Michelle Willard, The Daily News Journal, March, 13, 2017 La Vergne is a town that died twice only to be resurrected in 1972 as a brand new city. “The common thread that connects La Vergne’s past to its present is that we never give up,” said Kathy Tyson, a 14-year…
Many thanks to local Historian Sandra Campbell for sharing her photos of the old State Capitol columns adorning the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. These columns were present at the Tennessee State Capitol for almost ninety years till wear and tear required their replacement along with some of the outside…
Sam Stockard, Murfreesboro Post, March 1, 2017 The Murfreesboro City Council is going back to the market for proposals on redeveloping the Synergy Bank property it purchased in 2016 for $1.55 million at East Vine and North Maple streets. An initial request for proposals in January brought in only one…
Michelle Willard, the Daily News Journal, February 28, 2017 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Local historians are searching for long lost pieces of African-American history in Rutherford County. Rutherford County Archivist John Lodl is on the hunt for copies of The Murfreesboro News, the town’s newspaper for the African-American community. The paper…
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, February 24, 2017 Former state Rep. John Hood will be honored as being an unsung hero at the fifth annual Heroes Breakfast sponsored by the Heart of Tennessee Chapter of the Red Cross at 7:30 a.m. March 8. Hood, a Murfreesboro native, has served…
Larry Flowers, WRKN.com, Nashville Channel 2, February 18, 2017 Scales and Sons Funeral Home, was one of the first African-American owned businesses in Rutherford County. To really understand the total impact the Scales family has made on the Rutherford County community, we have to go way back. The year was…
Larry Flowers, WRKN.com, Nashville Channel 2, February 18, 2017 A group took a bus and walking tour of the battlefield. The property was once occupied by African-American families, many of whom owned land and settled before and after the Civil War. Several of them were forced to sell their property…
NCTV, January 23, 2017 This week on NCTV, we travel to Murfreesboro and check out the Natural History Museum which features rock, fossils and dinosaurs!
January 12, 2018, Gina Fann, MTSUNews.com Funeral services were held Jan. 11 for MTSU theater Professor Emerita Dorethe “Dot” Pigg Tucker, who died Jan. 8 at the age of 97. A student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a graduate of then-Middle Tennessee State College, Mrs. Tucker joined…
Gina Logue, MTSU News MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation will usher in the new year by documenting key historic properties along the Trail of Tears. For the fourth consecutive year, The National Park Service’s National Trails Intermountain Region has awarded a grant to the center for the completion of a…