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Police say crime on the rise in public housing areas

The federal housing projects in Lebanon have become a hot spot for crime, according to Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen. “Those housing projects are not being utilized for what they were made for,” Bowen said. “A significant portion of folks up there are there to deal dope.â€...

Commission votes to appoint third judge but doesn’t decide who gets the job

Wilson County is getting a third General Sessions court judge. But not right away. After a long meeting of the Wilson County Commission filled with arguments over the intricacies of parliamentary procedure, commissioners left the courthouse with a number of long-running county issues finally laid ...

Mt. Juliet mayor no longer employed by real estate developer

Nashville company Commercial Realty Services – the developer responsible for Mt. Juliet Crossings in West Wilson – has told Mt. Juliet Mayor Linda Elam they no longer need her services. Elam, a commercial lawyer, had been CRS’s full-time, in-house attorney until her employment...

Trial set for Jan. 22 for carjacking suspects

Four men accused of carjacking a Trousdale County man and murdering another man in Davidson County last month will face trial in Trousdale County Court Jan. 22, 2008. Judge John D. Wootten, Jr., set the early 2008 trial date during a criminal court session in Hartsville. Wootten also set Sept. 10...

Beavers calls for ‘more accountability’ of judges

State Sen. Mae Beavers said she’s in favor of a call for increased accountability standards for state judges made on the editorial page of The Lebanon Democrat Tuesday. “I agreed with the editorial,” she said. “I have long thought there needs to me more accountability for...

Fireworks arsenal used to assault police

While many people in Lebanon were admiring the fireworks last week, others were using them as a means of assaulting officers. “It’s been going on for probably the last 10 years,” Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen said of the assaults. “This year seemed to be a little worse....

Teacher goes to space camp

Joyln Mitchell, a Lebanon resident who teaches at Merroll Hyde Magnet School, recently had an experience that was out of this world. Thanks to a scholarship from Honeywell Industries, she got to go to space camp in Huntsville, Ala. “I grew up in the ‘60s and ‘70s. I remember the ...

Woman killed in head-on collission

More details became available on Wednesday regarding the head-on collision in Mt. Juliet that resulted in the death of one woman. The accident occurred at Lebanon Road, just West of Mt. Juliet Road. Dorothy J. Griffin, 64, of Lebanon, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Accident Investi...

Mt. Juliet threatens to withhold funds from JECDB

Unhappy with the current set-up, Mt. Juliet’s City Commission is asking for a shake-up of the composition of the county’s economic development board. At Thursday’s Joint Economic and Community Development Board Executive Committee meeting, Mt. Juliet Mayor Linda Elam presented...

New General Sessions Judge could be appointed Monday night

The County Commission could take the final step towards adding a third General Sessions Court Judge to the county bench Monday night. Commissioners will first vote to approve a private act passed by the legislature last session that grants the county government the right to appoint the new judge. ...

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