Daily News Journal

Home-cooking hotspot City Café provides over 100 years of secret recipes, history to Murfreesboro
Photo and story by Gracie Martin / Studio M Murfreesboro is a town of traditions, loyalty and family, and nothing exemplifies that more than the home-cooking hotspot, City Café, located just off of the square on Main Street. The diner, open for breakfast and lunch six days a week, is the oldest restaurant in Murfreesboro …

Crime: Burnette Chapel Church of Christ shooter, former MTSU student charged with one count of murder
Photo courtesy of Metro Nashville Police Department Emanuel Kidega Samson, a Murfreesboro resident and former Middle Tennessee State University student, was charged Sunday evening with one count of murder after he committed a shooting at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ on Pin Hook Road in Antioch, Tennessee on Saturday. According to MTSU Director of News and Media …

MTSU English professor, Murfreesboro resident petitions City Council to save the Oaklands Sinking Creek, surrounding area
Photo by Andrew Wigdor / News Editor An MTSU English professor and Murfreesboro resident created a petition on Change.org to save the Oaklands Sinking Creek and the surrounding area from the development and construction of townhomes near the Oaklands Mansion. The petition currently has almost 1,000 signatures and will be presented by petition creator Justyna …

City of Murfreesboro ends lease agreement with Room in the Inn after loss of funding, non-compliance
Photo by Andrew Wigdor / News Editor Room in the Inn, a homeless shelter in Murfreesboro, was notified by the City of Murfreesboro on Friday that the lease agreement that was in place between the shelter and the City will not be renewed when it expires on June 30, due to the shelter’s non-compliance with …

Former Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold pleads guilty to three corruption charges
Photo courtesy of Rutherford County Sheriff Office Robert Arnold, the former Rutherford County Sheriff, who was jailed due to corruption charges, pleaded guilty to three of the 14 charges in court Wednesday morning. According to reports by the Daily News Journal, Arnold pleaded guilty to wire fraud, honest services fraud and extortion in Wednesday’s court session. …