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Murfreesboro Mayor declares state of emergency

CIM Digital March 21, 2020

Story by Kristi Jones / Contributing writer As COVID-19 continues to spread in the state of Tennessee as well as Rutherford County, Murfreesboro Mayor declared a local State of Emergency Saturday that...

Murfreesboro City Council names City Attorney Craig Tindall as new city manager

Murfreesboro City Council names City Attorney Craig Tindall as new city manager

CIM Digital June 6, 2018

Photo courtesy of the City of Murfreesboro The Murfreesboro City Council officially named City Attorney Craig Tindall to serve as the new city manager on Tuesday, according to a press release from the...

Murfreesboro has lowest violent crime rate of largest Tennessee cities, according to 2017 FBI report

CIM Digital February 14, 2018

Photo by John Conner Coulston / MTSU Sidelines Archive Data shows that Murfreesboro has the lowest violent crime rate of all the largest Tennessee cities, according to the 2017 Preliminary Semiannual...

Murfreesboro branch of NAACP hosts Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast celebration on MTSU campus

Murfreesboro branch of NAACP hosts Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast celebration on MTSU campus

Sidelines January 23, 2018

Photo and story by KeWana McCallum / Contributing Writer The Murfreesboro branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast celebration...

Murfreesboro church holds community forum on racial issues

Murfreesboro church holds community forum on racial issues

Sidelines December 4, 2017

Photo and story by Sabrina Tyson / Contributing Writer Experience Community Church held a forum on racial issues Thursday as part of their monthly Evident series, which is mainly geared toward college...

'We're gonna have a really good time Saturday': Murfreesboro prepares for, rebukes 'White Lives Matter' rally

‘We’re gonna have a really good time Saturday’: Murfreesboro prepares for, rebukes ‘White Lives Matter’ rally

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief October 27, 2017

Updated at 4:51 p.m. on Oct. 27 : Sidelines incorrectly reported that Murfreesboro Loves plans to attend the rally on the Murfreesboro Square on Saturday. Sidelines regrets the error.  Photo by Andrew...

Oaklands wetlands update: City Council approves purchase of acres that include wetlands after unanimous vote

Oaklands wetlands update: City Council approves purchase of acres that include wetlands after unanimous vote

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief August 4, 2017

Photo by Andrew Wigdor / News Editor The Murfreesboro City Council approved the purchase of the almost 12 acres of land that includes the Oakland Park wetlands for $300,000 after a unanimous vote. The...

City of Murfreesboro, MTSU develop new strategies to combat crime with help of MTSU Police, apartment complexes

City of Murfreesboro, MTSU develop new strategies to combat crime with help of MTSU Police, apartment complexes

Photo by Eric Goodwin / Assistant News Editor Officials from the City of Murfreesboro, officials from MTSU and owners and managers of private apartment complexes met on Thursday after the City and MTSU...

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