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Carey Clark with Rutherford County Emergency Management Agency Receives Award

May 03, 2024 at 05:26 pm by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN - Rutherford County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Grants Program Manager Carey Clark received the Emergency Management Association of Tennessee.... Read More

Senator Reeves announces $25 million in funding to expand broadband in Senate District 14

May 03, 2024 at 04:03 pm by WGNS News

State Senator Shane Reeves (R-Murfreesboro, Above Right Photo) announced Friday the award of 10 major grants from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community.... Read More

The Monthly District Attorney's Show on WGNS - Listen to the Podcast

May 03, 2024 at 09:45 am by WGNS News

  Listen to host J. Paul Newman, a retired assistant district attorney along with co-hosts Rutherford County District Attorney General Jennings Jones and Assistant Distr.... Read More

Murfreesboro City Council Approves Renovation Project for Old Fort Park Tennis Court

May 02, 2024 at 09:23 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Murfreesboro City Council voted on Thursday, May 2, 2024, to approve an agreement with Steelhead Building Group, LLC for the renovation of th.... Read More

Commentary: The Hindenburg and Pioneering Live Radio News, by MTSU Professor Larry Burriss

May 02, 2024 at 05:42 pm by WGNS News

COMMENTARY: It was a historic broadcast that took place in May of 1937 when the Hindenburg disaster occurred. In fact, the airing of the events that unfolded marked one o.... Read More

Public Comment: Transparency, Exemptions and Balancing Voices at Government Meetings

May 02, 2024 at 03:34 pm by WGNS News

An amendment to a law that further outlines the right for the public to comment at governmental meetings occurred last year and is just now receiving attention, according to.... Read More
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UPDATE: Land that's Ripe for Development Remains in the Hands of Local Family

May 02, 2024 at 01:22 pm by WGNS News

UPDATE: RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - There is more information on the Hord family property that sits on NW Board Street at I-840, which a City official originally told WG.... Read More
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The Wait for Pipe Slows Buc-ee's Construction as Murfreesboro Gets the Butler Drive Realignment Project Off the Ground

May 01, 2024 at 10:31 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - While construction appears to have halted temporarily at the future site of a Buc-ee's in Murfreesboro, plans for the project remain firmly in place. Accord.... Read More

2-Arrests Made in Dollar General Robbery - Suspects Face Multiple Charges

May 01, 2024 at 04:02 pm by WGNS News

  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. –  Murfreesboro Police have nabbed two individuals following an alleged armed robbery that occurred at a small home décor and gro.... Read More

MTSU Geosciences Professors use $260K Grant to Stoke Undergrads’ Climate Literacy, Interest

May 01, 2024 at 03:23 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University geosciences faculty recently landed a National Science Foundation grant to make the crit.... Read More

Murfreesboro Police Apprehend Armed Robbery Suspects After Dollar General Hold-Up

Apr 30, 2024 at 09:46 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Murfreesboro police officers sprang into action following an armed robbery at the Dollar General on Halls Hill Pike, swiftly apprehending two suspects.... Read More

Atherosclerosis Is a Tumor-Like Disease: Study

Apr 30, 2024 at 09:19 pm by WGNS News

PHOTO ABOVE ARTICLE: Artery sections with glowing green smooth muscle cells from a healthy mouse with no atherosclerosis (left) and from a mouse with atherosclerosis (right)..... Read More

2-Murfreesboro Lawmakers Stand Against Proposed Landfill Permit Modification

Apr 30, 2024 at 08:46 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - State Representative Bryan Terry, MD, R-Murfreesboro, and Deputy Senate Speaker Shane Reeves, R-Murfreesboro, on Tuesday expressed solidarity.... Read More

Mail Mishap: Franklin Police Seek Man Suspected of Stealing Packages

Apr 30, 2024 at 08:02 pm by WGNS News

  FRANKLIN, TN - In a tale as old as time (or at least as old as doorbell cameras), detectives with the Franklin Police Department are embarking on a quest to determine.... Read More

The MTeach Program at MTSU and the Value of a Great Educator - Upcoming Summer Camp

Apr 30, 2024 at 07:45 pm by WGNS News

Murfreesboro, TN - As the educational landscape continues to evolve, one thing remains constant: the hunger for learning among today's school students. Heather Green, master.... Read More

Owner of Smyrna Business Convicted of Tax Evasion and Theft Charges

Apr 30, 2024 at 05:49 pm by WGNS News

The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue recently concluded an investigation that resulted in the conviction of Scharneitha Britton, the own.... Read More

From Humble Beginnings to Grammy Gold - MTSU's Music Program Marks Half a Century of Success

Apr 30, 2024 at 09:47 am by WGNS News

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - We've all heard interviews with musicians who talk about a hit song they wrote that had personal meaning. Many songwriters talk about the words.... Read More

Murfreesboro City Manager Craig Tindall Updates Listeners on New Developments and More

Apr 30, 2024 at 09:00 am by WGNS News

Hear about changes that will impact local traffic, new bridges, new business and more in Murfreesboro as WGNS' Scott Walker talks to Murfreesboro City Manager Craig Tindall. T.... Read More

Tuesday: Barbara Faircloth

Apr 30, 2024 at 07:39 am by WGNS News

WGNS Good Neighbor of the Day for Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 Barbara Faircloth is today’s Good Neighbor of the Day for always thinking of others and being so encouraging.... Read More

LIVE Music and the Saturday Market Returning to Historic Murfreesboro Square

Apr 30, 2024 at 07:27 am by WGNS News

  MURFREESBORO, TN - On Saturday, the weekly Saturday Market will reopen with at least 70-vendors. Sarah Callender with Main Street Murfreesboro told WGNS News... The ma.... Read More