November 17, 2015, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
Bart Walker, Rutherford County’s Good Neighbor Station WGNS Radio, November 14, 2015 WARNING: Don’t Be Hood-Winked Into Changing History Don’t Cover-Up Local History The Rutherford County Historical Society’s Annual Banquet was a “wake-up call” for those who are trying to hood-wink some into changing history and being “politically correct”. Barbara’s talk…
Brian Wilson, The Daily News Journal, November 12, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Members of the task force charged with recommending whether to change or retain the name of Forrest Hall at Middle Tennessee State University pledged during their first meeting on Thursday to have an open and public deliberation process. The committee will…
Mary Reeves, The Daily news Journal, November 11, 2015 (for the WGNS Radio article, please click here) EAGLEVILLE — For more than a century, the old two-story farmhouse sat on its hill, overlooking Highway 41A just north of Eagleville’s downtown. It aged gracefully, adding siding to cover its square cut logs, modernizing,…
WGNS Radio, November 11, 2015 A one-hundred year old home in Eagleville is destroyed by fire. Rutherford County Fire and Rescue’s Larry Farley tells NewsRadio WGNS they assisted Eagleville Fire Department with a two-story house fire located at 977 North Main Street in Eagleville, owned by Robert and Betty Richardson,…
Connie Esh, Murfreesboro Post, November 10, 2015 Nancy Morris loves historic old houses, and she owns four of them in Murfreesboro. She lives in one at the corner of Maney and Main, which will be the first stop on this year’s annual Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes Dec. 5, from…
November 10, 2015, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
WGNS Radio (www.wgnsradio.com) November 9, 2015 The task force, led by Derek Frisby, a faculty member in the Global Studies and Cultural Geography department, will hold its first meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in room 220 of the Student Union Building. The task force’s meetings are open to…
Connie Esh, The Murfreesboro Post, November 8, 2015 Preserving a 205-year-old Southern mansion which at one time was the largest in Rutherford County was a primary concern of neighbors and activists speaking to the Murfreesboro City Council Thursday night. The council listened, deferring action on requested zoning of the historic…
Sam Stockard, The Murfreesboro Post, November 5, 2015 “She openly said we’ve got to get these people out to vote, regardless of party.” Dora Rucker spent 14 of her 104 years on the Rutherford County Election Commission, breaking ground as the county’s first black commission member and focusing on voter…