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NENA: The 9-1-1 Association

Rutherford 911 District assistant director appointed as regional director for National Emergency Number Association

May 22, 2020 at 12:18 pm by Voice Wire

The 9-1-1 Association announced that Cassie Lowery, ENP of Rutherford County (TN) Emergency Communications has been elected by the organizations’ membership to serve on.... Read More
MTSU True Blue Graduation Box

MTSU readies special True Blue Graduation Box to ship to spring graduates

May 22, 2020 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

Masked and socially distanced as much as possible, MTSU Registrar Susan Fieldhouse and her three team members scurried back and forth Wednesday (May 20) among long tables set.... Read More
Read To Succeed

Read To Succeed receives 2 $10K grants from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation

May 21, 2020 at 01:48 pm by literacymatters

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Read To Succeed two grants, a $10,000 grant to support Youth & Family Literacy and a $10,000 grant to suppo.... Read More
Rutherford County Schools

Rutherford County Schools announces locations Summer Food Program

May 21, 2020 at 09:00 am by Voice Wire 1

Rutherford County Schools is offering free breakfast and lunch to anyone 18 and under. The program runs from June 1-July 24. See flyers — English and Spanish &mdash.... Read More
Coronavirus

Murfreesboro reports known employee with COVID-19 Infection

May 20, 2020 at 05:30 pm by Voice Wire

The City of Murfreesboro confirmed Wednesday, May 20 a case of the coronavirus disease in a City Golf Department employee, according to a press release. Laboratory testi.... Read More

Contract kitchen worker and inmate test positive for COVID-19 at Adult Detention Center

May 20, 2020 at 01:49 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

A contract kitchen worker at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for an unknown reason but tested positive for the CO.... Read More

Mindful Care receives $10K grant from The Healing Trust

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

Mindful Care Adult Day Services, a nonprofit serving cognitively impaired older adults in Rutherford County and their caregivers, recently received a grant for $10,000 from.... Read More
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Where to get free face masks in La Vernge

May 18, 2020 at 10:48 am by Voice Wire 1

The City of La Vergne will be distributing face masks that were picked up at the Rutherford County Health Department as part of the State of Tennessee's initiative to distribu.... Read More
Secret Garden Party at Home

Discovery Center presents 'Secret Garden Party at Home' June 5

May 18, 2020 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

Celebrate the beauty and love of learning with the Discovery Center as the children's museum moves one of its most popular fundraisers online this year. Due to concerns surro.... Read More
Child Advocacy Center

Step 3 of 5 to protect children from sexual abuse: Talk About it

May 15, 2020 at 10:00 am by Child Advocacy Center

"When I talk to children they often tell me that they told their parents that they were being sexually abused," said Child Advocacy Center forensic interviewer Amanda Pruitt..... Read More

Most Tech Companies Will Allow Working From Home Beyond COVID-19, Survey Finds

May 15, 2020 at 09:00 am by bmdalton

The COVID-19 lockdown experience will have a lasting impact on the tech workforce, with almost three-quarters of companies now expecting remote workers to become more common,.... Read More
Red Nose Day 2020

Murfreesboro Water raises funds with 'Red Nose Day' to fight child poverty

May 15, 2020 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

MWRD Community Affairs will be raising funds through their Red Nose Donation Store to support organizations aiming to end child poverty and to support the families who were af.... Read More