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Rutherford County Schools to participate in COVID-19 Rapid Test pilot program

Dec 14, 2020 at 09:25 am by Voice Wire

Rutherford County Schools has agreed to participate in a pilot program offered by the Tennessee Department of Health to offer rapid testing for COVID-19. Several other school.... Read More

Tennessee State Parks see record camping in October, new November high

Dec 04, 2020 at 12:30 pm by Voice Wire 1

Camping in the last two months reached historic highs in Tennessee State Parks. The parks saw 62,124 nights camping in October, a one-month record for camping stays in the sy.... Read More

Alexander: Tennessee could get 40K doses of COVID vaccine next month

Nov 23, 2020 at 10:32 am by Michelle Willard 3

Tennessee could receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in December, according to The Tennessee Journal. The online publication that focuses on state politics spoke wi.... Read More

COVID delays start of Lady Raiders season, means no fans at games through December

Nov 23, 2020 at 09:42 am by Voice Wire

Middle Tennessee's season opener against No. 5-ranked Louisville has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 test results and contact tracing within the Lady Raider bubble, Di.... Read More

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Murfreesboro Christmas Parade COVID-canceled

Nov 18, 2020 at 12:55 pm by Voice Wire

The annual Murfreesboro Christmas Parade scheduled for December 13 has been canceled for 2020. "It saddens me that we won't have the parade, but with the recent uptick of COV.... Read More

City Cafe to close after 120 years, State Farm moves employees home permanently

Nov 12, 2020 at 10:49 am by Michelle Willard 2

COVID strikes again. Two of Murfreesboro's oldest businesses made significant announcements on Wednesday. Saddest of the two, City Café announced that Saturday, Nov.... Read More

Blackman joins list of high schools temporarily shuttered for COVID

Nov 06, 2020 at 08:54 am by Voice Wire

Beginning Friday, Nov. 6, all students at the school will move to distance learning for a few days. All students will distance-learn Friday through Wednesday, Nov. 11. In-.... Read More

Kids Cove opens at Fountains for a fun and safe distance learning experience for kids

Nov 02, 2020 at 09:00 am by Voice Wire

Hearthstone Properties has developed Kids Cove at Fountains, Murfreesboro's first Class-A distance learning center providing drop-in and full-time access to a fun and safe lea.... Read More

Ketron shows some sense and reimposes the mask mandate, effective Thursday

Oct 26, 2020 at 02:37 pm by Michelle Willard 9

Hopefully all of your masks are clean for Thursday when Rutherford County will reinstate its mask requirement. After a month of bare faces, the number of COVID case.... Read More

A Visit to the ER Feels Like We've Been to a Superspreader Event

Oct 22, 2020 at 12:59 pm by MK37130 4

Recently my husband had to go to the emergency department at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital and it feels like we've just been at a superspreader event. It is infur.... Read More

Rutherford Sheriff's Office, Mid-Cumberland team up for a safe Halloween event

Oct 09, 2020 at 01:23 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Monsters won't steal Halloween in Rutherford County, vows Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Erwin of the Community Services Unit. That's why the Sheriff's Office and Mid-Cumberland Commun.... Read More

Bill Lee announces $50M in new business relief funding

Oct 09, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group (FSAG) recnetly announced an initial $50 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds for the new&n.... Read More

Main Street cancels JazzFest, Trick-or-Treat on the Square

Sep 29, 2020 at 03:51 pm by Voice Wire

October is a busy month for Main Street, and we have added new activities to fill in for the Oct. 3 JazzFest cancellation due to COVID-19. “Thousands of people attend.... Read More

Baum, Speaker Sexton meet with local health care leaders discussion in Murfreesboro

Sep 24, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire 1

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, and State Rep. Charlie Baum, R-Murfreesboro, Thursday, Sept. 23 met with local medical leaders in Murfreesboro.... Read More

What was Bill Ketron thinking in suspending the mask mandate?

Sep 22, 2020 at 12:15 pm by Michelle Willard 71

I've left good ole boy Bill Ketron alone for a while. These are trying time, and we are all doing our best. But then he went and bowed to public pressure. On Monday, Sep.... Read More