The Murfreesboro Post newspaper was allowed to intervene as a plaintiff in the suit. The attorney for the Post, David LaRoche, said the newspaper wanted to intervene because Kevin Fisher and the 14 other plaintiff have contended that the Post is not a newspaper of general circulation.
Because of this, mosque opponents feel proper notice wasn't given when the Rutherford County Regional Planning Commission voted to approve the site plans for the Islamic Center.
Judge Robert Corlew III has set April 25, 2012 at 1 p.m. for the open meeting trial. The plaintiffs attorney Loe Brandon did not object to the paper intervening as a plaintiff.
Opponents of the mosque development on Veals Road filed suit more than a year ago after planning commissioners approved the project.
In late September, the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro broke ground on the first phase of the development and construction work has since begun.
Still at issue for mosque opponents is whether public officials provided proper notice about the meetings leading up to approval of the plans.
Thursday, May 24 2012 1:39 PM EDT2012-05-24 17:39:07 GMT
Country superstar Tim McGraw doesn't believe saying thank you is enough for veterans. So he is going to give them a home.Mcgraw will give away 25 mortgage free homes on his summer concert tour.One homeMore >>
Country superstar Tim McGraw doesn't believe saying thank you is enough for veterans. So he is going to give them homes.More >>
Saturday, May 26 2012 9:23 AM EDT2012-05-26 13:23:53 GMT
A crash victim who was found in the middle of a Clarksville road died at a hospital early Saturday. According to police, a driver found the injured man at about 3 a.m. on Autumnwood Boulevard. He wasMore >>
A crash victim who was found in the middle of a Clarksville road died at a hospital early Saturday.More >>
Friday, May 25 2012 7:04 PM EDT2012-05-25 23:04:26 GMT
The Rutherford County grand jury has indicted three men, and another faces charges, after authorities said they raped girls between the ages of 5 and 12. One of the suspects, John Olivieri, 44, of PolkMore >>
A Rutherford County grand jury has indicted three men, and another faces charges, after authorities said they raped girls between the ages of 5 and 12.More >>
Saturday, May 26 2012 9:07 AM EDT2012-05-26 13:07:52 GMT
Metro police say an east Nashville couple was asleep in their home when three armed robbers broke in early Saturday. The home invasion happened just before 3 a.m. at a home on Shelby Avenue. AccordingMore >>
Metro police say an east Nashville couple was asleep in their home when three armed robbers broke in early Saturday.More >>
Friday, May 25 2012 10:00 PM EDT2012-05-26 02:00:17 GMT
Some customers of a local business are fed up. They bought gift certificates for a day spa only to find out the salon has closed their doors. The gift certificates were Mother's Day presents to ElysiumMore >>
Some customers of a local business are fed up. They bought gift certificates for a day spa only to find out the salon had closed its doors.More >>
Friday, May 25 2012 10:16 PM EDT2012-05-26 02:16:14 GMT
Imagine how scary it would be to wake up to the sound of armed men pounding on your door. One Middle Tennessee judicial magistrate said that happened to him last week for no good reason. Judicial MagistrateMore >>
Imagine how scary it would be to wake up to the sound of armed men pounding on your door. One Middle Tennessee judicial magistrate said that happened to him last week for no good reason.More >>
Saturday, May 26 2012 4:37 PM EDT2012-05-26 20:37:54 GMT
A Franklin woman was flown to the hospital after a deer crashed into her car on Interstate 24 near the Tennessee - Kentucky line. According to Kentucky State Police, Loutiscia Moran, 56, was in the eastboundMore >>
A Franklin woman was flown to the hospital after a deer crashed into her car on Interstate 24 near the Tennessee-Kentucky line.More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 7:46 AM EDT2012-05-22 11:46:12 GMT
Parents may pay the price for an illicit love affair between a teenage girl and her grown-up boyfriend. Stephen Rogers Jr. faces a charge of statutory rape, but police here also charged his girlfriend'sMore >>
Parents may pay the price for an illicit love affair between a teenage girl and her grown-up boyfriend.More >>
Saturday, May 26 2012 12:51 PM EDT2012-05-26 16:51:28 GMT
Country legend George Jones is now resting at home after being released from the hospital. According to his publicist, the Country Music Hall of Fame member is battling an upper respiratory infection. "IMore >>
Country legend George Jones is now resting at home after being released from the hospital.More >>
Saturday, May 26 2012 7:16 AM EDT2012-05-26 11:16:31 GMT
Early Saturday morning, police responded to a shooting in north Nashville. Police found a man who was shot twice in the back, and once on his side at Clay Street near 12th Avenue North Street. AccordingMore >>
Police found a man shot three times in north Nashville on Clay Street.More >>
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