Latest News

La Vergne is getting fiber

Oct 22, 2020 at 07:00 am by Michelle Willard

United Communications, Middle Tennessee's leading provider of fiber and fixed wireless internet services, and Middle Tennessee Electric, the state's largest electric cooperati.... Read More
Murfreesboro Police Department

Man in stolen car arrested for alleged drug possession after causing multi-vehicle crash

Oct 21, 2020 at 05:00 pm by Voice Wire

A man, with drugs, in a stolen vehicle plows through a red light causing a multi-vehicle crash after police attempted to make a traffic stop for reckless driving on Tuesday, O.... Read More
Shontisha Marie Rutland

Grandmother appeals for answers in granddaughter's death, reward offered

Oct 21, 2020 at 03:13 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Annie Maples lives with the pain of two sons dying and now suffers more heartache from the death of her granddaughter, Shontisha Marie Rutland. Rutland, 22, of Nashville talk.... Read More
2019 Celebrity Spelling Bee

To Bee or Not To Bee: Celebrity Spelling Bee will go virtual in 2020

Oct 21, 2020 at 10:38 am by literacymatters

Read To Succeed announced the 14th annual Celebrity Spelling Bee will be held virtually at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 on Facebook Live. The annual Celebrity S.... Read More
Pills

Drug Take Back Day is Oct. 24

Oct 21, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation encourages Tennesseans to take part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2.... Read More

Murfreesboro police arrest several people arrested for shoplifting and selling hot items to pawn shop

Oct 20, 2020 at 04:35 pm by Voice Wire

Chain saws, weed eaters, drills, tools, and home security systems are some of the items Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives recovered that were stolen from various.... Read More

Who's the new director of Murfreesboro Solid Waste?

Oct 20, 2020 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

City Manager Craig Tindall announced Wednesday, Oct. 14 the appointment of Russell Gossett as the new director of Solid Waste for the City of Murfreesboro. Gossett's hiring wa.... Read More
Rutherford County Election Commission

Murfreesboro FAQ: How does the Rutherford Election Commission verify signatures on ballots?

Oct 20, 2020 at 09:47 am by Michelle Willard 1

Murfreesboro Voice Reader Susan Allen wanted to know how signatures are verified for mail-in, absentee ballots. The signatures on all mail-in ballots (and all ballots in ge.... Read More
Murfreesboro Fire Department

Terry, Baum proposed 'First Responder Safety Act'

Oct 20, 2020 at 08:58 am by Voice Wire

State Reps. Bryan Terry, MD (R-Murfreesboro) and Charlie Baum (R-Murfreesboro) recently announced they will introduce legislation aimed at deterring malicious intimidat.... Read More

Can you be progressive and Christian? Find out what Alisa Childers thinks

Oct 20, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

In the early 2000s, ​Alisa Childers received notoriety as a singer and songwriter with the awarding-winning, all female Christian music group ZOEgirl. Today, she is a.... Read More
Don't Text & Drive

Rutherford SROs promote teen safety during National Teen Driver Safety Week

Oct 19, 2020 at 12:00 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Crashes remain the leading cause of teen deaths nationwide. That's why Rutherford County Sheriff's school resource officers hope to lower the rate of teen deaths through info.... Read More
Slideshow
Spring Fling 2019

ConventionSouth awards Rutherford CVB with 2020 Readers’ Choice Award

Oct 19, 2020 at 11:51 am by Voice Wire

The publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, present Rutherford County Convention & Visitors Bureau wi.... Read More
Yomi Faparusi

Faparusi: Key to economic recovery is small business, entreprenuership

Oct 19, 2020 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

In the first quarter of 2020, our country and state shut down, not because there was a world war but because there was a global pandemic that caught us flatfooted. Due to the.... Read More
Tennessee Business Barometer

Tenn. Business Barometer: Outlook surges among state's business leaders

Oct 19, 2020 at 09:40 am by Voice Wire

As early voting has begun in Tennessee and across the nation in the runup to the Nov. 3 presidential election, Tennessee business leaders' outlook has surged in recent months,.... Read More
Smyrna Police

Smyrna Police chief awarded 2020 Joe Casey Award

Oct 19, 2020 at 09:37 am by Voice Wire

Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold is the recipient of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police 2020 Joe Casey Award.  The award was presented by TACP Past President a.... Read More

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

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

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

Your Vote Matters

Oct 26, 2020 at 10:30 am by Chloe Cerutti

As a transplant from Washington State where mail-in voting works exceedingly well and is standard practice, I can highly recommend this voting procedure as a method which ha.... Read More
La Vernge Police bluff rescue

La Vergne police rescue man from bluff on I-24

Oct 26, 2020 at 09:53 am by Voice Wire

La Vergne police and fire personnel are credited with saving a man's life early Sunday morning, Oct. 25 following a rollover incident on the interstate. LPD responded to.... Read More

Exchange Club of Murfreesboro performs labor on 'National Day of Service'

Oct 26, 2020 at 08:00 am by WrightDonTN@GMail.com

For a "National Day of Service" Project on Saturday, Oct. 24, members of The Exchange Club of Murfreesboro adopted The Family Center located at 115 Heritage Park Drive. Labor.... Read More

Tennessee offers free lead testing in water available for most child-care centers, public schools

Oct 26, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

The State of Tennessee is offering lead testing in water to Head Start, Early Head Start, state-licensed child-care centers, and public schools at no cost to facilities that c.... Read More
Murfreesboro Police Department

Nashville man killed in Friday, Oct. 24 overnight shooting

Oct 24, 2020 at 09:00 pm by Voice Wire

A Nashville man was shot and left for dead in his vehicle in Murfreesboro on Saturday, Oct. 24. 22-year-old Blake Boulton was found near the intersection of Stonewall Bo.... Read More

West Tennessee registered sex offender found guilty of raping young Murfreesboro girl

Oct 23, 2020 at 02:45 pm by Voice Wire

A Jackson man, already on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Registry, has been convicted by a Rutherford County jury for raping a 12-year-old girl in March 20.... Read More
Murfreesboro STARS

Murfreesboro Street and Fleet Department employees receive STARS Award

Oct 23, 2020 at 11:00 am by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Street Department employee Anthony Wolfe and Fleet Department employee Jeremy Vassar have been named STARS (Succeeding Through Attitudes Reflecting Service Excell.... Read More

Rutherford County EMS of the Year honored by The Exchange Club of Murfreesboro

Oct 23, 2020 at 10:00 am by WrightDonTN@GMail.com

Ollie Leslie III, Critical Care Paramedic, Rutherford County Emergency Medical Service, is the recipient of The Exchange Club of Murfreesboro Outstanding Rutherford Count.... Read More
Slideshow
Discovery Center "Frozen Fun Themed Party

Murfreesboro Mama: 5 Reasons to Party at Discovery Center This Winter

Oct 23, 2020 at 09:00 am by Laura Beth Payne

Raise your hand if you're wondering what to do for your child's winter birthday this year. Now raise your hand if you're just wondering what do with your children during wint.... Read More