Good morning, Murfreesboro.

Murfreesboro hosts free family-friendly Halloween events through Oct.

31, including carnival fun at Barfield Crescent Park, a pioneer fair at Cannonsburgh Village, and various trick-or-treat and costume activities across local parks (details vary by venue). Parents should check each listing for times and tips.

The Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore will move to Mercury Plaza early next year, expanding into a facility with triple the space and a doubled retail showroom for donated home goods while keeping its administrative offices at 850 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

Tennessee families can look forward to a new federal tax credit program launching Jan.

1 that will help pay for K-12 costs, as donors receive up to $1,700 per year via nonprofit scholarship granting organizations plus the change expands school choice.

All Access Coach Leasing pledged $250,000 to MTSU's Center for Student Coaching and Success in Murfreesboro on Tuesday, Oct.

6 to fund daily operations and to launch a new speaker series beginning in January.

MTSU Student Programming and Raider Entertainment held a Halloween Build A Boo Basket event on Oct.

6 in the Student Union Ballroom where students picked one of five bears and filled baskets with treats and a blank certificate. The alien bear was the favorite, and more events are planned.

Rutherford Source's weekly eat and drink roundup (Sept.

30–Oct. 7) reports new fall menus, seasonal treats and restaurant deals from last week, including Nothing Bundt Cakes’ Bundtember offering fall flavors until Jan. 3 and the announcement that Rutherford County’s first Flying Biscuit Café will open soon.

The Middle Tennessee high school football schedule for Week 8 shows games on Friday, Oct.

9 with select matchups on Thursday across ten counties including Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, and Rutherford (and it details open dates for many schools) for fans to plan their game nights.