The Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club honored four local heroes at their annual Crime and Fire Prevention Awards Luncheon at Stones River Country Club on Thursday.

Driver Clay Estes with Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department, Detective Kerry Thorpe with Murfreesboro Police Department, Deputy Michael Romans with Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department, and Steve Walker, Chief of Fosterville Midland Fire Department received plaques for their service and dedication to their respective departments.

“The purpose of our annual Crime and Fire Prevention Awards Luncheon is to honor individuals who have been selected by their departments because of their outstanding work, leadership, and dedication to serving and protecting the citizens of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County,” said Tony Dugger of the Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club. “These men and women put their lives on the line so that we can go about our lives each day knowing that we are being protect as well as possible.”

The Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club (America’s Service Club) is a group of men and women working together to make the community a better place to live through programs of service in Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities, and the Prevention of Child Abuse.

PHOTO BELOW: Pictured (L to R): Tony Dugger (member of the Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club), Clay Estes (MFRD), Kerry Thorpe (MPD), Laketa Walker (representing her husband Steve Walker from FMVFD), Michael Romans (RSCO), and David Nipper (President of the Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club).