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Labor Day: A Local Look at the Workers Who Built “The Heart of Tennessee”

Sep 06, 2026 at 07:10 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN (WGNS) - Labor Day may be a national holiday, but here in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, the meaning behind it carries a distinctly local heartbeat..... Read More

Sept. 18 Jordan McCullough Headlines 5th Annual Showcase at Hop Springs

Sep 06, 2026 at 10:27 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) - Greenhouse Ministries’ Live In the ’Boro is back—and in its fifth year, the talent spectacular is stepping into a new spotlight. On.... Read More

Rutherford County Logging Truck Driver Found Guilty and Faces November Sentencing After Logging Boom Swings Into Car, Killing a 2-Year-Old Child

Sep 05, 2026 at 05:45 pm

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WGNS News) – One area resident has recently pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and reckless aggravated assault charges stemming from a horrif.... Read More

More Than 2,000 Volunteers Set for Reading in the Schools Day

Sep 05, 2026 at 12:30 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) - Next Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, brings the 22nd Annual Reading in the Schools Day, when more than 2,000 community volunteers will visit classrooms acros.... Read More

Next Weekend: 3 Days of Music, Heritage, and Family Fun at Hop Springs

Sep 05, 2026 at 08:19 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBOREO, TN (WGNS) - We’re just a week away from a Rutherford County traditions: Uncle Dave Macon Days — A Roots Rendezvous, coming Friday through Sunday, Se.... Read More

Sheriff's Contender Resigns from Bedford County Sheriff's Office

Sep 05, 2026 at 07:19 am

SHELBYVILE, TN (WGNS) - Just as Rutherford County welcomed a new sheriff this month, neighboring Bedford County also saw a change at the top. Newly elected Sheriff Nikia Ellio.... Read More

Tennessee Ranks 6th in Nation for Deadly Single-Vehicle Crashes in Sept. as Rutherford County Fatalities YTD Decline

Sep 04, 2026 at 03:20 pm

le-vehicle crashes surrounding Labor Day travel, according to a new analysis of federal traffic fatality data. The Volunteer State ranked sixth nationally, recording 327 sin.... Read More

MTSU Unveils $16M Stadium Upgrade, SWAT Team Praised for Life-Saving Response & Rutherford Tourism Tops $804M | Sep. 4, 2026

Sep 04, 2026 at 04:45 am

Friday, September 4, 2026 The Rutherford Roundup In Today’s Episode: A former Centennial Medical Center social worker is awaiting extradition to Tennessee after b.... Read More

Investigators Seek Possible Additional Victims After Former Middle Tennessee Hospital Social Worker Is Arrested

Sep 03, 2026 at 07:06 pm

MIDDLE TENNESSEE (WGNS News) - An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into allegations of rape and sexual battery has resulted in the in.... Read More