Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, May 23, 2016 MURFREESBORO — Neighbors are disappointed by a recent Murfreesboro Planning Commission vote in favor of plans for a proposed apartment complex on Manson Pike that could threaten a historic home. “It saddens me for the history. It saddens me for the cave…
Lifelong Smyrna resident and State Representative Mike Sparks (R-Smyrna) is hosting a highway dedication Monday, May 30, 2:00PM at the Smyrna Greenway trailhead on Fitzhugh Blvd. on the former Sewart Air Force Base. Just in case you aren’t sure as to the location of the Fitzhugh Blvd. Greenway Trailhead:
Thomas Bearden Brown, 90, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, passed away on May 14th, 2016. Visitation will be held at 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17th at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18th at First Baptist Church. Dr. Noel Schoonmaker,…
Michelle Willard, The Daily News Journal, May, 29, 2018 The sticky sweet smell of honeysuckle filled the air as Daryl Webb ducked his 6-foot-tall frame under scrub brush, braving snakes and ticks to show his sister the final resting place of one of Murfreesboro’s founding fathers. “You’d never know this…
Connie Esh and John Butwell, the Murfreesboro Post, May 10, 2016 Not everybody still remembers Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower, the top Allied general in Europe during World War II and later, a two-term President of the United States in the 1950s. But Charles Edward Neal remembers getting chewed out by him, praised by…
Please visit and consider signed the on line petition to help save and restore the 209-year-old Johns-King House at 845 Old Jefferson Pike in Smyrna, Tennessee by clicking here. “We are requesting the Rutherford County Commission allocate $150,000 to purchase this 209 year old historic landmark home at 845 Old Jefferson Pike in…
Murfreesboro City Television, May 2, 2016 Host John Hood visits with Rutherford County Archivist John Lodl.
Nancy De Gennrro, Daily News Journal, April 24, 2016 MURFREESBORO — They had no idea where they were going or what they’d be doing. But they went anyway because they were told the well paying jobs would help the “war effort” — and those were buzzwords during World War II.…
April 6, 2016, Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee The RCHS hosted a Tea, April 6, 2016, honoring MTSU Professor Virginia Donnell for her work creating the reproduction of teacher Eliza Ransom’s attire. Dr. Donnell’s dress will be on permanent display at the Ransom School Museum!
Brian Wilson, The Daily News Journal, April 15, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The chairman of Middle Tennessee State University’s Forrest Hall task force called on Thursday for the name of the university’s ROTC building to be retired and for the building to be renamed after an MTSU alumnus, faculty member and veteran.…