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Locals swarm Murfreesboro’s new skate park on opening day
After years of anticipation and community advocacy, Nate Williams, director of the Murfreesboro Parks & Recreation department, cut the ceremonial ribbon to officiate the opening of a new skate park on July 19. Williams considered multiple potential layouts for the park since planning began in 2021. The 12,000-square-foot skate park...
Where is Buc-ee's Middle Tennessee location? What we know about planned 'Big Store' near Nashville
Buc-ee's continues to inch its way closer to Nashville. The massive, Southern travel center will soon be opening a location in Murfreesboro, just 34 miles from Music City, bringing roadtripping Nashvillians closer than ever to the chain's vast variety of fudge, Texas barbecue and squeaky clean bathrooms. ...
There is a new bass in town
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The world of largemouth bass records in Tennessee, and other states, may have become more complicated. In February 2024, International Game Fish Association (IGFA) staff and biologist Dr. Andrew Taylor of the University of North Georgia co-authored a scientific article in the American Fisheries Society journal Fisheries, titled “Updating Angling Records to Advance Sport Fish Conservation.” The study reviewed the current science related to black bass genetics, and as a result, the IGFA has now decided to treat Florida largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and Northern Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans) as two totally different species.
Roots Rendezvous: A Celebration of Music and Arts at Hop Springs
MURFREESBORO, TN - Roots Rendezvous, presented by Uncle Dave Macon Days, will take place at Hop Springs in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on September 6 and 7, 2024. Longtime organizer Gloria Christy told WGNS…. The music begins at 4:30 pm with Stones River Bluegrass and Caleb Christopher Edwards. Later, the evening will...
For another generation, Texas continues to double down in Tennessee
Welcome to The Pick, The Tennessean music staff's weekly email conversation about all things you need to know — hot insider takes from Music City's legendary creative community, plus the who, what and where impacting our communities from Lower Broadway to Leiper's Fork and beyond. I'm Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean's country music reporter. Miranda...
JD Vance grew up in Appalachia, here's why Tennessee's Mountain Dew is a source of pride
JD Vance's joke tying racism to Tennessee's own Diet Mountain Dew made national news because pundits said, frankly, it came off as a little weird. But let's get to the heart of the issue. Why is the Republican vice presidential candidate talking about Mountain Dew? ...
Tennessee Cemetery Has a Creepy Mountain Dew Headstone
While Mountain Dew has not met its untimely death, it has still being immortalized on a headstone located in a Tennessee cemetery. It's even got a working bottle opener attached to it, too. Why Is There A Mountain Dew Headstone?. No, it isn't there to mark the grave of the...
Surcheros Fresh Mex signs franchise deal for seven units in Tennessee, US
American restaurant chain Surcheros Fresh Mex has announced its entry to Tennessee with a new franchise agreement. The deal, signed with Tennessee-based WilCo Fresh Mex, will see the introduction of seven new Surcheros units in the Nashville area in the company’s largest development deal to date. Franchise partner WilCo...
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