Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is hosting a "topping out" ceremony on Friday to celebrate as the final steel beam is raised to the top of Tennessee’s first neighborhood hospital in Murfreesboro. Located on Veterans Parkway off Interstate 840 in Murfreesboro's Westlawn community, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Westlawn Hospital is expected to open in early 2023.
President and CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford told WGNS what their new complex will include. This highly an .
UPDATE. There were no injuries in the incident involving a tractor trailer truck that caught fire on Saturday afternoon on I-24 East at the I-840 interchange in Murfreesboro. John Grider with the Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed, "There was no crash or injuries." The cause of the fire is under investigation.
10PM: The semi truck and trailer that caught fire is still sitting on the edge of the interstate. It is marked off by cones.
The fire happened on I-24 East at 1:14 Saturday a .
The racetrack that sits on a large piece of land at the edge of Rutherford and Wilson Counties is no longer dormant. Reopening of the speedway took place during the last half of the COVID Pandemic in 2021. Erik Moses took-on the task of reopening the Nashville Superspeedway after the racetrack closed some 10-years ago. He suggested that 2019 may have been a turning point that helped propel the racetrack forward in 2021… Moses, a veteran sports executive, is the Pre .
(Rutherford County, Tenn.) - The Blackman area along Veterans Parkway near I-840 is quickly becoming a smaller version of Medical Center Parkway or a mini medical corridor. Last September (2021), Vanderbilt Medical Center announced plans to build a new hospital in the Blackman area near I-840 and Veterans Parkway. Over the past 7 to 8 months, the medical institute has designed and planned what that structure will look like and has confirmed they are ready to move forward, as stated by Murfreesbo .