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Bus drivers say locking bathroom at fuel stop 'inhumane'

Wilson County school system bus drivers are having a hard time dealing with locked bathrooms at their Mt. Juliet fuel station. The drivers work for First Student which is the bus transportation company contracted by the Wilson County School System to transport students to and from school. Recentl...

Extreme heat to continue during county fair

The first day of the Wilson County Fair is fast approaching and, with temperatures hovering, attendees need to take some precautions. Wilson County Emergency Management will provide a free class on Saturday on preventing heat-related emergencies, and University Medical Center will host first aid si...

Heat blamed for death of fair worker

A worker assembling a ride for the Wilson County Fair appears to have been the first heat-related fatality in Middle Tennessee this summer. Emergency management personnel responded to a call on Wednesday from the fairgrounds regarding a possible fatality. The 48-year-old man was found unresponsi...

Watertown town couple charge with sexual assault arrested on drug charges

A Watertown couple that has caught law enforcementâ€™s eye in more than one county is due to appear in Lebanon Circuit Court Monday morning. Billy Robert Eaton Jr., 63, of Watertown and girlfriend Teresa Hallback, 35, who lived with Eaton, were previously arrested in a case involving an alleg...

County issues burn halt during heat wave

With dry and hot conditions persisting across the Midstate, Wilson County safety officials are doing their best to keep fires under control. While only the governor can issue an official â€œburn ban,â€ local governments do have some degree of control on burning. Wilson County Emergency Ma...

Mt. Juliet Commission censures vice mayor

MT. JULIET â€” Mt. Juliet's Vice Mayor was publicly censured during Monday's City Commission meeting after fireworks erupted during discussion about an anonymous ethics complaint filed against him alleging misuse of position or authority. Tempers erupted leading to the 3-1 vote to censure Vic...

Committee talks of 20-cent property tax hike

On Monday night, Director of Schools Mike Davis was the last department head to present his budget and needs assessment to the countyâ€™s finance board. Now comes the hard part - funding. With only $103,000 in the countyâ€™s general fund balance and nearly every department throughout th...

City, community plans for downtown revitalization

People from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences met at Cumberland University on Thursday and Friday to discuss Lebanonâ€™s potential to have a transit-oriented city center. â€œThe greatest source of knowledge that the government can have is from the people, from a cross-section ...

Competitors turn in entries for fair contets

If Fridayâ€™s festivities are considered the kick-off for the county fair, yesterday could be called the preseason. Non-perishable entries for judging at the Wilson County Fair were turned in at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center. For five hours on a hot weekend day, the pavilions at the f...

HomeRun Market, Norene General Store join list of recent burglaries

Wilson County Sheriffâ€™s Deputies responded to alarms at two local markets which were burglarized earlier this week. On Sunday, Aug. 5, deputies responded to a motion alarm at HomeRun Market on Highway 109 North, according to a sheriffâ€™s report. Upon arrival, they observed the glass...