MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Best friends and recent Bartlett High School graduates Kristen Gish and Han Mi Ko were part of MTSU’s newest wave of students attending CUSTOMS freshman orientation recently.
Both from Bartlett, Tennessee, near Memphis, and set to be roommates this fall, Gish and Ko were joined by nearly 250 other MTSU Class of 2026 members — part of the summerlong group of more than 3,000 new freshmen and transfer students taking part i .
A pedestrian was struck by an oncoming vehicle just before 8:00 Thursday morning in Murfreesboro. Police had to shut down the westbound lanes of Old Fort Pkwy near New Salem Road to investigate the accident. The collision occurred near the Tennessee College of Applied Technology.
Murfreesboro Police report an SUV struck the pedestrian, but further details have yet to be released. Traffic had to be rerouted onto New Salem Road, which allowed for the Eastbound lanes to remain open. However, traff .
(MURFREESBORO) WGNS has an update on the old Mid South Bank building that was auctioned off in July of 2020. Two years ago, the building on the downtown square was owned by the county and last used as the Rutherford County District Attorneys office. After the new judicial center was opened, the county had no need for the structure and decided to sell it at a public auction.
The building was sold to Martin McGill and his wife for $810,000 in 2020. After two years of preparations and remodeling .
Eliza Abston, a rising senior at Central Magnet School, has been named a winner of the 2022 Carson Scholarship. Abston’s secret to winning the scholarship as a junior — community service. Lots of it.
For the year, Abston has logged nearly 120 hours of community service. “I volunteer a lot at my church to experience community here,” Abston said. “I got my hours for the Carson Scholarship because I just regularly serve with kids.”
Abston has also spent t .
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – WGNS has more details on the pedestrian / SUV related accident that occurred on Thursday morning in Murfreesboro. Evidently, the victim was a young child. According to police, the three-year-old child was accidentally hit and injured by the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) after the child ran into traffic on busy Old Fort Parkway on Thursday, May 26.
The little girl was rushed to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to be treated for injuries. She is in stable .