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Rutherford County Schools to Completely Rezone - While Also Planning to Open New School on 65-Acres of Former Batey Farm's Property

May 31, 2023 at 04:07 pm by WGNS News

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - School zoning will soon change and the Rutherford County School Board will be working with an outside organization to help make those changes..... Read More

Filling The Teacher Shortage in Rutherford County and Beyond

May 26, 2023 at 01:08 pm by WGNS News

The number of teachers retiring, some even retiring early, continues to plague school districts throughout the state of Tennessee... That was JC Bowman, Executive Direc.... Read More

Candy Bars Allegedly Containing "Magic Mushrooms" Seized in Warren Co. Days Before Several Rutherford Co. Students Became Sick After Eating Candy Bars with Mushrooms

May 26, 2023 at 06:49 am by WGNS News

You may recall hearing the May 18th story about several Christiana Middle School students eating a candy bar that reportedly contained “Magic Mushrooms.” After the.... Read More

Rutherford County Schools Releases Third-Grade TCAP Information

May 24, 2023 at 08:34 am by WGNS News

Preliminary data shows 43.5 percent of Rutherford County third-graders were proficient on the English Language Arts portion of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Prog.... Read More

Jessica Jackson named next principal of Blackman Middle

May 22, 2023 at 11:04 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Jessica Jackson has been named as the next principal of Blackman Middle School. She first joined Rutherford County Schools in 2006. Previously, she se.... Read More

Several Children at Christiana Middle School Transported to Hospital after Ingesting Alleged Magic Mushroom Candy

May 20, 2023 at 06:46 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - A student is accused of bringing chocolate candy to school that allegedly contained what drug users call Magic Mushrooms... WGNS is not releasing the n.... Read More

Spring Fling Baseball & Softball Tournament Brackets

May 20, 2023 at 10:04 am by WGNS

Check out the brackets for local baseball and softball teams in postseason play. If you don't see your school's bracket here, we haven't received it. Tap here to send it to us.... Read More

Vincent Nagatomo, 6th grade Social Studies Teacher at Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School

May 18, 2023 at 04:34 pm by WGNS

The Doug Young Educator of the Month - sponsored by City Tile and Floor Covering on Spring Street. Nominate a teacher for Educator of the Month. Head to our website, WGNSRa.... Read More

Blackman Middle Wins All Three All Sports Trophies

May 18, 2023 at 03:42 pm by WGNS

Blackman Middle School won all three All Sports Trophies presented by WGNS Primetime Sports and Little Caesars Pizza. It was a close race with Siegel all season long. In gir.... Read More

Middleton Resigns as Siegel Softball Coach

May 18, 2023 at 01:26 pm by WGNS

Shawn Middleton has resigned as head coach of the Siegel softball team. His Lady Stars teams finished state runner up in two Spring Fling appearances and a record of 161-32 in.... Read More

Rutherford County Schools CTE (Career & Technical Education) Guests with hosts Wayne Blair & Rick Hall

May 16, 2023 at 10:07 am by Producer

Tyra Pilgrim, CTE Coordinator and Brian Lewis, CTE Specialist, talk with hosts Wayne Blair and Rick Hall about the Rutherford County Schools CTE program.

City and County Schools Report Unfounded Threats from Social Media

May 12, 2023 at 09:17 am by WGNS News

For the second time in a little over a week, Rutherford County Schools and Murfreesboro City Schools are dealing with "unfounded and unspecific threats" being spread on social.... Read More

It's Graduation Time for High School Seniors

May 11, 2023 at 04:43 pm by WGNS

It's a bitter sweet season for Rutherford County parents of seniors at our area high schools. Graduations get underway Friday and continue through Wednesday. Stewarts Creek (.... Read More

Stewarts Creek Elementary recognized for online safety initiative

May 11, 2023 at 04:34 pm by WGNS

Stewarts Creek Elementary School has been recognized as a “Common Sense School,” one of the first in Rutherford County.   Common Sense is a national non.... Read More

Rutherford County School Board to Consider Clear Bag Policy for Extracurricular Activities

May 11, 2023 at 11:23 am by WGNS

The Rutherford County School Board is set to vote Thursday on a clear bag policy for those who go to extracurricular events like games and school plays.The reason for consider.... Read More

Today we focused on the Rutherford County Schools and our Guest was Director Jimmy Sullivan

May 02, 2023 at 09:15 am by WGNS News

The Director for the Rutherford County Schools talked about the number of students, the need for new schools and the security of our current schools.

Meagan Turnbow named next coordinator of English as a Second Language

Apr 25, 2023 at 06:24 pm by WGNS News

When Meagan Turnbow — who currently serves as an assistant principal at Riverdale High School — was a student in college, she dreamed of teaching English over.... Read More

Holloway High School Students Remind Peers to Put the Phone Down While Driving

Apr 24, 2023 at 09:51 am by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN - WGNS headed to Holloway High School in Murfreesboro to learn about a class that’s focused on curbing distracted driving among their peers. Teache.... Read More

Education Starts at Home - Encouraging Parents and Helping to Support Teachers through Local Initiatives

Apr 18, 2023 at 12:26 pm by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN - Teachers are in demand right now and school systems in not only Rutherford County, but throughout the country recognize the shortage of educators. The.... Read More

50th Anniversary for Oakland and Riverdale High Schools - Class Reunion Scheduled to take place in June

Apr 10, 2023 at 02:02 pm by WGNS News

  Rutherford County, TN - This year marks the 50th anniversary for Oakland and Riverdale High School's in Murfreesboro. Gwen Green, who started her freshman year at Cent.... Read More