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Today’s edition · Thurs., Nov. 5

Your Thursday news notes and a look at weekend plans in Murfreesboro

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News Notes

Football

Seven Murfreesboro area football teams are in the first round of the TSSAA state playoffs this week. Riverdale, Smyrna and PCA host Friday night, and MTCS has a bye and hosts next week. Oakland, Blackman and Eagleville have to win on the road. No. 4 Cookeville (5-5) visits No. 1 Riverdale (9-1). The Daily News JournalMain Street Media of Tennessee

Basketball

Middle Tennessee opened its season with a 117-73 win over Fisk on Monday. Quintero Barnett scored 24 points, Eli Rice had 18 and Marcus Whitlock had 17. MTSU hosts Murfreesboro City Schools students for Education Day on Dec. 3. The Lady Raiders opened the Matt Insell era with a 91-84 overtime win over Saint Louis and face Memphis on Friday. CBS Sportsmurfreesboro.comWGNS Radio

Barnett scored 24 points for Middle Tennessee against Fisk

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Quintero Barnett24 points
Eli Rice18 points
Marcus Whitlock17 points

K9 Wiley

After eight years, Rutherford County Sheriff's Office K9 Wiley has retired. He helped pull more than 11,000 pounds of illegal substances off the streets and assisted in locating 23 firearms. His former handler, Josh Gregory, partnered with him through his final assignment. WKRN News 2Rutherford Source

Buc-ee's

Buc-ee's is set to debut a new travel center in Murfreesboro on Nov. 16. murfreesboro.com

Veterans Day

An America 250 Veterans Day celebration is set for Wed., Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. on the Murfreesboro square. A Revolutionary War reenactor will take attendees back to 1790 and Capt. William Lytle. WGNS Radio

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There is a white and black cat that continues to run loose in the neighborhood.

“I don’t want to call Paws to have it picked up!!! So if the owner would PLEASE keep the cat home and not on my cars, deck, porch, backyard or aggravating my dogs it would be greatly appreciated.”

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The Wrap

Before 1927, Rutherford County had no hospital at all. A grant from the New York-based Commonwealth Fund built the original Rutherford Hospital on three acres at Bell and University Streets, then the outskirts of Murfreesboro. The hospital grew through expansions into today's Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Center, which moved to a 68.5-acre campus on Medical Center Parkway on Oct. 2, 2010. Quite the glow-up.

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Morning Murfreesboroto me · Thurs., Nov. 56:00 a.m.

Your Thursday news notes and a look at weekend plans in Murfreesboro

Plus, what's in News Notes, and a poll on your weekend plans.

The TLDR

  1. Seven Rutherford County teams open the football playoffs
  2. Buc-ee's sets a Nov. 16 debut for its Murfreesboro travel center
  3. K9 Wiley retires after eight years with the sheriff's office
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