06/30/10 Rutherford County planning officials learned Tuesday that state law passed mostly by conservatives in 2009 makes it difficult to reject religious land use requests such as a mosque.
06/29/10 The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has withdrawn its application and request for a conditional use permit to establish a cemetery in the residential zoning district at its Veals Road lot.
06/29/10 A split Rutherford County Commission rejected a proposal Monday to seek a legal ruling on whether the county properly advertised a meeting to consider a mosque site plan.
06/27/10 Supporters of a new mosque in Murfreesboro gathered last week for a prayer vigil at the county courthouse to call for peace and acceptance after the planned 52,000-square-foot Islamic Center faced stiff opposition at a public hearing before the Rutherford County Commission.
06/27/10 Shelbyville police say they were forced to take a child from the arms of a man who allegedly left two children alone in his Wheeler Street home Thursday. A marijuana growing operation was found in...
06/27/10 Two candidates for the 6th Congressional District seat now held by U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon weighed in on the controversy over a plan to build an Islamic center south of Murfreesboro, with one slamming the proposal and another calling on supporters to back it.
06/25/10 A sign marking the site of the new Islamic Center of Murfreesboro was found vandalized for the second time in less than six months Wednesday.
06/25/10 The heavy-hitters in Tennessee's Republican Party attended Friday night's annual Statesmen's Dinner. Many of the politicians steered clear of the controversy that surrounds a proposed Murfreesboro mosque.
06/12/10 Ron Killings is a free man. Almost two years after a crash on Bradyville Pike took the life of an 11-year-old girl and after his acquittal on reckless homicide charges earlier this year, all remaining charges against the former sheriff's detective were dismissed Friday.
05/06/10 Murfreesboro is one step closer to deciding the future of the area surrounding the current Middle Tennessee Medical Center.
02/22/10 A 16-year-old male was arrested for allegedly shooting two people on Bradyville Pike Friday evening.
02/19/10 At least two jurors who acquitted Ron Killings of reckless homicide feel they made the right decision in the case based on the evidence they heard.
02/08/10 A jury was selected in the reckless homicide trial for Rutherford County Detective Sgt. Ron Killings Monday. A total of four men, including one black man, and ten white women were selected to serve in the trial. Those 14 jurors will appear in Rutherford County General Sessions Court at 9 a.m. Tuesday to hear opening arguments and the first day of testimony in the trial. Check out live streaming ...
02/07/10 Former Rutherford County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Ron Killings will get his day in court this week.
01/19/10 The Council on American-Islamic Relations called on local, state and national law enforcement agencies Monday to investigate an "apparently bias-motivated act of vandalism" at the site of a proposed mosque just outside Murfreesboro.
01/18/10 Vandals spray painted "NOT WELCOME" on the sign marking the future site of the Islamic Center.
01/18/10 A sign announcing the new location of a Murfreesboro Islamic Center was vandalized over the weekend.
01/10/10 Murfreesboro's well-traveled West Thompson Lane needs a $30 million upgrade, and because it is also State Route 268, the state should foot the bill, city officials told area legislators Friday.
12/12/09 No matter where you go in Rutherford County this weekend, there are plenty of holiday happenings to take in.
12/11/09 Two deputies from the Cannon County Sheriff's Department were relieved of duty by Sheriff Billy Nichols this week. | 
