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Man faces vehicular homicide charges

A Murfreesboro man faces vehicular homicide charges Friday in connection with the February death of a Wilson County woman. Megan Carter, 26, of Mt. Juliet, died Feb. 10 at the scene of a single-vehicle crash in Lebanon, and police believe that speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.

25 indicted on drug-related charges

An 18-month undercover investigation in Lebanon has netted dozens of drug-related charges. Law enforcement from multiple agencies – including Lebanon police, the Wilson County Sheriff’s office, Office of Inspector General, Tennessee Department of Corrections, DEA, TBI and FBI &...

BREAKING NEWS: Mt. Juliet Relay For Life moved indoors

Mt. Juliet city officials moved the Relay For Life, scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m. until Saturday at 5 a.m., indoors due to rain. The event will be in the community center at Charlie Daniels Park.

BREAKING NEWS: Multiple crashes cause delays on I-40

Police report multiple crashes on Interstate 40 in Wilson County between Lebanon and Mt. Juliet are causing traffic delays. Police said incidents in both the westbound and eastbound lanes are causing traffic to be backed up in both directions.

Landfill has new summer schedule

Anyone looking to rid their garage of paint cans, old wooden boards or most anything else that might be cluttering up the place, this summer might be the time to do it. Beginning in April, the Wilson County Landfill adopted its summer hours and is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon...

School safety takes center stage

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in school-age children with numbers far surpassing that of school shootings. But it’s incidents like an active shooter situation in an elementary school in Sandy Hook, Conn., in December that killed 20 children and six adults, whi...

City proposes final fix to deficit

A series of budget cuts, coupled with a less-severe tax increase than what was previously suggested and further borrowing from the city’s fund balance to pay for capital expenditures appears to be the Lebanon City Council’s recipe to erase a $2.6 million deficit and pass a balanced bu...

401(k) may replace city pensions

A proposed plan to allow new Lebanon workers to buy into a matching 401(k) instead of guaranteed pensions funded solely by the city could save millions over time if approved by the Lebanon City Council. City Finance Director Russell Lee pitched the idea Wednesday during a Lebanon City Coun...

Senate votes to stop Corps

U.S. senators Thursday voted to halt a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to restrict fishing below dams. The legislation, proposed by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., passed unanimously. If enacted, this bill would ban the Corps from implementing fishing restrictions for two years, wh...

Ice cream set to cure

Area residents can satisfy that sweet tooth Friday while helping fight brain cancer. Lebanon’s Baskin Robbins, located at 1023 W. Main St., will donate 31 percent of all proceeds from sales made between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. to Team Fighting for Ronnie’s donation to the Nashville ...