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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

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 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

Murfreesboro Police: 22-year-old killing in shooting near MTSU campus

Sep 11, 2019 at 05:00 pm by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Criminal Investigations Division detectives are investigating a suspicious shooting that left a man dead. Patrol units responded to the Campus Villa Apart.... Read More

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Let us never forget: Rutherford Sheriff's hosts annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

Sep 11, 2019 at 02:56 pm by Cynthialynn Jones

Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh hosted his annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on the grounds of the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office in front of the North facing 9/11.... Read More

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Photos: Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours at Strike and Spare

Sep 11, 2019 at 11:25 am by tbeckwith

Business After Hours was presented by the Strike & Spare Family Fun Center on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Business After Hours is an informal, social networking event design.... Read More

Blue Raider Blackout Awaits Duke Football

Sep 11, 2019 at 09:19 am by joelabarker

The devils are coming to Murfreesboro. The Duke Blue Devils to be precise. Admittedly, Duke's football team visiting the Boro doesn't strike nearly the same fearful tone that.... Read More

Al Gore Jr. to discuss Al gore Sr. at MTSU event

Sep 11, 2019 at 09:00 am by Voice Wire

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will return to the MTSU campus Monday, Sept. 16, for a discussion of his father’s political legacy&.... Read More

Rutherford Sheriff SRO teaches boating safety course Sept. 28

Sep 11, 2019 at 08:00 am by Lisa Marchesoni

People who wish to operate a boat and born after January 1989 must first complete the Tennessee Boaters Safety course. School Resource Officer Mark Logsdon will teach the cou.... Read More

What To Do With All That Garbage?

Sep 11, 2019 at 07:00 am by MK37130

There’s a multi county organization - GNRC or the Greater Nashville Regional Council - that has come up with a Solid Waste Master Plan (SWMP). The committee that.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Mentor as Caregiver

Sep 10, 2019 at 01:23 pm by Dads2Dads

We should all be so lucky as to have a mentor, a friend and coach who cares about what we do and how we do it. A mentoring relationship has a powerful effect on a young person.... Read More

Murfreesboro Mama: 9 reasons to head to local libraries this month

Sep 10, 2019 at 10:00 am by Laura Beth Payne

More than just the entrée of pumpkin spice season, this September marks Tennessee’s inaugural Early Literacy month, thanks to the public-private partnership betwe.... Read More

Rutherford County Sheriff's Office earns traffic safety award

Sep 10, 2019 at 09:28 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Rutherford County Sheriff's Office captured first place for the third consecutive year for their category in the Tennessee Highway Safety Office's annual Law Enforcement Chall.... Read More

Celebrate the foundation of the US with Constitution Week

Sep 10, 2019 at 08:00 am by DARCOLONELHARDYMURFREE

Colonel Hardy Murfree Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution welcomes the community to join them in their celebration of Constitution Week, set for Sept. 17-23. There a.... Read More