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Use of red-light cameras debated in Murfreesboro

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:05:16 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety.

Body of missing man found in Bedford County woods

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:26 -0400

BELL BUCKLE, Tennessee - Searchers in the woods near Bell Buckle have found the body of a man who had been missing for three days.

Murfreesboro remembrance ride 1 of many globally

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:32:29 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - Bicyclists are taking part in events globally to remember riders killed in traffic accidents.

DCS had involvement before baby died

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:22:52 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - Officials with the state Department of Children's Services acknowledged Friday that the agency had some type of involvement with a Murfreesboro mother and her 1-year-old child before the infant died in November.

MTSU to get Nobel Prize of alumnus James Buchanan

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:07:53 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to the late James M. Buchanan is coming to Middle Tennessee State University.

More rain coming to Tenn. as soggy spring slogs on

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:05:10 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A damp weekend is on tap for Tennessee, which is already slogging through a soggy spring from Memphis to Bristol.

Carr joins bid to oust DesJarlais in GOP primary

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:10:27 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - State Rep. Joe Carr on Thursday joined state Sen. Jim Tracy in the race to oust embattled U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais in next year's Republican primary.

Middle Tennesseans more optimistic about economy

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:06:11 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - A recent survey says Middle Tennessee consumers are becoming more optimistic about the local economy and are increasingly upbeat about the future.

Woman faces terrorism charge after alleged threat

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:37:58 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Murfreesboro woman is facing a terrorism charge after calling a local medical center and threatening to blow it up.

First Amendment advocate Paulson becomes MTSU dean

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:31:08 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - Ken Paulson, former editor at USA Today and CEO of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, has been selected as the next dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University.

Images of MTSU's science building released

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:07:55 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - Middle Tennessee State University's new science building is still under construction, but new video and images illustrate what the building's interior will look like once complete.

Armory to be renamed to honor fallen soldier

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:43:23 -0400

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - The Tennessee National Guard Armory in Murfreesboro will soon bear a new name to honor a fallen soldier.