Chip Walters News Today

(MURFREESBORO) WGNS Roundtable host Chip Walters was talking with MTSU Lady Raiders Coach Rick Insell about two former Lady Raiders who are possibly in “harms way”. Door Sar from Israel and Kseniya Malashka from Belarus.   Door Sar was an outstanding guard for MTSU, and she graduated this past August with an MBA in Business. Upon returning home, the 23-year-old joined the Israeli military, a requirement for everyone over age 18. Her friend and Lady Raider, Kseniya Ma...

  (MURFREESBORO) Local residents and music lovers throughout Tennessee are excited about an announcement made earlier this year regarding a new concert venue that will be built Murfreesboro. Some are saying the venue will fill the long left gap in outdoor entertainment that hasn't been felt (or heard) since the closing of the Starwood Amphitheater. Starwood opened 1.3-miles west of the LaVergne city limits in Antioch at the start of 1986. The venue closed twenty-years late...

The racetrack that sits on a large piece of land at the edge of Rutherford and Wilson Counties is no longer dormant. Reopening of the speedway took place during the last half of the COVID Pandemic in 2021...  Erik Moses took-on the task of reopening the Nashville Superspeedway after the racetrack closed some 10-years ago. He suggested that 2019 may have been a turning point that helped propel the racetrack forward in 2021…  Moses, a veteran sports e...

WGNS is excited to announce a new show to the weekday lineup. The Roundtable is now on weekdays between 9-10am, in the time slot Truman Jones hosted for 11-years. The show will have rotating hosts, which will bring a variety of guests, talking about the news, sports, politics and people of Rutherford County.Retired Rutherford County Assistant District Attorney J. Paul Newman, former Smyrna area County Commissioners Wayne Blair and Rick Hall, Voice of the MTSU Blue Raiders and realtor Ch...

NASSAU, Bahamas — Middle Tennessee football battled back after trailing at halftime, outscoring Toledo 17-7 in the second half to power past Toledo 31-24 in the 2021 Bahamas Bowl at Thomas Robinson Stadium on Friday afternoon.  And yes, you heard the action live with Chip Walters over WGNS. Nicholas Vattiato earned offensive player of the game honors after completing 23-of-35 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns, while DQ Thomas ...

(MURFREESBORO)  Are you ready for a fun packed homecoming week?  The Blue Raiders started with a Friday night victory the week (10/22/2021) before in Hartford, CT. That victory feeling will flow through the homecoming week.  Big Win Over UConn Middle Tennessee dominated in the trenches on the road in New England, riding a balanced offensive performance and 11 tackles for loss to a 44-13 victory over UConn at Rentschler Field at Pratt & Whitney Stadium Friday ni...

MTSU names 2021-22 Distinguished, Young Alumni, True Blue Citations of Distinction honorees Jul 21, 2021 at 04:34 pm by WGNS Torrance Esmond, right, is the 2021-22 MTSU Distinguished Alumnus. Honorees also include top row, from left, U.S. Air Force Col. Joel Cook (Military Service), Rebecca Foote (Achievement in Education MTSU faculty), Civil Air Patrol Col. Barry Melton (Service to Community); and bottom row, from left, Dr. J. Mitchell Miller (Achievement in Education non-...

COVID-19 hasnt kept Sidewalk Hope from bringing Christmas cheer to children living in Spartanburgs housing developments. More than 450 Christmas Blessing Bags are being delivered over the next two weeks just in time for the holiday season. Its been a difficult year for those who have been served by Sidewalk Hope since the childrens ministry had to scale back its programs to help keep everyone safe during the pandemic. Sidewalk Hope has continued its efforts to ensure the ministry maintains a pr...