Pettus Read News Today

Former longtime Rutherford County Election Commission chairman Johnny Taylor died Friday. He was also known for being an Eagleville dairy farmer.

(MURFREESBORO) Due to some scheduling conflicts with Oakland, the October Meeting of the Rutherford County TN Historical Society, scheduled for Monday October 16, 2023, has been CANCELLED.  We will reschedule this speaker and topic sometime during 2024!  Please let any friends or members know that might not have email and/or text messaging. The Rutherford County TN Awards Banquet has been rescheduled for Friday, November 17, 2023.  Doors open...

Rutherford County, TN - The Rutherford Opioid Board (ROB) awarded funds to seven organizations that support and provide services to combat the opioid epidemic within Rutherford County, TN. The funds are a part of the $26 billion National Opioid Settlement. The Child Advocacy Center of Rutherford County, Inc. was awarded $65,000 to aid their efforts of providing in- home services to drug endangered children. The mission of this organization is to provide in-home services that include alcohol and ...

The Rutherford County Commission voted 13-8 Monday to increase property taxes by nearly 16.1% for the next fiscal year that starts July 1.

(MURFREESBORO) Members of the Rutherford County Historical Society held their May meeting Monday (5/15/2023) night at Oaklands Mansion. The group's President Pettus Read said . . . And he noted, the easiest way to join the Historical Society is to visit their Saturday morning "historical discussions" at the old, one-room Ransom Schoolhouse, 717 N. Academy Street, and sign-up. The membership is for your entire family, just $25 per year.  As President Read noted, t...

(VERSAILLES COMMUNITY)  Historian and District 8 County Commissioner Pettus Read discovered a very unusual happening during this past weekend's tornado. An unexplainable event took place in the cemetery that was started in the early 1800's beside the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. That's in the Versailles community of Rutherford County. Read explained . . . He noted that local residents picked-up the large tombstones and put them beside the proper...

Rutherford County - TN - The Rutherford Opioid Board (ROB) is ready to distribute funds to local Community Partners including nonprofit charitable organizations, any chamber of commerce exempt from IRS Code 501(c)(6), or any nonprofit civic organization to support and provide services to combat the opioid epidemic within Rutherford County, TN.  Successful grant recipients will receive funds from $500,000 which is a part of the $26 billion National Opioid Settlement.  Funds from...

Rutherford County's first of several Public Health & Safety Buildings is nearing completion on Highway 99 in Rockvale. Rutherford County Commissioner Pettus Read shared some photos with WGNS of the progress. He was joined on his Tuesday (2-7-23) tour by Rutherford County Fire Chief Larry Farley. Read says Middle Tennessee Electric energized the transformer for service to the building as completion gets closer. The facility, and others like it across the county, will be fully staffed...

(MURFREESBORO)  The Rutherford County Historical Society brought-in the frst meeting of 2023 with local historiabn and Elvis fan Shirley Jones welcoming "the King of Rock'n Roll". The tympanni drum rolled and the room came alive with energy as Elvis entered the room.  20-plus year Elvis impersonator Dick Peach was suddenly TCB as he shared some of Elvis' biggest hits as well as the history of this unique entertainer.      ...

(MURFREESBORO)  The 1850 victorian mansion on the corner of Spring and Bell Streets is scheduled for demolition, according to the Rutherford County Historical Society. It is known as the House of Mayors, because four local mayors lived there:  Ingram B. Collier was the first to live in the home (mayor from 1872-1873), Newton B. Collier (mayor 1878-1879), James H. Crichlow Jr. (mayor 1900-1909). and N. Collier Crichlow (mayor .  In 1849 Architect Sterling B. Jo...