Rutherford County News

Wade Hays won $10,000 Saturday night in a reverse raffle at the 12th Annual HoidayFest fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Rutherford County.

A Rutherford County jury today found Elgene 'Twin' Porter guilty of aggravated rape in connection with an attack on a woman in November 2007.

A mother and her son hid in a closet after her intoxicated husband allegedly threatened them with a handgun Sunday, a sheriffa s corporal reported.

Nissan's electric car and battery project in Smyrna will provide a strong future employment boost but may not lead to the 12,416 projected jobs, an MTSU economist said.

A Rutherford County jury will decide if a man already serving 42 years in prison for rape and other crimes will serve even more time for an alleged rape that occurred in 2007.

Local and state leaders of the NAACP, the Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education, and the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Tennessee called for an end to 'police brutality and misconduct' in Rutherford County Monday morning.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. Rutherford County residents lined up to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus Monday.

A Murfreesboro teen could soon be indicted by a Rutherford County grand jury for lighting another teen on fire after a judge bound over his aggravated assault case to the group's December meeting.

The following police reports were on file Friday at the respective Rutherford County law enforcement agencies.

One lane of Interstate 840 in Rutherford County was shut down Friday for a large pothole.

Fundraisers will be held Friday and Saturday for a 5-year-old girl diagnosed with Stage IV cancer shortly after being adopted.

It was a packed house at the November 12th meeting of the Rutherford County Commission.A Resolutions of recognition were passed for Fernando Bryant, David Price, and the Siegel High School Band, and two public hearings were held; one to amend the flood hazard district regulations, and another to rezone land and issue a conditional use permit for an ...

The Rutherford County Family YMCA names Kitty Murfree its 2009 Humanitarian of the Year.

Roughly 50 parents gathered Tuesday in Buchanan Elementary's gym to voice opposition to proposed zone lines for Rutherford County middle schools.

A Rutherford County grand jury has indicted a Murfreesboro man in the murder of his wife, whom he reported missing just days before being charged in her death, according to court documents.

Nearing the end of his second term on the Rutherford County Commission, Murfreesboro attorney John Rodgers remains in the thick of the action, even though he will not seek re-election in 2010 for a third term.

Weeks after a Cason Lane Academy teacher was charged with stealing money for student lunches and fundraisers, the Murfreesboro City School Board will revisit the district policy on collecting money from students.

Rutherford County farmers have been working over the past week to make hay while the sun shines.

A Rutherford County teen whose been missing since Wednesday is now in the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center on a runaway petition after he was located moments ago.

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.