Lascassas News

Lascassas residents told Rutherford County's planning consultant Tuesday night they want to maintain the rural atmosphere of their community.

Tennessee's General Assembly was busy this session trying to balance the budget with declining state revenues and a grim economic outlook.

Potential Tennessee Arts Commission Grant recipients for Fiscal Year 2010 were named by State Representative Joe Carr, of Lascassas, this week.

The rural Lascassas community needs to be preserved, residents told planning consultants Tuesday night.

Rutherford County needs a comprehensive plan that will promote jobs and growth while still preserving farms and historical buildings, an official said.

Residents on the northeast side of the county will get the chance to share input tonight about future land use for a comprehensive plan at the first of four open houses.

It was a blast from the past at the Wilson Bank & Trust on Memorial Boulevard Sunday as dozens of antique cars - some dating back to the early '20s - were gathered for a showing of Middle Tennessee's best-kept automobiles.

Rutherford County will lose an estimated $350,000 in annual revenues thanks to a new law that permits auto-makers such as Nissan to give employees and their families tax-free car leases, an official said.

One man robbed the Kroger pharmacist of $2,300 worth of the drug, OxyContin, and walked out about 7:20 p.m. Tuesday from the West Northfield Boulevard store, Murfreesboro Police reported.

Longtime resident Robert Jordan knows the dangers of the 6000 block of Bradyville Pike.

In an attempt to bring citizens, public officials and other groups together in developing a shared vision for land use decision-making in Rutherford County, the county and planning team will hold four open house meetings over the next several weeks.

Three more suspects believed to be affiliated with gangs and accused of robbing a Lascassas man last Wednesday were charged early Friday, a sheriffa s detective reported.

Remember the home invasion we told you about last week in Lascassas? Well, Rutherford County Sheriffa s detectives have made an arrest.

Eagleville festivities Take the family for a day of fun at the Eagleville Main Street Festival, set for all day today.

Residents wanting to share their thoughts about Rutherford County's future growth can do so online now or in person at four upcoming meetings.

Rutherford County's Sheriff's Office is looking for a team of armed men who stormed into a rural Lascassas home Wednesday afternoon and robbed the occupant of goods and cash.

A man was robbed at gunpoint in his Declaration Drive home in Lascassas. Robert Hunter told sheriff's investigators he was forced to lie on the floor of his kitchen Wednesday evening around 5:15 by a man with a gun while another man entered his home.

Wilson Elementary second-grade teacher LaTasha Anderson joined other educators Tuesday in asking county leaders to avoid cuts to school budgets and paychecks.

Baby of the Year You can now enter your baby in The Daily News Journal Baby of the Year photo calendar contest.

Soon-to-be middle-schoolers have been learning what crime fighting is all about this week thanks to student resource officers running the week-long Youth Sheriff's Academy.