Murfreesboro Murder Suspect Arrested In Iowa

Aug 21, 2021 at 03:55 pm by WGNS

(Davenport, Iowa)  A man wanted for murdering a man at the House of Hummas on April 24, 2021, has been arrested in Scott County, Iowa. 27-year old Apollo Cantrell was&nbs.... Read More

Rutherford County Schoools Gets Approval To Continue " SmartMusic"

Aug 21, 2021 at 10:19 am by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO)  The instruction and curriculum department received approval from the Rutherford County School Board to purchase continued access to SmartMusic.  The.... Read More

Ram's Warm Weather Road Warnings

Aug 21, 2021 at 08:25 am by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO)  Quite a few construction projects in the Boro this week that could challenge local motorists. City Transportation Department's Deputy Director Ram Balacha.... Read More

MTSU first-gen student awarded $10K BlueCross Scholarship

Aug 21, 2021 at 07:36 am by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO)  When Sierra Cruz attended a medical conference in Louisville, Kentucky, years ago, she never expected it to change her life.   &.... Read More

Friday Football Finals for August 20th, 2021

Aug 20, 2021 at 11:13 pm by WGNS

Here are the final scores on the Jennings & Ayers Funeral Home Scoreboard from the Rutherford County football games on Friday, August 20th, 2021. Smyrna 14, Stewarts Cree.... Read More

Report finds Tennessee 12th least dependent on fossil fuels

Aug 20, 2021 at 04:45 pm by WGNS

With the effects of global climate change becoming increasingly apparent, policymakers across the U.S. are moving to reduce the nation’s reliance on carbon-based fossil.... Read More

New Men's Program to Teach Top Notch Life Skills in Murfreesboro

Aug 20, 2021 at 02:10 pm by WGNS

As the new Greenhouse Ministries structure moves closer to completion, so does the opening of a brand new program that will include housing. The second floor of the building.... Read More

UPDATE: More Information on the End of Emission Testing in Five Tennessee Counties, Including Rutherford

Aug 20, 2021 at 02:00 pm by WGNS

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) announced today that vehicle emissions testing in five Tennessee counties will end on Jan. 14, 2022 now that th.... Read More

TBI Investigation: Estate Planner Indicted in Rutherford County

Aug 20, 2021 at 12:33 pm by WGNS

MURFREESBORO – Special agents from the TBI’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division have obtained indictments charging a 65-year-old Nashville man accused of financi.... Read More

UPDATE: Special Kids "Virtual" Banquet to feature Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton as guest speaker

Aug 20, 2021 at 12:30 pm by WGNS

The community is invited to #DreamBig at the "Virtual" 2021 Special Kids Banquet this month, featuring Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton! As a humanit.... Read More

New MTSU students make the move to begin the college experience

Aug 20, 2021 at 12:22 pm by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU students continue to return to campus this week for the start of the fall semester, with some pandemic precautions still in place but als.... Read More

Oakland High School launches new IB alumni speaker series

Aug 20, 2021 at 11:49 am by WGNS

Thirty minutes.That’s all it took for Beth Nelson and her friends to feel a sense of relief when they stood up and walked out of the auditorium at Oakland High School.Ne.... Read More

PREP FOOTBALL: Smyrna at Stewarts Creek On-Air TONIGHT

Aug 20, 2021 at 07:00 am by WGNS

Join Bryan Barrett and Jon Dinkins for the 74th season of high school football coverage on State Farm Prep Sports. They'll be at Stewarts Creek as they open the season with ri.... Read More

78-Year-Old Lebanon, TN Man Pleads Guilty in 40+ Year Old Rape Case

Aug 19, 2021 at 05:51 pm by WGNS

(UPDATE: LEBANON, TN) We have a powerful update to a story about a rape that happened more than 40-years ago in nearby Wilson County. WGNS brought you the first details of t.... Read More

COVID Up In Area Schools

Aug 19, 2021 at 04:27 pm by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO) Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County Schools are both taking precautions to keep the spread of COVID-19 down.  Murfreesboro City Schools strongly sugge.... Read More

Subject Wanted by Smyrna, TN Police for Questioning

Aug 19, 2021 at 04:20 pm by WGNS

Smyrna Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who was captured on surveillance video inside the Lowe's Home Improvement Store in Smyrna.Evidently, poli.... Read More

Step Back In Time

Aug 19, 2021 at 12:57 pm by WGNS

Sat. (Sept. 18, 2021) 9AM-5PM 19th Annual STEP BACK IN TIME Community Festival at the Henry Horton State Park (4209 Nashville Highway; Chapel Hill, TN). This FREE community fe.... Read More

Beechgrove man Indicted in ARSON Investigation

Aug 19, 2021 at 12:14 pm by WGNS

An investigation by special agents and fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Coffee County Fire Investigations team, and Coffee County Sheriff’s.... Read More

UPDATE: Shooting incident in Shelbyville Area and Body Found in Nashville

Aug 19, 2021 at 11:56 am by WGNS

  WGNS has more news on the 25-year-old man who turned himself in to Bedford County Authorities this past Sunday, after the TBI reported that he was wanted for questioni.... Read More

Phony Cops At Home Burglary

Aug 19, 2021 at 11:55 am by WGNS

(SMYRNA, TN)  Smyrna Police are seeking help from the public in identifying three alleged phony cops, photographed by surveillance cameras at a recent home burglary.If yo.... Read More