Rutherford County News

Multiple charges are pending against a Rutherford County man accused of threatening a La Vergne family at knifepoint, attempting to car jack a Murfreesboro Police dispatcher and trying to elude police in Nashville, authorities said.

Police are now investigating a man who complained that three other men broke into his Murfreesboro home.

Paul Latture and Holly Sears Weber from the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce were recently elected president and Middle Tennessee representative by the membership at the Tennessee Economic Development Council annual fall conference held in Kingsport, Ten.. TEDC is a statewide organization for both public and private sector professionals ...

A Nashville, Metro Police Officer who allegedly lied to his supervisors about being tied up in traffic in Rutherford County was fired for fabricating an oral report.

A Murfreesboro man is accused of sexually assaulting a person on Oct. 24, according to a police report.

Rutherford County Schools has shown academic growth for students in all areas except English I, according to the Tennessee Department of Education's 2009 Tennessee Report Card .

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's mobile household hazardous waste collection service will be in Rutherford County on Saturday.

Refusal to extend a stubbed-off road 550 feet may cost Rutherford County a sizeable manufacturing company and incalculable national and international marketing dividends.

Rep. Joe Carr , R-Lascassas, did not claim payment for a work day after coming under fire in the first week in August for nearly doubling his legislative per diem payments.

An early Sunday morning one car crash where Deerwood Avenue dead-ends has taken one life and a passenger in the vehicle was taken by Life Flight helicopter to the Vanderbilt Trauma Center.

Nissan will get at least a 20-year property tax break of $62 million for creating at least 1,300 company or contractor jobs by late 2012 to build electric cars and batteries, county officials recommended Wednesday.

Several businesses are in jeopardy of losing their beer permits after selling to underage buyers or failing to ask for ID last spring.

A visiting preacher went to Middle Tennessee Medical Center for treatment this afternoon after an altercation with a female student on campus at MTSU.

The court date for a Murfreesboro man accused of killing two members of his family and shooting another was rescheduled Tuesday.

The Murfreesboro Police Department has identified the occupants of a vehicle involved in a fatal car crash that occurred early Sunday on Deerwood Avenue.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals at Nashville has ruled in favor of a rezoning that would allow a Bible-based theme park to be built in Rutherford County.

Smyrna resident Kevin Fleet will be facing a charge of vehicular homicide in addition to four counts of vehicular assault for causing a crash Sunday night on I-24 east at Old Hickory Boulevard near the Rutherford County line.

A domestic assault charge against a Murfreesboro woman, accused of attempting to carve up her girlfriend with a steak knife at a January Street home in April, has been amplified.

Smyrna Middle students recycle old phonebooks for Recycle Rutherford's annual "Throw the Book at Us" telephone book collection.

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a frost advisory, which is in effect from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct.