Rutherford County Sheriff's Office

Major Steve Spence, left, congratulates MADD winners Deputy Austin Watson, Cpl. April Haggard, Deputy Cody Didier, Deputy Zachary Campbell, Deputy Mina Awad, Cpl. William Travis and Sgt. Mich

Rutherford Sheriff Office achieves top Mothers Against Drunk Driving top award

Dec 10, 2021 at 02:10 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office achieved the Outstanding Department Award from MADD Tennessee for increasing awareness to prevent drunk driving and arresting impaired.... Read More
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Patty Oeser

Detective Oeser receives First Responder Award from NAMI

Dec 09, 2021 at 02:31 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Patty Oeser earned the Crisis Intervention Training First Responder of the Year award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.... Read More
Shontisha Marie Rutland

Family seeks answers to loved one's death

Dec 06, 2021 at 10:59 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Shontisha Marie Rutland’s family will spend another holiday season without knowing the circumstances of her death in the summer of 2020.     &nb.... Read More

Support the Shop with the Sheriff fundraiser at Toot's Tuesday

Nov 25, 2021 at 02:25 am by Lisa Marchesoni

One elementary school student participating in the Shop with the Sheriff event in 2019 wanted to buy food for his family instead of buying toys for himself, remembers School R.... Read More
Rutherford County Adult Detention Center Deputy Chief Kevin Henderson

New Adult Detention Center chief has vision of possibilities

Nov 15, 2021 at 09:03 am by Lisa Marchesoni

If you want to understand Deputy Chief Kevin Henderson’s vision, just read the worn sign posted in his office. “The difference between the impossible and the poss.... Read More
Exchange Clubs of Murfreesboro & Rutherford County EMS

Exchange Club provides comforting stuffed animals to local emergency agencies

Nov 09, 2021 at 10:00 am by WrgfhtDon 1

Two hundred small stuff animals from Kohls Cares were recently donated by the Exchange Club of Murfreesboro to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, Rutherford County Fire R.... Read More
The gavel of justice

Everything you need to know about the 19 biggest lawsuits facing Rutherford County (2021 edition)

Oct 28, 2021 at 11:15 am by Michelle Willard 1

With all the bad press around the illegal jailing of children and the lawsuit about that, one Voice reader got to wondering and poking about trying to figure out what other le.... Read More
Exchange Club honors Sheriff's Detective Monica Fonseca as Officer of the Year

Exchange Club honors Sheriff's Detective Monica Fonseca as Officer of the Year

Oct 28, 2021 at 10:04 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Detective Monica Fonseca of the Criminal Investigations Division, Rutherford County Sheriff Office was recognized on Oct. 27, 2021, as the County Law Enforcement Officer of th.... Read More

Parents of child who died in crash Halloween remember him with lower speed limit plea

Oct 27, 2021 at 12:45 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Nate Isbell, 13, helped his 3-year-old niece, Lily, decorate pumpkins the night before Halloween last year. Lily didn’t want to touch the slimy inside of the pumpkin, r.... Read More
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI)

8 Rutherford County men arrested in human trafficking sting

Oct 19, 2021 at 09:30 am by Voice Wire

A two-day undercover operation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation nabbed a dozen men, including eight from Rutherford County,  who were seeking illicit se.... Read More

Rutherford Sheriff's Office collects unused, unexpired medicine Saturday

Oct 19, 2021 at 08:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Unused or expired medications are a public safety issue, leading to potential accidental poisoning, misuse and overdose, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration reported..... Read More
Jefferson Springs Recreation Area and Boat Ramp located off of W. Jefferson Pike in Smyrna on J. Percy Priest Lake

Jefferson Springs boat ramp closed after boating incident, missing boater

Oct 18, 2021 at 12:15 pm by Voice Wire

Jefferson Springs Recreation Area and Boat Ramp located off of W. Jefferson Pike in Smyrna on J. Percy Priest Lake are closed to the public following a boating incident w.... Read More