City TV continues Storytellers series with Our People
.jpg?n=4787 "From left are Moderator John Hood, Murfreesboro City Counciol member Ron Washington, City schools outreach coordinator Marisela Tapia and Rutherford County Commissioner and Laotian Community leader Chantho Sourinho.")
City TV continues its Bicentennial Series, Murfreesboro Storytellers, with the February program featuring the theme, “Our People.” Guests for the month will showcase the diversity of our city.
The first airing will be on Monday.
Guests include Chantho Sourinho, County Commissioner and a Leader in the Laotian community; Marisela Tapia, Outreach Coordinator for the City Schools and Ron Washington, Murfreesboro City Council member.
CityTV Photojournalist Michael Nevills produces the show and John Hood serves as Moderator for the series.
The program can be viewed on CityTV saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., Mondays at 8 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.
To view the program on the web, please click on Watch.
City's 2011 violent crimes down in five categories
... but up 1 percent overall
Though 2011 crime statistics showed a slight 1 percent rise overall, a crime report issued by Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) stated Friday, there were decreases in five violent areas, including homicide, rape, robbery, larceny and arson.
Police officials said that total reports of Part I crimes to police in 2011 decreased markedly from 2010.
'Part I Crimes', according to the FBI, include homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson.
Crime trend data indicates there were decreases in five areas of reportable crime and increases in three.
Reports of homicide were down 40 percent in 2011 compared to 2010 or from five to three respectively. Reports of rape went down from 40 in 2010 to 29 in 2011, a 28 percent drop. Robbery went down 31 percent or from 180 in 2010 to 125 in 2011. Reports of Larceny also went down 3 percent from 3,300 in 2010 to 3,185 in 2011 and Reports of Arson went down 80 percent from 15 in 2010 to three in 2011.
Assault reports went up 12 percent from 1,499 to 1,685, Burglary reports were up 3 percent from 1,316 to 1,352 during the year and Reports of Motor Vehicle Thefts were up 16 percent from 149 in 2010 to 173 in 2011.
“We are pleased to see that reports of violent crime, specifically homicides, robberies and rapes decreased in 2011, Chief of Police Glenn Chrisman said. “A priority was placed on implementing strategies to reduce these categories of crime. Here's more ...