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Music Icon Barry Gibb at MTSU This Month

Oct 02, 2013 at 02:15 am by bryan

The schedule of guest speakers for MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry for the month of October looks like a list of red-carpet names from a music awards show, culmi.... Read More

Department of Health Working With Department of Health to Vaccinate Raccoon's?

Oct 02, 2013 at 01:30 am by bryan

The Tennessee Department of Health is working with the United States Department of Agriculture again this fall to help prevent rabies by distributing oral rabies vaccine for w.... Read More

Church Getting Ready for Christmas in October? Read Why...

Oct 02, 2013 at 01:15 am by bryan

A local church is getting ready for Christmas right now. Sound unusual? There is a good reason for it and that reason involves children in our community. The Riverdale Baptis.... Read More

Local Volunteer Groups Aims to Gather More Opportunities for Local Teens to Volunteer!

Oct 01, 2013 at 11:00 pm by bryan

Volunteer Rutherford has compiled a list of opportunities for teenagers to volunteer during the week of October 7-11 in Murfreesboro.  The list, which can be found at ww.... Read More

New Conservative Group Known as "BEAT LAMAR" Make Endorsement of Joe Carr

Oct 01, 2013 at 09:30 pm by bryan

Monday, a group known as "BEAT LAMAR" made an announcement about the Joe Carr campaign. BEAT LAMAR Co-founder Michael Patrick Leahy and the Coalition for a Constitutional Sena.... Read More

Hunt Street Man Hit in Head During Robbery in Murfreesboro

Oct 01, 2013 at 09:17 pm by bryan

Being robbed in your own front yard does not make you feel welcome on your own property. A Murfreesboro man told officers he went outside of his Hunt Street home to check his.... Read More

What Does the Federal Government Shutdown Mean for You?

Oct 01, 2013 at 05:30 pm by bryan

In what ways is the federal government shutdown affecting Rutherford Countians? If you have plans to visit the Stones River National Battlefield, it's closed. For those studen.... Read More

La Vergne Host Affordable Care Act Seminars

Oct 01, 2013 at 05:16 pm by bryan

The City of La Vergne is hosting a seminar designed to educate the uninsured and underinsured population about the Affordable Care Act and to provide enrollment assistance. On.... Read More

With the Federal Shut Down - What will happen to the State WIC Program?

Oct 01, 2013 at 05:00 pm by bryan

WGNS has received questions about the Women and Infant Children program known as WIC in the state of Tennessee in regards to the federal government shutdown. We are not the on.... Read More

New Salem Cove FirstBank Nears Completion

Oct 01, 2013 at 04:08 pm by bryan

Above photo:  County Trustee Teb Batey (left) has his hand where a special high-tech computer terminal will be located. Pods are where tellers will do their work, and cus.... Read More

Partial Shutdown of Federal Government Means a Slow Down in the Issuance of a Tennessee Gun Permit? Some Say Yes!

Oct 01, 2013 at 02:49 pm by bryan

More news on the issue of a government shut-down. Some have suggested that gun permits will be harder to obtain in Tennessee with the government working at half speed. That be.... Read More

La Vergne Residents Get Incorrect Property Tax Bills

Oct 01, 2013 at 01:59 pm by bryan

Rutherford County Property Assessor Rob Mitchell says he learned some of the Lavergne tax statements contained an error. He says they're consulting with Rutherford County Offi.... Read More

TBI Foils Local Conspiracy to Commit Murder

Oct 01, 2013 at 11:32 am by bryan

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation overnight arrested two individuals in Rutherford County for planning to have one of their wife’s shot to death. (L-R: Pratakkumer Patel.... Read More

Female Passenger Arrested on Drug Charges, Driver Said He Was Taking Her to Buy Cocaine

Oct 01, 2013 at 11:30 am by bryan

A man was pulled over on Broad Street for a seatbelt violation and once stopped on Monday, he immediately told the officer that he was on route to Lokey Avenue to allow his pa.... Read More

More Political News in Rutherford County - Race for County Commission

Oct 01, 2013 at 09:40 am by bryan

Report by Griffin Strategies LLC - JoAnne Skidmore officially announced Monday evening at the Rutherford County Republican Party Headquarters that she will be a candidate in t.... Read More

Fire at Discovery Center on Monday Night - Caused by Heat Lamp

Oct 01, 2013 at 09:26 am by bryan

Districts 1 and 8 and Rescue 2 responded to a fire call at the Discovery Center located at 502 SE Broad Street just after midnight Monday. When crews arrived on scene, there.... Read More

UPDATE: Man Found Guilty in Child Incest and Statutory Rape Case to be SENTENCED on FRIDAY

Oct 01, 2013 at 06:00 am by bryan

A case that got underway in 2009 involving a suspect by the name of Matthew Whitehair in Murfreesboro was closed with a guilty verdict by jurors in August and now the case wil.... Read More

Rutherford County Ranks 6th in the Nation for Positive Job Growth - Who is Number Uno?

Oct 01, 2013 at 06:00 am by bryan

Rutherford County Assessor of Property Rob Mitchell notified WGNS that according to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Rutherford County Tennessee has the 6th largest incr.... Read More

Charge for Driving on a Revoked License for an 8th Time Filed Against Local Resident

Oct 01, 2013 at 05:30 am by bryan

WGNS has reported numerous stories involving local residents caught driving on a revoked license. Many of the arrests we report involve cases where drivers have been busted fi.... Read More

State of Tennessee to WELCOME Every New Baby, but how?

Oct 01, 2013 at 04:30 am by bryan

It looks like babies born at StoneCrest and St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro will receive a special new greeting from the state of Tennessee. The state of Tennessee plan.... Read More