(RUTHERFORD COUNTY) If you call 911 and need help, you can now TEXT if you can't talk!
A human trafficking victim can’t risk calling 911 for help so she waits until the trafficker sleeps and quietly texts 911.
A domestic violence victim fears for her life but is scared to alert her attacker so she texts 911.
A 16-year-old at home alone hears someone breaking into the home and texts 911.
A hearing and speech-impaired resident experiences a medical crisis and texts 911.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center (MECC) Communications Specialist II Jeffery Harter receives the Emergency Number Professionals (ENP) Certification, becoming one of only seven in Rutherford County to attain the prestigious professional designation.
Harter was notified he received the ENP Certification in April 2023. Harter is a one-year MECC employee with more than 17 years emergency communications experience.
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The digital divide in Rutherford County could soon be closing as Eagleville and Rockvale residents prepare to receive access to high-speed, broadband internet service as early as this summer.
The Murfreesboro Planning Commission delayed a vote about changing the name of Mercury Boulevard to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for two weeks after a lengthy discussion to keep or drop the doctoral title.
As stated in previous meetings, a two-mile section of Mercury Boulevard would become Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and a 600-foot stretch of road beyond South Rutherford would take on the name John Bragg Highway.
The concern is whether or not including Kingâs doctoral title stems from the potential navigation mishaps that could come from âDoctorâ and âDriveâ sharing the same abbreviation.
Feedback from the Rutherford County Emergency Communications District pointed said that could affect emergency responders. The Murfreesboro Transportation Department also stated that it would not be advisable to use the âDr.â abbreviation as a prefix.