Daily News Journal

A Murfreesboro resident contends a Burnt Knob rock quarry operator violated the original land use site-plan permit by excavating deeper than 60 feet and going beyond daytime hours of operation. Full Story »

The mother of MTSU basketball player DeMario Williams was found slain late Monday night at her home in Albany, Ga. Full Story »

A group of Savannah Ridge parents are wondering why their Barfield Elementary students will be sent to Buchanan Middle when they live five minutes from Christiana Middle. Full Story »

Rutherford County small business owner Jim Thompson has been giving to United Way in Tennessee or Georgia for over 30 years. Full Story »

The weather has taken a turn for the decidedly colder, but there isn't any white stuff expected to fall along with it. Full Story »

Hobgood Elementary was named a 2010 Title I Distinguished School for significantly closing the achievement gap between student groups. Full Story »

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been asked to look into a complaint by a teenager participating in a sheriff's youth program who claims one of the officers pushed him down and dragged him. Full Story »

Preliminary autopsy results indicate no foul play was involved in the death of a Smyrna man who was reported missing from a Tullahoma night club late last month. Full Story »

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a charitable organization connecting generosity with need in 40 Middle Tennessee counties, has distributed more than $30,000 in grants to eight Rutherford County nonprofit organizations as part of the foundation's annual grant-making process. Full Story »

Murfreesboro Police responded to a female being shot in the back at the 400 block of Forrest Street near Middle Tennessee Medical Center at around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday night, according to dispatcher reports. Full Story »

SMYRNA — Blackman defeated Smyrna 21-6 today at Smyrna Bowling Center to win the District 7 girls bowling tournament and advance to next month's Region 4 tournament as the top seed from the district. Full Story »

The mother of MTSU basketball player DeMario Williams was murdered late Monday night at her home in Albany, Ga. Full Story »

MTSU football turned a corner Wednesday night. Full Story »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — MTSU's women hit a school-record 20 3-pointers, placed four players in double figures and led wire-to-wire in a 94-84 triumph at defending national runner-up Louisville Wednesday night at Freedom Hall. Full Story »

Titans defensive tackle Jason Jones was scheduled for season-ending shoulder surgery on Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the season. Full Story »

Justin Gage hasn't played since suffering a back injury on Nov. 8 at San Francisco, but this should be the week the veteran receiver returns to action, Coach Jeff Fisher said on Wednesday. Gage practiced again and has been cleared to play. Full Story »

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Sophomore Stacy Oladinni has been named South All-Region as announce by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Wednesday. Full Story »

Each week I will be writing a short blog letting people know the topics of DNJ editorials planned for the next few days. Please feel free to respond with your opinions on these issues and even to suggest other editorial ideas that we could focus on. Full Story »

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee officials say they are "cooperating fully" with the NCAA in its investigation into some of the school's football recruiting practices. Full Story »

The Rutherford County Sheriffs Office issued this press release Wednesday afternoon: Full Story »

Residents of Rutherford and Cannon County hoping for a more substantial snow than last weekend's dusting will have to wait a while longer. Full Story »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong is headed to Louisville to be the Cardinals' head coach. Full Story »

Murfreesboro Police answered a call Sunday afternoon from a mother complaining that her son was assaulted by a sheriff's deputy while he was participating in a youth program. Full Story »

Rutherford County Chancellor Robert Corlew III has ruled against a rock quarry operator's request to dismiss a rezoning lawsuit filed against the company by the Rutherford County Commission. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- The Tennessee Valley Authority will spend at least $1 billion to make improvements to the coal ash storage facilities at 10 of its coal-fired plants, TVA president Tom Kilgore testified today. Full Story »