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Slam and jam, but no cruising please

In light of traffic jams allegedly caused by â€œcruisersâ€ along U.S. 231 during the weekend-long Slamminâ€™ â€˜n Jamminâ€™ car show, Lebanon Police Commissioner Billy Weeks is calling for the city council to pass an ordinance prohibiting such cars from driving aimlessly up a...

Veteran chopper pilot rebuilds a piece of his past

Pete Norman slid open the door to the hangar behind his house just outside of the Lebanon city limits. â€œThere she is,â€ he said. â€œSheâ€ is a TH-55 training helicopter. At the moment, the chopper is disassembled. The cockpit is easy to recognize, even with the windows, seats ...

Commanders of Class A baseball: Friendship gets payback against JCS for school's first TSSAA title

MURFREESBORO — In a huge bit of poetic justice, Friendship Christian collected its first-ever TSSAA state championship Friday when the Commander baseball team defeated Jackson Christian 13-3 at Middle Tennessee State's Reese Smith Field. The Class A baseball championship came nearly six mont...

MJHS student says racial slurs ignored by administration

A 14-year-old Mt. Juliet High School freshman says administrators at the west Wilson County high school aren't doing enough to stop racial slurs from ringing out in the halls. Amra Owens, who is black, said teachers and school administrators haven't done anything to discipline a student who called...

Father prepares extra-tall surprise for graduating daughter

Graduation Day is a time of celebration, not just for the new graduates, but for their families. And most parents show their pride in their child's accomplishment by hosting a party or buying a gift. Lebanon's Jim DiCiccio is not like most parents. His daughter, Jackie, graduated from Lebanon ...

Internet video takes on food tax

An Tennessee grassroots group is using the Internet to get out its message about what they consider unfair taxation in the state. Tennesseans for Fair Taxation posted a video parody on YouTube.com last week which depicts Tennessee Department of Revenue agents raiding grocery stores and swiping gro...

Trooper fired for alleged on-duty romp with porn star

Background noise includes a police scanner and passing highway cars in an Internet video of a sexual encounter allegedly involving former Tennessee state trooper Randy Moss. The video was among evidence Tennessee Highway Patrol investigators considered before firing Moss late Thursday afternoon. ...

Commission vote on LSSD expansion not set in stone

In the closing moments of Monday night's regular session of the county court, District 1 Commissioner Wendell Marlowe rose. "I make a motion to oppose the expansion of the Lebanon Special School District," he said. "I want to vote against anything that will take money away from the county." Almos...

Assistant district attorney and local detective to be deployed to Iraq

Two prominent Wilson County residents left today to join Operation Iraqi Freedom. Assistant District Attorney Robert Hibbett and Lebanon Police Department Detective Nester Irizarry will spend a few weeks undergoing further training in Fort Bliss, Texas, with their Oneida-based Army National Guard ...

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...