Murfreesboro Police Need to Identify Shoplifting Suspect

Apr 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm by WGNS

The Murfreesboro Police Department is on the prowl for a woman who detectives say is a suspect in a shoplifting incident.Apparently, the unknown female went to Lowe’s on.... Read More

St Clair Street Senior Center Art Exhibit opens 4/27 in City Hall Rotunda

Apr 22, 2021 at 10:29 am by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The public is invited to the Spring City Hall Rotunda Exhibit featuring works by artists from St. Clair Street Senior Center from Tuesday, Apr.... Read More

BUSINESS: New RV Dealer, Massive Shooting Range and More Now OPEN in Murfreesboro

Apr 22, 2021 at 10:14 am by WGNS

New businesses that include an RV Dealer and a shooting range are now open in Murfreesboro.The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center held a ribbon cutting.... Read More

COMING UP: Saturday Drug Take-Back at the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office in Murfreesboro

Apr 22, 2021 at 09:36 am by WGNS

Old and unused medicines, liquid medicines and a small amount of needles may be brought to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office for safe disposal Saturday.Deputies wil.... Read More

New Legislation in Tennessee Requires Burial or Cremation of Aborted Child

Apr 21, 2021 at 03:57 pm by WGNS

State Rep. Tim Rudd, R-Murfreesboro, and State Sen. Janice Bowling, R-Tullahoma, successfully guided passage of the Unborn Child Dignity Act through both chambers of the Ten.... Read More

UPDATE: Shooting on I-24 near Smyrna

Apr 21, 2021 at 11:40 am by WGNS

A man escaped injury when another driver fired two bullets into his car Monday morning on Interstate 24 near Smyrna, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said.Driver.... Read More

Local Non-Profit to Host Musical Fish Fry on Saturday in Murfreesboro

Apr 21, 2021 at 11:16 am by WGNS

This Saturday (4/24/21), a local non-profit that focuses on helping homeless and those in poverty, will host a Spring Fish Fry. Proceeds raised at the event will benefit those.... Read More

Blair Named Rutherford County’s Public Health Assistant Director

Apr 21, 2021 at 10:58 am by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN—Rutherford County Health Department (RCHD) announced Friday that John Blair will serve as the County’s new Public Health Assistant Director.T.... Read More

New Front Doors for New Homes: Sims Lifecycle Services and Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity Open Doors for Affordable Homeownership

Apr 21, 2021 at 10:10 am by WGNS

Murfreesboro, TN (April 21, 2021) – Sims Lifecycle Services has partnered with Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity (RCHFH) to provide front doors for the next 10.... Read More

Murfreesboro on TOP 25 List of Cities with Large Population Growth in 25 to 29-Year-Old Residents

Apr 21, 2021 at 09:51 am by WGNS

Using data from the ACS Census, a recent survey found the cities with the largest growth in 25-to-29-year-olds.According to “Zippia.com,” Murfreesboro happens to b.... Read More

Murfreesboro Man Killed in Early Morning Crash on I-24

Apr 21, 2021 at 08:30 am by WGNS

The Camaro driver killed in Monday’s 2 a.m. crash on I-24 west between the Old Hickory Boulevard and Bell Road exits is identified as Jadareius Hamlin, 29, of Murfreesbo.... Read More

MTSU Professor Chimes in on "Louie Louie" and the Death of a Kingsmen

Apr 20, 2021 at 05:00 pm by WGNS

Last week one of the founding members of the rock group the Kingsmen died at age 77. And who were the Kingsmen? They were the group that recorded the famous, or infamous, song.... Read More

Summer School Registration Closes as Kindergarten School Registration Opens in Murfreesboro

Apr 20, 2021 at 11:23 am by WGNS

Summer school for Murfreesboro City School students will be quite full and Schools Spokesperson Lisa Trail said the session will be fun…Registration has closed for summ.... Read More

Man Convicted of Aggravated Rape that took place in a Smyrna, TN Home, Represents Himself in Appeal

Apr 20, 2021 at 11:01 am by WGNS

A convict being held in a Tennessee Department of Corrections prison represented himself when filing an appeal to his case that stemmed from a conviction in a Rutherford Count.... Read More

Local Habitat for Humanity Program to Receive Boost in Funding to help with 15 New Homes

Apr 20, 2021 at 10:16 am by WGNS

A $300,000 check presentation will take place on Wednesday and that check will benefit the local Habitat for Humanity program in Rutherford County.An FHLB Cincinnati Affordabl.... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 20, 2021) Middle Tennessee Electric Amy Byers amy.byers@mtemc.com Rutherford County Government Ashley McDonald, PIO amcdonald@rutherfordcountytn.gov

Apr 20, 2021 at 10:08 am by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN—Murfreesboro’s 2021 Earth Day Celebration is going virtual this year, and the theme is #RestoreRutherford. “This year marks the 20.... Read More

Red Carpet Movie Premiere for "AM RADIO", Starring Omar Gooding at AMC in Murfreesboro This Friday - Filmed in Rutherford County

Apr 20, 2021 at 09:57 am by WGNS

A new movie is being released that was filmed in Murfreesboro. The movie focuses on AM Radio and many of the scenes were captured in the WGNS Radio Studios on South Church Str.... Read More

Fundraiser to Help the Library in Eagleville, TN

Apr 20, 2021 at 08:24 am by WGNS

A special evening in May will help to raise funds for the local library system. Lance Lee who is part of the Rutherford County Library Foundation Board of Directors stated...F.... Read More

MTSU Pharmacy, Police host drug take-back event THIS Thursday

Apr 20, 2021 at 07:38 am by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The return of the semiannual MTSU Drug Take-Back event sponsored by Campus Pharmacy and University Police&n.... Read More

Photo of the Day: Adopted and Seeking Birth Family

Apr 19, 2021 at 05:15 pm by WGNS

by Scott Walker2016, while in Atlanta, GAHe is a sidewalk poet who was born in Douglassville, Georgia and raised in the Kingsport, Tennessee area after being adopted. &ldquo.... Read More