Murfreesboro man charged with multiple counts related to distributing heroin

Jul 16, 2018 at 09:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Reducing overdoses and dramatic increases nationwide in heroin-related cases are goals of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit, Sgt. Tony Hallsaid. Twenty peo.... Read More

Nashville company provides job training for Rutherford County jail inmates

Jul 03, 2018 at 07:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Job opportunities for inmates arrived in the form of a Hyundai forklift Friday at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. Maintenance Sgt. Joe Scott said the forklift w.... Read More

Armed robber holds up Blackman Market

Jun 30, 2018 at 05:40 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Do you recognize this person? Video captured a suspect who robbed the clerk about midnight in the early hours of Saturday at Blackman Market on Blackman Road. The suspe.... Read More

Georgia prisoners are trying to scam Tennessee residents

Jun 22, 2018 at 01:45 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Residents receiving calls from people posing as sheriff’s deputies asking for money should not respond with cash or green dot cards, a sheriff’s detective said Fri.... Read More

Sheriff's deputies, bloodhound rescue family on hike

Jun 21, 2018 at 09:58 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Moms April Wright and Alicia Modrall thought it would be fun to take their young children on an easy hike last Thursday. Wright and her sons, Mattheus, 3, and Dylan, 2, and M.... Read More

Tennessee Sheriffs' Association awards scholarships to 3 children of RSCO employees

Jun 19, 2018 at 01:51 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Children of three Sheriff’s Office employees each earned $500 scholarships from the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh recommended the scholar.... Read More

Rutherford County deputies are looking for seatbelt-hating drivers

Jun 07, 2018 at 08:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Seat belt use increased at Rutherford County schools after Sheriff’s School Resource Officers conducted a seat belt check and safety awareness program in April, said SRO.... Read More

Hoekstra earns Officer of the Month award from Ford of Murfreesboro

Jun 05, 2018 at 11:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

A sheriff’s narcotics detective earned Officer of the Month honors for leading an investigation to seize about $1.3 million worth of Xanax made in a clandestine lab in A.... Read More

Students learn about safety, law enforcement at Junior Deputy Camp

Jun 02, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Andrea Campbell, 11, wanted to know about law enforcement and safety during the annual School Resource Officer's Junior Deputy Camp. "I thought it was cool for me to know and.... Read More

Domestic-related murder-suicide suspected in Walter Hill shooting

May 28, 2018 at 07:42 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Three family members were killed and husband took his own life Monday, the second domestic-related murder-suicide in 12 days in Rutherford County, said Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh..... Read More
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Sheriff's Office asks drivers to wear seat belts and not drink and drive during Memorial holiday

May 24, 2018 at 10:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

An infant and a young mother lost their lives to traffic crashes within the last four days in Rutherford County. They are among 12 people who have died from traffic crashes t.... Read More

How chicken therapy helps Walter Hill students learn about animals

May 22, 2018 at 01:59 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Walter Hill Elementary School has gone not to the dogs, but to the chickens and pigs.  Principal Helen Campbell endorsed School Resource Officer Erica Brinkley’s i.... Read More