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Preds marketing chief says team move is up to fans

The Nashville Predators are safe and sound in the Music City. Provided there are fans to fill the seats. That was the message delivered yesterday by Randy Campbell, vice president of marketing for the hockey team. Campbell was the guest speaker at the noon meeting of the Lebanon Rotary Club. The o...

Musicians raise money for Relay for Life

A local school became a concert hall for three music groups united for one cause Tuesday night. Carolina Rain, Kristi Deck, and the Blues Brokers joined the Wilson Bank & Trust Relay for Life team in their efforts to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Corrie Wells, granddaughter of countr...

Grill tank on track leads to headlines for Music City Star, not much else

Itâ€™s usually not news when the Music City Star makes a routine trip between Lebanon and Nashville. But early yesterday, the commuter rail line opened some morning TV broadcasts after the Star ran over a gas grill-sized propane tank left on the tracks near Beckwith Road. â€œItâ€™s r...

Court shoots down Byrdâ€™s rulings

A 2006 legal error by Circuit Court Judge Clara Byrd led to her receiving one of the strictest findings that can be issued by the Court of Appeals in Tennessee. The case, which has received recent media attention, involved the appellate courtâ€™s ruling that Byrd, an elected Wilson County jud...

County House members split on tobacco tax

As it so often does, Highway 109 stood between two ideologies last night at the legislature. The two members of Wilson Countyâ€™s House delegation, Rep. Stratton Bone, D-Lebanon, and Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, stood on either side of the tobacco tax vote last night. Bone voted for the 42-...

School board votes to increase employees' insurance premiums

The Wilson County School Board voted to increase employee insurance premiums Monday, but Stumpy Lane officials will be asking the County Commission to fund at least part of the increase. By a vote of 3-1, the Wilson County Board of Education approved what chairman Lisa McMillin called â€œa pre...

Attempted armed robbery at Quik Stop; Suspect at large

Lebanon Police Department officers are looking for a suspect they say attempted a robbery at the Quik Stop Discount Beer and Tobacco Outlet #2 on Saturday morning. The incident occurred just before noon at the South Cumberland Street store. It was unknown at the time whether the suspect succeeded...

Tradition of success inherent at the Phoenix Ball

â€œThis is what a Phoenix Ball should be,â€ said Dr. Harvill Eaton, president of Cumberland University as he gestured out across the gym during the 24th Annual Phoenix Ball Saturday night. â€œAnd next year our 25th is going to be outstanding. We are going to honor Bob Clement and get h...

Towns lend advise on square

Lebanonâ€™s downtown could get a powerful shot in the arm if a revitalization and preservation plan is as successful as it has been in other communities. Historic Lebanon Tomorrow has issued their plans for rejuvenating the cityâ€™s core. The plan addresses parking, traffic, building des...

Sacrifices of Confederates remembered, appreciated at Local Memorial Service

On Saturday, a group of people gathered in front of the statue of General Robert H. Hatton while a special memorial service was held for the Confederate soldiers. Although Memorial Day was last week, the sacrifices made by Confederate soldiers are often â€œforgotten and overlooked,â€ acco...