Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, September 23, 2017 Rutherford County Commissioners will decide whether to sell or renovate three buildings on the outer side of Murfreesboro’s historic downtown Square. “We have the potential to make it more vibrant with businesses, restaurants, shops,” Commissioner Mike Kusch said during a Thursday…
Mariah Timms, The Daily News Journal, September 22, 2017 Buried for 44 years, a treasure frozen in time behind the walls of the Murfreesboro Police Department taunted, tantalized and teased those who walked through a stairwell on the first floor. The department is only weeks away from moving into a new…
Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, August 23, 2017 The Rutherford County Historical Society was presented a very special gift Wednesday, August 23 by the Schwartz family of Murfreesboro – a brick from the old James K. Polk Hotel. The Polk Hotel was once located on East Main, the current…
Greg Tucker, The Murfreesboro Post, August 20, 2017 Early Thursday morning, December 19, 1934, Henry Alexander and Tom Givans, along with a hundred of their colleagues in the Rutherford County National Guard unit, were ordered to report to the local armory. Early morning orders from Nashville mobilized and armed the…
The Murfreesboro Post, August 17, 2017 Sam Davis Home associates and Tennessee State Legislature admirers of Tiffany Johnson were able to surprise her August 7 with House Joint Resolution 523, recognizing Johnson for her work at the Sam Davis Home. Reps. Tim Rudd, Charles Sargent, Tim Wirgau, Dawn White, Bryan…
Larry Flowers, WRKN, August 15, 2017 RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – Rutherford County detectives are on the hunt for the person or persons who sprayed a historic church with bullets. Members found multiple bullet holes and are to trying to figure out who would do this to a church. Please…
Frank Caperton, The Rutherford County Historical Society, August 18, 2012 I was invited and honored to take a tour of the ‘penthouse’ atop Murfreesboro’s City Center. Hard to believe the 16-story City Center was completed in 1988 at a height of (approximately) 180 feet. Erin Edgemon, The Murfreesboro Post, April…
You never know what you’ll find at the Ransom School House, headquarters of the Rutherford County Historical Society located at 717 North Academy Street…
Elizabeth Tullos, The Murfreesboro Post, August 10, 2017 For the 50th anniversary of Camp Piedmont, local Girl Scouts flashed back to 1967 at the annual day camp to learn more about the history of their beloved campsite and organization. Nestled between Murfreesboro and Woodbury off of John Bragg Highway, Camp…
Many thanks to the Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots for sharing these wonderful pics from this weekend’s closure of Old Fort Pkwy. and Broad Street – a 60,000-car-a-day intersection… Please give Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots a ‘like’ at http://www.facebook.com/mtdptn/
