Friday, April 26, 2024

News Features

Reporter Meribah Knight hosts talk on “The Kids of Rutherford County”

Featured photo by Nicodemus Gabel Story by Nicodemus Gabel If you want more news like this, sign up for the Sidelines weekly newsletter here! Find it in your inbox every Thursday afternoon. Meribah Knight,...

An unlikely friendship: A history professor and an inmate on death row

Featured Photo by Kailee Shores Story by Kalea Jackson  Amy Sayward, a history professor at Middle Tennessee State University, recently...

MTSU student cowrites song set in El Paso with ChatGPT-4

Featured Photo by Isabella Gutierrez Story by Isabella Gutierrez At 4 a.m. on Friday, September 15, Evan Scandrett was tired....

Seasonal depression is right around the corner. Here are some tips to combat it.

Story by Jaxon Winters Photo by Kailee Shores It’s that time again. The once vibrant greens of the forest have...

MTSU alumna makes solo debut at the Opry

Featured Photo by Jaelee Roberts Story by Nate Kindma On Sept. 19, Jaelee Roberts stood front and center in the...

“Forever Prohibited”: How an Amendment to Abolish Slavery Appeared on Tennessee’s Midterm Ballot

Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor In 2013, Rev. Jeannie Alexander, a lawyer turned prison chaplain and activist, had a conversation with Robert Payne,...

Majority Rules: The Birth of Amendment 3 in Tennessee

Story by Johari Hamilton | Contributing Writer and Kailee Shores | Assistant News Editor The path a proposed amendment takes to the Tennessee Constitution is...

“Involuntary servitude”: the possible impact of Amendment 3 on prisoners and beyond

Story by Lifestyles Editor Ethan Pickering and Contributing Writer Georgia Smith At the heart of changing the Tennessee Constitution’s wording on the abolishment of slavery...

What Rutherford County Democratic candidates told us this week

Story by Lillian Chapman | Contributing Writer Five Rutherford Country Democratic candidates gathered this week for a forum to discuss their policy positions and answer...

Midterm Elections and Midterm Exams: State Rep Studies at MTSU During Election Year

Story by Jenene Grover | Contributing Writer State Rep. Mike Sparks, 55, represents Tennessee’s District 49 as a Republican, serving his district since 2010 and...

One Student’s Mural Shows the Seasons of the State

Story by Luke Cameron | Contributing Writer Middle Tennessee State University students and staff making the trek to the third floor of James E. Walker...