from classes. Hi.... Read More

Eagle Scout candidate volunteers to clean up historic cemetery between Rocky Fork elementary and middle schools

Aug 07, 2021 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

Braxton Johnson is currently a Life Scout with BSA Troop 248 in Alabama and working toward earning an Eagle Scout. He was recently granted permission by the Rutherford County.... Read More

Siegel Middle, Siegel High and Stewarts Creek High Beta Club members place at national competition

Aug 06, 2021 at 04:00 pm by Voice Wire

All their springtime work paid off for the Beta club members from Siegel Middle with a pair of top five finishes at the National Beta Convention, including first place in the.... Read More

Rapid Development May Encroach on Historic Cemeteries

Aug 06, 2021 at 10:45 am by robmtchl

The people who lived before us are often just beneath our feet, even if their tombs are sometimes forgotten. Lost under urban development, they are rediscovered when a subway.... Read More

Why local schools need a mask mandate

Aug 06, 2021 at 10:15 am by Michelle Willard

A year ago, the elderly and immune compromised were most at risk to contract the virus. But now, it's children under 12, who are not approved to receive any of the COVID-19 va.... Read More

Will History Repeat Itself?

Aug 06, 2021 at 09:00 am by FBIinformant

If Republican Party leaders don't get their heads screwed on straight about the COVID-19 pandemic and a great many other issues in America today, we may see history repeat its.... Read More

Sign up now for the 9/11 Heroes Run

Aug 06, 2021 at 08:09 am by Cynthialynn Jones

Run, Walk, Ruck, Volunteer, Donate, Cheer…but most of all: HONOR the heroes of 9/11. Are you a running or a walker? Do you skip, hop, and jump? Whatever level of physi.... Read More

Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force concentrates on school safety

Aug 06, 2021 at 07:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Keeping students safe in school zones this academic year will be the goal of Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force officers, who will launch an awareness event beginning.... Read More