RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - In a historic verdict, 26-year-old Brian Jeffrey Burke, Jr. of Murfreesboro, TN has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the aggravated rape of a child, marking the first instance of the tougher penalty imposed under an amended Tennessee State law in Rutherford County. The verdict was reached swiftly by a Rutherford County jury, taking only 15 minutes after the conclusion of the three-day trial. Rutherford County Circuit Court J .
(MURFREESBORO) A Murfreesboro man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for aggravated rape of a child. He’s the first person in Rutherford County to face the tougher penalty under an amended Tennessee State law. A Rutherford County jury only took 15-minutes to return a guilty verdict after the three-day trail of 26-year-old Brian Jeffrey Burke, Jr.
Rutherford County Circuit Court Judge James A. Turner sentenced Burke, Jr. to a mandat .
(MURFREESBORO) The African-American Heritage Society of Rutherford County is unveiling and dedication of a memorial to those enslaved on Oaklands Plantation and other individuals buried in unmarked graves that are located in section M of Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro. The event will take place next week at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning (6/24/2023) in Section M at Evergreen Cemetery.
The new monument that's being unveiled next week is located near a unique metal structure&nb .
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENN. – Another update for Rutherford County property owners… A special “Notice to Taxpayers of Rutherford County Tennessee” is being mailed out in May from the Assessor of Property. The notice will allow property owners to see how much their land and home values have increased since the last time properties were assessed by the Assessor of Property more than 4-years ago.Before we go any further, Realtor David Estes explained to WGNS what some of the c .