Hobby Lobby to celebrate grand opening of its Mt. Juliet store

The Mt. Juliet store is Hobby Lobby’s 26th location in Tennessee. Rick Mannon is the store manager of the 53,000 square-foot retail facility on Belinda Parkway.

Best of Wilson County: Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics

Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics, one of the largest orthopedic groups in the county, brings high-volume cutting-edge research and technology right here to the community.

Inmate in critical condition following suicide attempt in jail

A Wilson County Jail inmate is in critical condition at Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon after he was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday morning after an apparent suicide attempt.

Southeastern Tank celebrates 40 years in Tennessee

Southeastern Tank, a company that provides water tanks, celebrates its 40th year of operation in Tennessee, the state in which it was founded.

Woman found lying in yard arrested

Wilson County sheriff’s deputies responded to a home Wednesday on Old Shannon Road in Lebanon for a report of a woman lying in a yard.

Mock wreck warns Mt. Juliet students not to drive distracted

Mt. Juliet police officers, Wilson Emergency Management Agency paramedics and Mt. Juliet firefighters presented a mock crash Thursday at Mt. Juliet High School to remind students of the dangers of distracted driving in anticipation of Saturday’s prom.

Knoxville men indicted, arrested on theft charges

An investigation by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents led to the indictment of two Knoxville men on theft charges.

Metro Nashville police recover another stolen car, more guns

The Metro Nashville police’s juvenile crime task force recovered another stolen vehicle and two more guns from five young men who attempted to flee officers.

State unemployment rate remains near historic lows

Gov. Bill Haslam and Burns Phillips, Department of Labor and Workforce Development commissioner, announced Thursday the March statewide unemployment rate for Tennessee remained near historic lows and matched the revised rate from February.

Tennessee Ready testing issues persist

Problems with the Tennessee Ready online assessment continued Thursday, one day after state lawmakers questioned Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen following two days of Tennessee Ready issues throughout the state.

Police call Sunday shooting ‘drug deal gone bad’

Lebanon police said Thursday a shooting that happened Sunday night at the Pilot Travel Center and left two teens dead was “a drug deal gone bad.”

Hall named National Geographic Bee state semifinalist

The National Geographic Society recently named Walter J. Baird Middle School eighth grader Kaven Hall, son of Tricia Dittmer, a Tennessee National Geographic Bee semifinalist.

Community Calendar and The People's Agenda

J.C. Bowman: The trouble with testing

With an infusion of $501 million federal dollars of Race to the Top money, we hurried to increase standards by adopting Common Core, which we corrected by moving back to state standards.

Tales from the Past: Storm blows through Wilson County in 1998

I was at my grandparent’s house in Pointe Barton. We had to go over to a neighbor’s house, where the water from the lake had come all the way up to his garage. We stood in water that was up to our knees as we tried to move things into his house where, he hoped, they would be safe.