Rutherford News

Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved his request for federal farm assistance for four Middle Tennessee counties due to heavy rains and extensive flooding that occurred in May.

Uncle Dave Macon Days is starting a new tradition this year by opening festivities tonight at Woodbury's Dillon Park, and work on a Northwest Broad Street bridge is done just in time for Friday's opening events in Murfreesboro.

Eight people died on Tennessee streets and highways during the 78-hour Independence Day holiday weekend -- three of them in West Tennessee -- the state Department of Safety announced today.

Potential Tennessee Arts Commission Grant recipients for Fiscal Year 2010 were named by State Representative Joe Carr, of Lascassas, this week.

NASHVILLE - Four Middle Tennessee employers, including two automotive companies, have laid off more than 300 workers in the past few months.

Two men were arrested in Cumberland County Tuesday for a homicide that happened the week before.

On Tuesday, WGNS told you about a possible violation in the Tennessee Open Meetings Law regarding a situation that took place in Murfreesboro involving the election commission.

Rutherford LEAP has selected the Lenovo IdeaPad S10e netbook for use in its pilot program at Kittrell School in Rutherford County.

WGNS has learned that a dog in Rockvale had to be put to sleep as the result of rabies.

Thursday morning's assembly at Mount Benson Elementary School was one of the saddest Joanie Bremner has ever seen.

Although county schools spending per student has increased by $3,000 during the last 15 years, that growth is lower than the state average - a disparity that concerns school and county leaders.

Three Rutherford County high school graduates are preparing to attend U.S. service academies, having been nominated by U.S. Rep.

Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department hopes to open a new station within a year north of Stones River National Battlefield off Old Nashville Highway.

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for portions of Middle Tennessee, including Rutherford and Cannon counties, southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky, effective until 9 p.m. Hail to 2 inches in diameter, thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph and dangerous lightning are possible in these ...

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Fourth District Congressman Lincoln Davis was a part of the public safety information session.

The National Weather Service has placed a number of Tennessee counties, including Rutherford, under a tornado watch until midnight.

Any ill-conceived notions about networking were quickly dissolved by Elaine Ganick, keynote speaker, at Tuesday's Rutherford CABLE meeting.

About 25 guidance counselors from Rutherford, Davidson and other counties across Tennessee are attending the third Insurance Education Institute Workshop through Wednesday at MTSU.

The local smart money was investing in Rutherford County's infrastructure in the mid-1800s - replacing the trails, footpaths and wagon roads with "modern turnpikes." John L. McAdam, a Scotsman, developed in 1816 a process for road surfacing using crushed stone bound with gravel on a bed of larger stones with the center of the road higher than the ...