Carley Gordon, WSMV TV, Murfreesboro, Tennessee MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV) – The debate over the statues, busts and buildings named after Nathan Bedford Forrest has been going on for months. The last of three meetings to debate the name change of Forrest Hall was held Thursday night, and it may have…
Murfreesboro’s WGNS Radio, 1450AM/101.5FM, March 23, 2016 Get tickets to the 20th Anniversary’s Willie McGowan Banquet on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 7:00PM in MTSU’s James Union Building. Tickets are $40 for adults, and $20 for ages 18 and younger. Phone Bradley Academy Museum at 615-962-8773. Also, visit the Bradley…
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, March 20, 2016 MURFREESBORO — One of the most vivid childhood memories 92-year-old Ernestine Tucker has is her first day at Bradley Academy, an elementary that was Rutherford County’s first school for African-Americans. “My aunt walked us to the school. That’s the way she…
Brian Wilson, Daily News Journal, March 20, 2016 MURFREESBORO — As the debate about the name of Forrest Hall rages on in the Middle Tennessee State University community, the Army ROTC building is not on the university’s draft master plan for the next 10 to 15 years. While the master plan envisions…
Brian Wilson, Daily News Journal, March 20, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Forrest Hall Task Force will receive its final batch of public input on Thursday about the Middle Tennessee State University building named after the controversial Confederate general. When the 17-member panel convenes at 5:30 p.m, they’ll meet at the…
Sam Stockard, The Murfreesboro Post, March 15, 2016 Jason McGowan can remember his late grandfather, Willie McGowan, working tirelessly – mornings and nights – on the campaign to restore Bradley Academy, leaving him to wonder “Why?” “He told me that Bradley was a place where black children could receive an…
Ernest “Ernie” King Johns, age 81, of Smyrna, died Saturday, March 12, 2016. A native of Smyrna, TN, he was the son of the late Andrew Frank “A.F.” and Mary Frances King Johns. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. till the…
Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, March 15, 2016 MURFREESBORO — Local leaders who served with the late Ernie Johns remember how much he loved his role as the longtime Rutherford County historian. A former member of the County Commission from Smyrna, Johns died Saturday. He was 81. “He was fond…
Nanacy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, March 13, 2016 In recognition of March as Women’s History Month, Oaklands Mansion will host local Civil War historian and author Shirley Farris Jones at 6 p.m. Friday. Jones will speak about her book, “Valor and Lace: The Amazing Women of the Civil…
Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, March 11, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The City Council decided to support rezoning for 269 apartments Thursday after the developer pledged to preserve a historic home on Manson Pike in the Blackman community. “The neighborhood got a whole lot of what they wanted,” Murfreesboro Vice Mayor Doug Young said…