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Read to Succeed 2020 "To Bee or not to Bee" Celebrity Spelling Bee Was A Success

On the evening of Thursday, November 5, friends and supporters of Read To Succeed attended the 14th Annual “To Bee Or Not To Bee” Celebrity Spelling Bee virtual event on Facebook LIVE. At the end of the competition, Michael Linn White, City of Murfreesboro journalist and host, was named the 2020 Spelling Bee Champion...
12/18/2020

The United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties Celebrates $6 Million in Prescription Savings

The local United Way announced that residents of Rutherford and Cannon counties have saved $6 million on their prescription medications, thanks to its partnership with FamilyWize, an organization focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities.
12/18/2020

$7.5 Million Investment Celebrates Company's 75th Anniversary Serving Tennesseans

The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation plans to create 10 new BlueCross Healthy Places across the state in 2021. In celebration of the company’s 75th anniversary, the foundation is investing $750,000 in each space, bringing the statewide total to $7.5 million. The 10 project sites are spread across communities large and small in each of the state’s three Grand Divisions.
12/18/2020

VIProfile: Chris Truelove

Being the Executive Director of Special Kids is a calling for Chris Truelove, who is the first and only Executive Director of the non-profit organization that cares for medically fragile children. He was there near the humble beginnings of the dream of Dick Kleinau and his daughter, Carrie Goodwin...
12/18/2020

Changing with the Season

Change. Sometimes it is a choice. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it. For Pallie and David Jones, leaving their antique-filled log home of 27 years on 57 acres in Eagleville was a choice. However, the home they ended up buying in its stead was not what they had intended...
12/18/2020

Rutherford Co. Convention & Visitors Bureau Wins Again

The publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, present Rutherford County Convention & Visitors Bureau with a 2020 Readers’ Choice Award.
11/11/2020

MCS Announces New Finance Director

Mr. Ralph Ringstaff, Interim Director of Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS), is pleased to announce Michael Smith has been named Finance Director. Smith will be responsible for supervising the budget and financial operations for MCS.
11/11/2020

MTSU College of Education Named Among Top Teacher Prep Programs

Middle Tennessee State University’s in-the-field training offered through its undergraduate elementary teacher preparation program has been ranked among the nation’s best by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
11/11/2020

VIProfile: Steve Popovich, Jr

Steve Popovich, Jr. makes a point of living his father’s greatest advice, “Be stubbornly passionate about your beliefs.” He is totally devoted to his music and his family. Mention either and you can hear the intensity of feeling in his voice.
11/11/2020

Under an Architect's Care

You are ready to build your dream home. Or you want to turn the home you have into the oasis you have long envisioned. When do you hire an architect? How do you work with an architect? And just what does an architect do?
11/11/2020

VIP At Home: A Rustic Country Family Home

On a cool and cloudy fall day, a small black and white dog frolics in the yard of a gabled brick and stone home with a front porch offering views of the long drive. He scampers down the drive, then runs back to the house in circles, ever increasing in size, until he is sure his home is secure before he walks in the front door with the self-assurance of a well-loved hound.
11/11/2020

The Rose Bungalow Blooms Once Again

When R. C. and Kittie Rose arrived from Arkansas in 1911 with the intention of building a Craftsman two-story bungalow-style home in Murfreesboro, they had no idea that almost 110 years later Steve and Molly Poleskey would fall in love with all of the efforts that went into their original design...
9/10/2020

VIProfile: Kemari McGowan

On the Kennesaw State campus, Kemari McGowan is like any freshman getting used to living away from home, but he is also adjusting to a more intense football training level from his time playing at Middle Tennessee Christian School (MTCS)...
9/10/2020

Frontline Fashion in the Boro

Fall 2020 is like no other we have known in a century. It is sometimes hard to think of the change of seasons as we continue to battle a pandemic, but life does go on. And businesses, especially local retail businesses, need our support. Just as the frontline workers do, who have been there since this all started – and keep going.
9/10/2020

Town of Smyrna's Annual Charity Golf Scramble Raises Record Amount

The Town of Smyrna’s Annual Golf Scramble netted over $50,000 this year, surpassing last year by nearly $5,000. In conjunction with the employee giving campaign, the Golf Scramble is the Town’s signature fundraising event for United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties.
9/10/2020
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