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Family members of people who died in San Diego County jails made impassioned pleas for transparency and increased oversight over the San Diego Sheriff’s...

Rutherford County Property Assessor Rob Mitchell faces an election challenge from former County Commissioner Virgil Gammon in March 5 GOP primary.

Rutherford County Schools reports that most of the 70.5% of the districts third-graders so far promoted to fourth grade scored proficient on tests.

(MURFREESBORO)  The temperature was 56-degrees when the MLK March stepped onto East Main Street from Central Magnet School. Parade Coordinator Shawn Brown's decision for a new route was evidently popular, because it almost tripled the turnout.  One of the highlights of the event was at the Patterson Community Center when Blackman High School Junion DeShawn Rogers shared Dr. King's "How Long" talk . . . Dr. King delivered this speech o March...

(MURFREESBORO)  This Monday's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March here in Murfreesboro has a new route. The noon start time remains the same along with beginning at Central Magnet School, 701 E. Main Street. 19th Annual Parade Coordinator Shawn Brown says, "That's where it changes. The parade leaves Central and heads to MTSU and Middle Tennessee Boulevard, where it goes to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and goes to the Patterson Community Center." Brown...

Murfreesboro City Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to extend the contract of district Director of Schools Trey Duke another four years.

As cemeteries age, it becomes vitaly important for gravestones to be cared for and repaired to combat the deterioration that is inevitable with the passage of time. Founded in 1895,

Murfreesboro City Schools will have a longer Thanksgiving Break next fall after the board unanimously approved its academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year.

Murfreesboro City Schools more than doubled its 750-student registration goal for summer school and set plans for the spring TNReady assessment week. MCS Director Trey Duke, who was recognized for recently receiving his doctoral title, gave an update on where the school district stands with the upcoming summer school session during its meeting last week. The district has had 2,000 students register for summer school as of the registration end date of April 9. That is 1,250 more students than it...