Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 10, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Bill Brooks of Murfreesboro’s Premiere Six Theater 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 9, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Pettus Read. 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 and friends share…
‘Kokomo Krusher’ left lasting impact on Blue Raiders
David Hunter, The Murfreesboro Post, July 7, 2013 The 2012-13 MTSU men’s basketball team made history by becoming the first team since 1989 to make the NCAA Tournament. Those Blue Raiders will go down as one of the teams that brought back the Murphy Center magic. However, the standard for…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 3, 2013, WGNS Radio Special Broadcast of Flag Retiring Ceremony at the Rutherford County Property Assessor’s Office 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…
Mayors featured in ‘Murfreesboro Storytellers’
The Murfreesboro Post, July 2, 2013 The July edition of “Murfreesboro Storytellers” on City TV will feature the mayors of Rutherford County and Murfreesboro, officials announced Monday. The long-running series will feature Rutherford County Mayor Ernest Burgess and Murfreesboro Mayor Tommy Bragg, said Alan Bozeman, communications director. The program, produced…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 2, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones 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…
Tennessee Historical Commission honors Mrs. Sarah King
The Courier, Vol. LXI, No. 3, June, 2013 Mrs. Sarah King, died on February 20 at the age of 91. Long an advocate for historic preservations, Mrs. King made the address to the City Council to save Oaklands Mansion as an Historic Site, and also made the address to the County…
Murfreesboro City Television, July 1, 2013 Voted Middle Tennessee’s Best Festival in 2013, this video provides a brief history of the festival.
Uncle Dave Macon Days celebrates 36 years
The Murfreesboro Post, June 26, 2013 The twang of banjo and squeal of fiddle will soon have hands clapping and toes tapping for the 36th annual Uncle Dave Macon Days, set for Friday, July 12, through Sunday, July 14, at Cannonsburgh Village in Murfreesboro. Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White, this…
Order of Easter Star’s AWARDS LUNCHEON June 29th
June 25, 2013, WGNS Radio Venus Chapter #61 of the Order of the Eastern Star invites the public to attend their HONORS AWARD LUNCHEON at the Bradley Academy Museum (415 S. Academy St.). This will be Saturday, June 29th from 11:30 to 1 at Bradley Academy Museum. Racquel Peebles, Mary M.…
Mordici Burgess Wade house, built in 1823 burns
WGNS Radio, 1450AM – 101.5FM, June 22, 2013 A Rutherford County home, which was used as a hospital during the Civil War, has been destroyed by fire, according to firefighters. Crews found heavy flames shooting through the front windows of the home on Sulphur Springs Road around midnight, according to…
Lost paupers cemetery found
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, June 23, 2013 A stranger asking about his father’s final resting place sent the administrator of Community Care of Rutherford County on a years-long search. “A gentleman came in the facility,” Community Care Administrator Mark King explained about that fateful meeting. “He said his dad…
Uncle Dave festival has grown beyond founder’s dreams
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, June 23, 2013 By 1987, after its small beginnings as a one-day banjo picking contest, Uncle Dave Macon Days had become one of the Southeast’s fastest-growing, old-time music festivals. The year marked the 11th annual Uncle Dave Macon Days and come on the heels…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
June 19, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Bill Whitesell and J. Paul Newman of the District Attorney office. 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…
1937-38 MTSTC Freshman Basketball Team
January 15, 1938, The Daily News Journal Ed. Note: MTSTC (Middle Tennessee State Teachers College is better known as MTSU) The S.T.C. freshman team for the firs time since 1925 beat the Western Kentucky first year men. According to Freshman Coach Freeman it was a last minute goal by B.H.…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
June 17, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with NFL Hall of Fame Member Raymond Berry. 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…
Memphis Belle lands in Smyrna
Dan Whittle, The Murfreesboro Post, June 13, 2013 On Dec. 7, 1941, the day that will live in infamy when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, 19-year-old middle Tennessee native Glenn Hale declared, “I’m in!” “I knew instantly when it came over the radio the Japanese had attacked America, I was…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
June 11, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones 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…
Deltas reflect on century of activism
A.J. Dugger, The Murfreesboro Post, June 9, 2013 For many years, the Rutherford County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. has been making positive contributions to Murfreesboro. In July, the ladies will take their positivity to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the organization’s 51st annual National Convention. The local…
Ready’s dress comes home
Shirley Farris Jones, the Murfreesboro Post, June 6, 2013 It isn’t often that I find myself getting excited over another woman’s old dress, but I must say there are exceptions. A dress belonging to my very favorite 19th century female persona is indeed that exception beyond all others. This particular…