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Dawn F. Eaton has been named Chief Executive Officer of Susan G. Komen Central Tennessee

Susan G. Komen to drop $800K at Vandy for breast cancer research

Sep 17, 2019 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

Susan G. Komen, the world's leading breast cancer organization, today announced $26 million in funding for new research projects that focus on metastatic breast cancer, develo.... Read More
Rockvale High School alum Frank Hayes

Rockvale's oldest living alum Frank Hayes cherishes his experiences

Sep 17, 2019 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

The Hayes family has been in Rockvale for more than a century. Frank Hayes is a purple heart recipient, served in World War II under Gen. George S. Patton and is the oldest k.... Read More
Rutherford County Schools

Record number of Rutherford County Schools students named National Merit Semifinalists

Sep 16, 2019 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

Seventeen Rutherford County Schools’ seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced this week.  Central Magne.... Read More
Little Libraries

Ribbon-cutting set Sept. 16 for 'Little Libraries' on Breezeway Trail

Sep 14, 2019 at 10:00 am by literacymatters

A ribbon cutting for three "Little Libraries" will take place at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 on the Breezeway Restorative Trail located behind The Fountains at Gateway. The public.... Read More
Tennessee Equality Project honors MTSU

Tennessee Equality Project honors MTSU at Boro Pride

Sep 14, 2019 at 09:00 am by Voice Wire

A presentation at the annual Boro Pride festival is now a point of pride for the entire MTSU community. The Tennessee Equality Project Foundation pre.... Read More
Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor of the Year

Rutherford Sheriff's employee earns Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor of the Year

Sep 14, 2019 at 08:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Rutherford County Sheriff Office’s employee Raymond Shew remembers when his children were infants and were using cars seats. He read the manual about child passenger sa.... Read More
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office's new Dodge Challenger

Rutherford Sheriff's Office wins new Dodge Charger

Sep 13, 2019 at 10:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

A fully-equipped Dodge Charger joined the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office fleet after Deputy Chief Egon Grissom won the car at the annual Tennessee LifeSavers Confere.... Read More
MTSU Raider Relief

MTSU’s Raider Relief fund flies 6,000 pounds of emergency supplies to Bahamas

Sep 13, 2019 at 09:30 am by Voice Wire

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Raider Relief, a humanitarian drive revived by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee when Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, has flown in more than 6.... Read More
African Drum and Dance Festival

African Drum and Dance Festival to be held Sept. 28, 2019

Sep 13, 2019 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

The second annual African Drum and Dance Festival will be returning to Patterson Park on Saturday, Sept. 28. Bolstered by the success of last year’s event, the festival.... Read More

First Tennessee Banking Executive Yolanda Greene named 2019 Volunteer of the Year

Sep 12, 2019 at 09:00 am by Grace Austin

United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties has presented banking executive Yolanda Greene with the 2019 Carl Quakenbush Volunteer of the Year Award.  Greene is Ru.... Read More
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office's annual 9/11 Remembrance ceremony

World War II Navy medic described Battle of Omaha Beach

Sep 12, 2019 at 08:02 am by Lisa Marchesoni 2

U.S. Navy medic Bill Allen sat in a truck with two soldiers on the bow of the LST-523 ship and listened to gunfire just before the vessel was destroyed June 6, 1944, on Omaha.... Read More
Blackman Collegiate Academy

Blackman Collegiate Academy seniors explore MTSU

Sep 12, 2019 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro teenager Hannah Johnson had applied to Middle Tennessee State University and received her acceptance letter after arriving home from school Mo.... Read More