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State Farm to Close Local Operations Center

Nov 11, 2020 at 01:00 pm by WGNS

State Farm Insurance has announced it's permanently closing the Murfreesboro operations center. This comes as the company's 12-hundred or so Murfreesboro employees have been w.... Read More

Center for the Arts "Thinking Out of the Box"

Nov 11, 2020 at 12:17 pm by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO) The Murfreesboro Center for the Arts is still unable to hold performances inside the theatre, but they do plan on outdoor holiday performances. The group's&nbs.... Read More
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Social Distancing Successful At VETERANS DAY Ceremony

Nov 11, 2020 at 11:37 am by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO)  As the cupola clock chimed 11:00 Wednesday morning (11/11/2020), the annual Veterans Day program on the Murfreesboro square began.  County Mayor Bil.... Read More

Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services: Holiday Safety*

Nov 11, 2020 at 11:14 am by WGNS

Bryan talks to Brent Carter with Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services about safety around the holidays. *17:20 (thru holidays)

Blackman High School distance-learning extended until Monday, Nov. 16

Nov 11, 2020 at 09:37 am by WGNS

WGNS has an update on Blackman High School and their in-person reopening date, which was recently extended. In-person students will now return on Monday, Nov. 16, unless they.... Read More

Areas WITH MASK MANDATES Have LOWER COVID Death Rates

Nov 11, 2020 at 12:02 am by WGNS

(NASHVILLE) Researchers at the  Vanderbilt Department of Health report that areas of Tennessee areas where mask requirements were instituted over the summer have sub.... Read More

COSTCO in Murfreesboro, Real Estate Agreement

Nov 10, 2020 at 09:55 pm by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Murfreesboro City Council will meet in a special workshop meeting at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at Murfreesboro Police Headquart.... Read More

HABITAT UPDATE on "Cookin' To Build"

Nov 10, 2020 at 09:27 pm by WGNS

  (MURFREESBORO) This past Saturday was the thirteenth year that Habitat for Humanity has had COOKIN' TO BUILD on the Murfreesboro Square. Despite social distancing and.... Read More

State Senate Republicans Supporting President Trump's Election Challenge

Nov 10, 2020 at 02:46 pm by WGNS

Tennessee state senate Republicans, including local Senators Shane Reeves and Dawn White, have signed a letter expressing support for President Trump. The president is challen.... Read More

Motlow State proudly serves Veterans, Active Military, and their Families

Nov 10, 2020 at 02:27 pm by WGNS

Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and Military Family Month dedicates November to military families worldwide. The observance recognizes the commitment and dedication these families ma.... Read More

COVID-19 Increasing Locally, Get Flu Shot Saturday

Nov 10, 2020 at 02:07 pm by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO)  COVID-19 is increasing here in Rutherford County . . .   That was Dr. David Sellers, the Chief of Staff at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hosp.... Read More

Read To Succeed's 2020 Celebrity Bee Was a Success!

Nov 10, 2020 at 07:30 am by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN (November 9, 2020) – On the evening of Thursday, November 5, friends and supporters of Read To Succeed attended the 14th Annual “To Bee.... Read More

Lady Bug Joins WUC

Nov 10, 2020 at 06:00 am by WGNS

The Wake Up Crew family is growing! Bryan welcomes Lady Bug to the family! She is a Rat-Chi, a cross between an American Rat Terrier and Chihuahua. Maybe she and Jon's Chipper.... Read More

Rutherford County Commissioner Joe Frank Jernigan Resigns After 22 Years of Service, Focusing on Health

Nov 09, 2020 at 07:27 pm by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN—After 22 years of serving on the Rutherford County Commission, District 6 Commissioner Joe Frank Jernigan announced his resignation during the Stee.... Read More

MTSU, Music City Grand Prix sign agreement; university to provide eco-friendly concrete mixes for barriers, pit row

Nov 09, 2020 at 07:17 pm by WGNS

MURFREESBORO Tenn. — Officials from MTSU and the new Music City Grand Prix signed a partnership Monday, Nov. 9, allowing the university’s acclaimed concrete progra.... Read More

Former Rutherford County Sheriff Deputy Arrested on Prostitution Charge

Nov 09, 2020 at 07:11 pm by WGNS

RUTHERFORD COUNTY – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment and arrest of a former Rutherford County.... Read More

UPDATE: Terry Barber Murder Case will Head to Court in 2021 - Four are Facing Charges

Nov 09, 2020 at 07:01 pm by WGNS

4 People are facing murder charges for a death that took place in the Christiana area in 2019. Rutherford County Assistant District Attorney Trevor Lynch updated WGNS NEWS on.... Read More

Suspect allegedly used Kik app in Tennessee child porn case

Nov 09, 2020 at 04:39 pm by WGNS

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Technical Services Unit have arrested and charged a Hohenwald man accused of possessing and transmitting chil.... Read More

POLICE: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?

Nov 09, 2020 at 07:50 am by WGNS

Murfreesboro detectives need assistance identifying the person who allegedly stole six DEWALT cordless chainsaws from the Home Depot on Old Fort Pkwy. The theft was reported o.... Read More

COVID-19: Rocky Fork Elementary School now switched to Distance Learning

Nov 09, 2020 at 07:45 am by WGNS

Rocky Fork Elementary School parents in Smyrna were the latest to be notified about changes due to COVID-19. Spokesperson of the Rutherford County School System James Evans re.... Read More