Crime: Murfreesboro Police respond to reports of forced prostitution, aggravated assault at Sudden Service gas station
Photo by Andrew Wigdor / MTSU Sidelines Archive Murfreesboro Police responded to a woman who was reportedly the victim of prostitution and aggravated assault at the Sudden Service gas station on Old Fort Parkway on Sunday at approximately 8:15 a.m. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the victim. The victim was not wearing shoes and ran …
Crime: Murfreesboro Police respond to strong arm robbery at McDonald’s on Old Fort Parkway
Photo courtesy of Flickr Murfreesboro Police responded to a strong arm robbery at the McDonald’s restaurant on Old Fort Parkway on Friday at approximately 2:20 p.m. Upon arrival, an officer made contact with the victim. The victim, who works at the McDonald’s, stated that she was eating in her vehicle on her break when she noticed a …
Crime: Murfreesboro Police respond to shooting at Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford County
Photo courtesy of Flickr Murfreesboro Police responded to a shooting at the Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford County on Saturday at approximately 9:27 p.m. Upon arrival, officers located several shell casings in the Boys & Girls Club parking lot. It was determined that no victims were present. The area was then secured, and detectives took …
‘Wake-up call’: Murfreesboro high school student organizes walkout, administration views protest as potential safety risk
Photo by Andrew Wigdor / MTSU Sidelines While ideas such as first dates, making grades and watching TV may usually be at the forefront of any given highschooler’s mind, one unusual thought has made its way to thousands of young adults in America: guns. For Blackman High School sophomore Valentino Damico, 16, that thought isn’t …
Recap: After 90 years, Oscars as awkward, forced, mildly inspiring as ever
Photo courtesy of Oscars.com The Academy Awards ceremony — an overblown and overly celebrated private industry awards night — was held for the 90th year on Sunday evening, and the ceremony included all the awkward comedy, forced political messages and sporadic moments of inspiration that the night is known for. Read below for some of the …
‘This is a direct attack on me’: MTSU students, faculty, union members launch campaign against $3.5 million Charles Koch Foundation grant
Photo by Andrew Wigdor / MTSU Sidelines Student, faculty and local union members have banded together at MTSU to raise awareness of a $3.5 million grant that they believe may be misleading and dangerous to university. In MTSU President Sidney McPhee’s State of the University address in January 2017, he announced that the university would …