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Breath of Life and the Early Detection and Fight Against Lung Cancer

Nov 12, 2024 at 04:41 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths for both men and women, but early detection can save lives. Dr. Robert P. Mildenhall of Ascensi.... Read More

Rutherford County Legislators Announce $220K in Grant Awards for Museum and Historical Site Improvements

Nov 12, 2024 at 02:44 pm by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – State Reps. Bryan Terry, Charlie Baum Tim Rudd, all of Murfreesboro, and Mike Sparks and Robert Stevens of Smyrna, announced $220,337 in grant funding.... Read More

Operation Fall Back and a Push for Safer Roads Yields Over 300 Tickets

Nov 12, 2024 at 02:35 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN – The results are in from *Operation Fall Back*, and it seems the law enforcement push to reduce traffic deaths and injuries went off without a hit.... Read More

Bowling for Dollars: Burglar Targets Lanes Trains and Automobiles, Cuts Hole in Roof, Dangles In, and Nabs Cash at Murfreesboro Bowling Alley

Nov 12, 2024 at 11:51 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN – Murfreesboro detectives are scratching their heads (and maybe a few hardhats) as they work to catch a burglar with an unusual method for breaking in.... Read More
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AdamsPlace unveils Wall of Honor

Nov 12, 2024 at 10:25 am by WGNS

Murfreesboro, TN - AdamsPlace held a Veteran's Day ceremony to honor the many veterans in their community at 1927 Memorial Blvd.  At the end of the ceremony, a "Wall of H.... Read More

MTSU Secures $3 Million NSF Grant to Train Data Science Educators for Rural Schools

Nov 11, 2024 at 10:30 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A cohort of Middle Tennessee State University faculty members were recently awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to recruit.... Read More

Webb School’s Abby Faith Cheeseman Makes History with Fifth Consecutive Cross Country State Championship

Nov 11, 2024 at 10:15 pm by WGNS News

Bell Buckle, TN – Abby Faith Cheeseman, a senior at The Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN etched her name into Tennessee sports history this past Friday (Nov. 8, 2024) by w.... Read More

MTSU Professor Looks at the Controversy and Adaptation of Shakespeare and Censorship

Nov 11, 2024 at 09:18 pm by WGNS News

At a recent Shakespeare conference at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, the complex history of censorship around Shakespeare's works was a key topic. Notably.... Read More

Rutherford County Gas Prices Increase to $2.76/gallon, National Average Nears $3

Nov 11, 2024 at 08:48 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Average gasoline prices in Tennessee have risen 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.73/g on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 3.... Read More

Tennessee Ranks 5th in Nation for Military Financial Hardship, Study Find

Nov 11, 2024 at 07:30 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - A recent report from UpgradedPoints highlights the mounting financial challenges faced by military households across the United States, with Tennessee.... Read More
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🎦 2024 Murfreesboro Veterans Day Memorial Service

Nov 11, 2024 at 05:26 pm by WGNS

Murfreesboro, TN - VETERANS DAY, a time set aside to honor those who gave their time to protect and guard America, and especially to those who made the supreme sacrifice to.... Read More

Two Murfreesboro Schools Placed on “Lockout” Monday for Man Reportedly Armed

Nov 11, 2024 at 05:25 pm by WGNS

Murfreesboro, Tenn. — (follow-up story) We have more news on an incident at not one, but two Murfreesboro City Schools that unfolded on Veterans Day. The MPD r.... Read More

Volunteer to Join Greenhouse Ministries and Help Spread Thanksgiving Joy in Rutherford County

Nov 11, 2024 at 09:24 am by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - All of the fixing’s to prepare the perfect Thanksgiving Day meal will be given away to families in need at Greenhouse Ministries on Saturday, Nov.... Read More

Sign-Up NOW to be in the Dec. 8 Murfreesboro Christmas Parade

Nov 10, 2024 at 04:54 pm by WGNS

Murfreesboro, TN - Did you realize that the MURFREESBORO CHRISTMAS PARADE begins at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2024? As in previous years, it begins at MTSU, g.... Read More

MFRD Crews Swiftly Contain Fire at Cannon Avenue Storage Building

Nov 09, 2024 at 09:10 pm by Chandelar Williams

MURFREESBORO, TENN. - Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) crews swiftly contained a fire that broke out early Saturday evening (11/9/24) in a storage building at 129 Ca.... Read More

Ram's Population Explosion Traffic To Avoid

Nov 09, 2024 at 08:19 am by WGNS

Murfreesboro, TN - The population boom continues, and this city is in the process of doing a special census. Off-the-chart growth is seen in heavy traffic, and when you combin.... Read More

The Redbox DVD Dispenser May Have Your Card ID Data"

Nov 09, 2024 at 04:41 am by WGNS

Murfreesboro, TN - When was the last time you used the Redbox kiosk? Yep, we have those DVD dispensing electronic devices here. Reports indicate that thousands of recently aba.... Read More

Whooping Cough and other forgotten diseases--coming back!

Nov 09, 2024 at 04:32 am by WGNS

Nashville, TN - Whooping cough is making a comeback, and medical providers say the highly contagious bacterial infection that causes severe coughing fits is preventable. &nbs.... Read More

The Red Cross Helps Veterans

Nov 09, 2024 at 04:23 am by WGNS

USA - Since American nurse Clara Barton founded the Red Cross on May 21, 1881, one of its major jobs is to keep an open line of communications between military personnel and t.... Read More

Nearby Watertown Getting More Trains, Trains, Trains

Nov 09, 2024 at 04:15 am by WGNS

Watertown, TN - Not far from Rutherford County in neighboring Wilson County--The City of Watertown has received notice that the US Department of Transportation has approv.... Read More