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Ethics rules pass county court

The way the county handles ethics will change after an overwhelming vote by the County Commission last night. Commissioners voted 21-3 to establish a new ethics board to oversee the behavior of county elected officials and employees. Five people will be appointed to the board by the county court:...

More WWA regulations pass in Nashville

Wilson County's Republican legislators saw another bill in their package of laws designed to add new regulation to the state's Water and Wastewater Authorities pass final approval by the governor this month. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Susan Lynn and Sen. Mae Beavers, both of Mt. Juliet, calls for...

Festival draws wine lovers

On a bright spring Saturday, visitors to red and white tents found red and white pleasures underneath. The Mt. Juliet-West Wilson Chamber of Commerce hosted its fourth annual A Toast To Tennessee Wine Festival at Nashville Shores in Hermitage. Sixteen wineries from around the state offered their w...

Have you hugged your EMS personnel?

Friday morning, local leaders in the community came together to kick off Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Appreciation Week, a nationally designated time to honor EMS personnel. Although EMS week officially runs May 20-26, some in the community decided to get an early start. Those in attendance i...

Trooper suspended for alleged encounter with adult film star

Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Randy Moss has been suspended with pay while Department of Safety investigates allegations he had a sexual encounter with a Knoxville-based adult film actress while on duty. The allegations were first printed on the Internet site of "Barbie Cummings," a 21-year-old...

Assistant principals reassigned

The shakeup in top level Wilson County School System administrative spots continues with the reassignment of two assistant principals. Interim Director of Schools Mickey Hall confirmed Thursday West Elementary School Assistant Principal Tony Brown has been reassigned to the classroom, as well as W...

School locked down after students report seeing man with gun

WA Wright Elementary School in Mt. Juliet was under lock down Friday after kindergartners on the playground reported seeing a man with a gun and knife in the nearby woods. "This morning the teacher of a kindergarten class saw a group of her students looking into the woods," Wilson County Schools S...

Candidate for Mt. Juliet city manager on probation at current job

One of the five Mt. Juliet city manager finalists interviewed Friday is on a one-year probation and pay freeze in his current city manager post; a piece of information at least two Mt. Juliet commissioners didn't know before they began the interview process. Athens, Tenn., eight-year City Manager ...

Fallen officers honored by county

Members of law enforcement and the legal community gathered Friday afternoon to honor officers killed in the line of duty. The ceremony outside the Wilson County Sheriff's Department was especially somber as officers remembered Mt. Juliet Police Department Sgt. Jerry A. Mundy and Sheriff's Deputy...

School board chooses Davis to be new director of schools

After an extended search, the Wilson County Board of Education voted 4-1 to choose Mike Davis from Oneida, Tenn., as the system's new director. "I'm very excited about the opportunity to work with the school board, teachers, staff and citizens of Wilson County," Davis said later from his home. "...