Helping to Stop Homelessness Before It Begins

Aug 21, 2024 at 02:36 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - With the cost of rent going up year after year, it is getting harder and harder for struggling individuals to afford a deposit and pay the first month&rsquo.... Read More

La Vergne High School SROs Extend Compassionate Aid to Homeless Student

Mar 25, 2024 at 10:59 am by Chandelar Williams

La Vergne, TN - In a heartwarming display of compassion and community support, School Resource Officers (SROs) Cody Didier and Jeremy Gregory from La Vergne High School steppe.... Read More

The Journey Home Receives $30,000 from Wellpoint Tennessee to Address Homelessness

Feb 16, 2024 at 09:16 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO – The Journey Home, a nonprofit organization serving the unhoused of Rutherford County, received $30,000 from Wellpoint, a leading healthcare company, dur.... Read More

More Details Released: Attempted Murder by Fire at Homeless Camp in Murfreesboro

Oct 19, 2023 at 10:35 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN – WGNS has more details on an attempted murder that occurred earlier this month in Murfreesboro. According to police, officers were called to a &ldquo.... Read More

Man Charged with the Attempted First-Degree Murder of Girlfriend in Murfreesboro

Oct 04, 2023 at 06:18 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - A 56-year-old man allegedly tried to kill his girlfriend this past Sunday in Murfreesboro. The suspect, identified as Charles Robert Hirsch, poured a flamma.... Read More

Event to Help Individuals and Families who are Homeless or on the Verge of Homelessness

Jul 25, 2022 at 02:31 pm by WGNS

Numerous agencies that provide services to individuals and families that are experiencing / or have experienced homelessness will come together on August 4th to help those i.... Read More

The Journey Home continues the fight to end generational poverty and homelessness in Rutherford County

May 05, 2022 at 11:19 am by WGNS

(Murfreesboro, TN) The Journey Home in Murfreesboro works to help those who are both homeless or on the edge of homelessness daily. Scott Foster, director of The Journey Home,.... Read More

The Battle of Homelessness in Rutherford County and Meeting Needs

Oct 27, 2021 at 03:12 pm by WGNS

Housing, Health and Human Services Alliance of Rutherford County (H3ARC, also referred to as HARC), continues to push forward with the gathering of new ideas to house those.... Read More

The numbers of those who are homeless is growing in Murfreesboro, along with the age of those who are homeless

Feb 12, 2021 at 11:45 am by WGNS

Homelessness continues to plague the streets of Rutherford County and the numbers of those who lack a place to call home are getting older. Ed Grimes with the Murfreesboro Res.... Read More