Rutherford County News

MURFREESBORO - Blood-test results for a Rutherford County Sheriff's detective whose car struck and killed an 11-year-old girl indicate alcohol was not a factor in the accident, District Attorney Bill Whitesell ...

Blood-test results for Rutherford County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Ron Killings were negative for any alcohol, District Attorney Bill Whitesell said this morning.

Voters in northern Rutherford County will be the only ones with a choice for the Board of Education election Aug.

The 25th annual National Night Out, set for Aug. 5, will send a clear message to would-be Rutherford County drug dealers and other criminals.

Central Middle needed a second School Resource Officer last spring to address student behavior and safety because children transferring from Murfreesboro elementary schools don't have SROs, county officials ...

A Murfreesboro girl was killed late Thursday after being hit by an unmarked sheriff's deputy car on the 1400-block of Bradyville Pike, according to the Murfreesboro Police.

An 11-year-old Kentucky girl who was visiting her grandmother in Murfreesboro died early Friday after being struck by an unmarked Rutherford County Sheriff's patrol car on Bradyville Pike, police said.

A Murfreesboro police detective says a Rutherford County sheriff's deputy in an unmarked car struck and killed an 11 year-old girl.

Two convicted felons and three juvenile delinquents were arrested by Rutherford County patrol deputies in connection with two separate burglaries before noon Monday.

Murfreesboro will celebrate is 25th National Night Out against crime Aug. 5 at Barfield-Crescent Park, Franklin Heights, Patterson Park Community Center, Rogers Park, SportsCom and Spring Valley apartments.

Police charged a suspect with aggravated assault with a firearm after a shooting Friday on State Street, a Murfreesboro Police spokesman said.

A defendant in a 26-year-old murder case was indicted this week by the Rutherford County grand jury.

Bullets ripped through a neighborhood in downtown Murfreesboro Friday afternoon leaving one man injured, and police said the gunman remains at large.

Planning and preparations are well underway for the 2nd annual Taste of Stones River event benefiting the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties and this year Rutherford County residents will have an ...

Police in LaVergne have one man in custody accused of setting fire to the home where his estranged wife was staying.

Rutherford County residents got their first opportunity Tuesday to visit the new Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services station in the Buchanan and Christiana communities.

One suspect was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed a bottle rocket at a Murfreesboro Police officer Friday night, the officer reported.

An 11-year-old La Vergne boy accused of shooting a 12-year-old friend in the head faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, Angie Mayes, spokeswoman for the La Vergne Police Department, said Saturday.

A fatal accident backed up traffic on I-24 East at Hickory Hollow Parkway Saturday in Davidson County near the Rutherford County line.

With the heavy rains in recent months, including twice the normal precipitation for April, it may be easy to forget the drought conditions that plagued the state last summer.