Mike Osborne

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  The National Weather Service says the heat wave Middle Tennessee is enduring has broken high temperature records dating back to the 1870s.

The Weather Service office in Nashville says a temperature of 109 degrees was recorded at the airport on Friday afternoon, a new all-time record. Murfreesboro also set a new record, hitting an all-time high of 108 degrees.

Lead forecaster Sam Shamburger says we’re going to see some change in the weather this week.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn (WMOT)  --  A Rutherford County judge has reaffirmed his earlier ruling that the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro will not be allowed to occupy its new mosque.

At the end of May Rutherford County Chancellor Robert Corlew voided the mosque’s construction permit, saying the county failed to provide proper notice for the meeting where the permit was approved.

Corlew allowed construction of the mosque to continue, but told the county it could not issue a certificate of occupancy for the building once it’s complete.

MURFREESBORO: Tenn. (WMOT)  --  Middle Tennessee State has signed an agreement that will result in a student exchange between the university and a school in the nation of Turkey.

MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Dr. Resit Ozkanca of Meliksah University in Kayseri, Turkey, inked the deal Monday in Murfreesboro.

Dr. McPhee says his goal in signing the agreement is to help prepare students to compete in the global market place.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  Tennessee has largely kept its state retiree pension promises, making it one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal state pension report.

A new study by the Pew Center on the States says that as of the end of 2010 the fiftey states were $1.38 trillion behind in payments to retiree pension and health care accounts.

So, after the latest Supreme Court ruling about indecency, broadcast stations can do anything they want, right? Wrong.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  Students from all over the country are here in Middle Tennessee this week to attend Grammy Camp.

The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences puts on the camps through its Grammy Foundation. According to Foundation spokesman David Series about 30 students were invited to attend the Nashville camp.

“We want high school students to understand about the entire music industry, so we provide them information and instruction on the industry.”

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) — A Texas man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of violating the civil rights of members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro.

Federal officials say 24 year-old Corpus Christi, Texas, resident Javier Alan Correa phoned a threat into the Murfreesboro Mosque September 5, 2011, promising that a bomb would go off in the mosque on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Marshals are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a suspect wanted in connection with a bomb threat.

A felony arrest warrant has been issued for 51 year-old William T. Moon of Tracy City for making a false report. Investigators allege that Moon called in the threat to the Rutherford County Judicial Building May 31.

The threat closed the Judicial building for several hours while bomb-sniffing dogs were brought in to search the facility.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  It’s long been known that college graduates earn more money.  A new  study suggests earning a degree quickly may also pay off in higher earnings.

A new study by the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) says that students who earn a degree within four years make more money than those who take longer to finish.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn (WMOT)  --  Murfreesboro Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in connection with an assault that took place in February at a MTSU fraternity party.

In a statement to police, 24 year-old Fayetteville, Tenn., resident Logan William Horton says that early on the morning of February 19 he was assaulted while attending a party at the Middle Tennessee State University chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house.