Michelle Willard, The Daily News Journal, June 23, 2016 Developers say they intend to preserve this historic house at 3726 Manson Pike and make it an amenity for a proposed upscale apartment. MURFREESBORO – The Murfreesboro Planning Commission unanimously approved the final design review for a controversial 270-unit apartment complex…
150th Anniversary of Big Holly — VIP Murfreesboro Magazine 1866-2016: One and a Half Centuries of Murfreesboro History Travel down Maney Avenue to the 700 Block and you will find an impressive brown brick three story home. The home has been here for one hundred and fifty years. It is…
Elmer Fayne Haynes, age 94, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Saturday June 18, 2016. A native of Murfreesboro, TN, he was the son of the late James Monroe, and Mattie Russell Haynes. Mr. Haynes was also preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Eva Beatrice Crosslin Haynes, brothers,…
Friday evening, June 17, 2016 was simply a magical evening for supporters Smyrna’s Sam Davis Home. The food was top shelf, the entertainment was perfect and the weather was almost cool.
June 15, 2016, Rutherford County Historical Society Bellwood neighborhood, 1963. That is the new Bellwood Elementary School in the foreground. How many of us recall the ‘brand new’ Bellwood neighborhood?
June 13, 2016 The historical Ransom School House was honors by the Association of the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (APTA) Sunday, June 12 with a marker commemorating the Ransom School House, built c1879, and the stories behind this beautiful building.
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, May 31, 2016 You probably saw John Hood pushing his bride of 64 years, Marilyn, in her wheelchair at events and gatherings around town. It was always a touching scene to see them together at MTSU events, Chamber of Commerce events and at Kleer-Vu Restaurant nearly…
Daily News Journal, May 31, 2016 RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Former MTSU history professor James Huhta — the driving force behind the creation of MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation — is being charged in the stabbing death of his wife, Mary Huhta, 79, according to Rose Anne Brown, public information officer…
The Murfreesboro Post, May 31, 2016 The Tucker family moved to Rutherford County in the 1930s, settling in La Vergne. Clifford Tucker, the son of a farrier (blacksmith), lived out his adolescent years in the Jefferson Pike area – at that point, only a couple of homes had been built…
Frank Caperton, May 30, 2016, the Old Sewart Air Force Base It was hot and breezy this Memorial Day, still the festivities contained warmth and memories as approximately 150 people gathered to dedicate a portion of Sam Ridley Blvd. in Smyrna (TN) as the Sewart Air Force Base Highway.