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April brought more slippage in home sales figures

Home sales took another hit last month. Across the greater Nashville area and in here in Wilson County, fewer homes are selling than at the same time last year. According to the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors, home sales fell by 7.6 percent in April versus the same month in 2006. Across...

After 16 years, sheriff's deputy finishes what he started

Pat Hamblin has worked 17 years for the Wilson County Sheriff's Department – the last nine of which were spent investigating domestic violence and child abuse cases. She has been married 26 years and raised two children. As of Saturday, after 16 years of diligence, she is also a Cumberland U...

Democrat begins daily local gas price update

With the summer driving season upon us, gas prices are in the front of every driver's mind. Thanks to the work of a local retired vet, The Lebanon Democrat will soon be your source for the best gas prices in town. Dr. Morton Goldberg has always been a gas price nut. For years, he posted the best lo...

Razor-like object found in burger at South Carolina Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel pulled hamburgers from hundreds of its restaurants after a patron in South Carolina reported she cut her mouth on a piece of metal embedded in a patty, authorities and the Lebanon-based restaurant chain said Tuesday. The Cracker Barrel in Lebanon was among those the company ordered ...

Burst pipe leaves some without water for 4 hours

Several residents in the Coles Ferry Village area were surprised to find that their water service was out Sunday afternoon. The culprit – a water line that dates back to the 1920's. The pipe runs from the city's water treatment plant across town to Hartmann Drive and has had issues for sever...

Lebanon square appears in country music video

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Report: No ethics violation by MJ mayor

The fact Mt. Juliet Mayor Linda Elam talked with city staff about possible decisions on her employer's development last September without revealing she worked there was part of the findings of an investigation into an ethics complaint against her, however, the report, obtained by the Lebanon Democr...

Fire consumes Belinda City home

Acts of heroism displayed by area residents and firefighters punctuated the tragic scene of a raging Monday afternoon fire that consumed a Belinda City residence and claimed the life of a beloved family pet. Around 1 p.m., Belinda City resident Robert Dunlap noticed smoke coming from the back side...

School board votes to close K-8 schools

Gathered parents of students in Wilson County's three K-8 schools left Stumpy Lane disappointed last night after the Board of Education voted 3-2 to move 6-8 graders to a new middle school planned for the existing Lebanon High School. For most students at Tuckers Crossroads, Carroll Oakland and Sou...

Concerned residents meet with developer

About a dozen Coles Ferry Village residents met Friday with the developer of Campbell Plantation, a proposed residential planned unit development to be located on adjacent property. The meeting provided a chance for neighbors to vent frustrations about key aspects of the development proposal. "I ...