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D.A.'s office investigated Circuit Court Clerk in April

The District Attorney's office is investigating complaints of document mishandling at the office of Wilson County Circuit Court Clerk Linda Neal. Though the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has closed its portion of the investigation due to lack of evidence, the investigator for the District Attor...

Former teacher indicted on statutory rape charges

Aggravated statutory rape and statutory rape by an authority figure have been added to the list of charges against former Walter J. Baird Middle School teacher Joseph P. Jones. New information came to light and detectives presented it to a Wilson County grand jury, according to Lebanon Police Dep...

Car show draws thousand, but police not happy

Lebanon's controversial car show returns this weekend, and not everyone is happy about it. Slammin' and Jammin' begins Friday night and runs through Sunday at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center. Nearly 240 vehicles have preregistered for the car show, according to organizer Charlie Cobble, the ...

City braces for impact of gas prices on budget

Skyrocketing gas prices are expected to have a negative effect on the already-tight city budget. "I think I'll have to go in and add another 10 percent to every department," said Lebanon Finance Commissioner Hal Bittinger during Monday night's budget hearing. It was a discouraging word for city...

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...