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Tenn. bill adds new challenges to voter registration drives

NASHVILLE PRIDE — The Tennessee House has passed a bill that aims to clamp down on voter-registration drives. House Bill 1079, sponsored by Rep. Tim Rudd, R-Murfreesboro,...

Economy7 years ago

MTSU Proud of its Long Service to Low-Income Students

THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, in a note to university community Friday, underscored MTSU’s standing as a destination of choice for first-generation students...

Participants are, from left, front row, MTSU Police Chief Buddy Peaster, Deborah Oleshansky of the Jewish faith, committee member Michael Jones, Sheriff’s Major Steve Spence and committee member Tanika Jones; second row, committee members Linell Linell, Rick Rodriguez and Rev. Richard Sibert of Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Saleh Sbenaty of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, committee members Steven Scheid, Dawn Rhodes and Irma Rodriguez; back row, MTSU Capt. Jeff Martinez, Aaron Crossley of the Baha’i faith, Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh, Walter Atkinson of the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service, Sheriff’s Detective Capt. Britt Reed and Chief Deputy Keith Lowery and Murfreesboro Police Chief Michael Bowen.

Crime7 years ago

DOJ Holds Local Hate Crime Forum

THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — It’s been six months since the racially-motivated desecration of Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church, another incident in a growing trend of such crimes...

Rev. Richard Sibert stands at the pulpit of Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church which was vandalized in September. Photo by Ashley Benkarski

Crime7 years ago

Punishment Accepted for Desecrating Local Black Church

THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Four teenage boys who pleaded guilty to vandalism and burglary of a predominantly black church have started their probationary periods as handed...

In a photo from a church member, Associate Pastor Goldy Wade is seen talking on a cell phone, and on a table at right is a fire extinguisher. The church was vandalized when a fire extinguisher was sprayed in the sanctuary.

Crime8 years ago

Volunteers Clean Racist Graffiti From Church Near Murfreesboro

THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Four teenage boys were in custody Tuesday, accused by Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies of vandalizing an African American church that was being...

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DOJ Holds Local Hate Crime Forum

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Volunteers Clean Racist Graffiti From Church Near Murfreesboro

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Tenn. bill adds new challenges to voter registration drives

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