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STDs on the Rise: Rutherford County Sees 21.5% Increase During Pandemic, Ranked 12th in Tennessee

Aug 21, 2024 at 02:05 pm by WGNS News

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rising in the U.S., with chlamydia rates nearly doubling over the past 24-years and gonorrhea rates going up by 50%. Syphilis rates.... Read More

Cool Aid Program Seeks Fans and AC Units Amid Heat Wave

Jul 12, 2024 at 03:58 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - The temperature outside is dangerously high and will remain so throughout the weekend and next week. Heat index values could reach as high as 112 deg.... Read More

Dangerously Hot in the Days to Come: Community Urged to Check on Vulnerable Neighbors

Jul 11, 2024 at 12:39 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - As the temperature soars in Rutherford County, residents are urged to be cautious of the dangerously high heat index readings, expected to surpass th.... Read More

2-Murfreesboro Lawmakers Stand Against Proposed Landfill Permit Modification

Apr 30, 2024 at 08:46 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - State Representative Bryan Terry, MD, R-Murfreesboro, and Deputy Senate Speaker Shane Reeves, R-Murfreesboro, on Tuesday expressed solidarity.... Read More

Dairy Cows in Several States Affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Mar 28, 2024 at 09:58 am by Chandelar Williams

Tennessee - In recent developments, a concerning issue has emerged affecting older dairy cows in regions across Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico. Recent test results have identif.... Read More

Walking with a Purpose: Public Health Director representing Tennessee in the 2022 United States of America’s Mrs. Pageant in Las Vegas, NV

Jan 18, 2022 at 10:29 am by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN — Rutherford County Public Health Director LaShan Dixon will be traveling to the 2022 United States of America Mrs. Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada th.... Read More

Trio of public health and safety buildings slated for Rockvale, Christiana, Walter Hill campuses

Aug 18, 2021 at 07:51 pm by WGNS

The Rutherford County School Board unanimously approved a request from the County Commission’s Public Safety Committee to build a trio public health and safety buildings.... Read More

Blair Named Rutherford County’s Public Health Assistant Director

Apr 21, 2021 at 10:58 am by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN—Rutherford County Health Department (RCHD) announced Friday that John Blair will serve as the County’s new Public Health Assistant Director.T.... Read More