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Jessen's role in land deal under scrutiny

Dec. 21, 2006 – Already under the cloud of a state ethics investigation, Mayoral Assistant Debbie Jessen has again become involved in a land deal which involves the City of Lebanon. While her role is unclear, The Lebanon Democrat can confirm Jessen attended a Dec. 12 meeting at a private offi...

Construction on new jail could end this summer

If all goes according to plan, Wilson County inmates could have a new place to lay their heads this summer. Four years after the original bond authorizing its construction, officials handling the building of the new Justice Center say the building phase of the project is nearing the homestretch, ...

Police pickup shooting suspect

A man suspected of shooting a Lebanon man in his room at the Plaza 231 Inn was arrested Thursday leaving the Inman Court federal housing project. Julius Baskerville, also known as "Six-Nine," was apprehended around 2:15 p.m. Thursday as he was leaving the housing project. Police had a residence th...

Finance committee approves Dedman plan to move Elections Commission

The Wilson County Financial Management committee unanimously approved last night a plan by County Mayor Bob Dedman to move the Elections Commission from its current home on South College Street to the former Nave Funeral Home on East Main Street. "I was going to use that building for records," Ded...

Timeline set for director search

Wilson county public schools should have a new top administrator starting July 1 under a timeline approved by the Board of Education last night. In December, the board voted to hire the Tennessee School Board Association, an organization that represents school boards across the state, to conduct t...

LSSD returns $900,000 in overpaid funds to county

Lebanon Special Schools must return more than $900,000 in funds overpaid by the county. School officials say the repayment will not affect the system's budget and that it was due to an error at the county trustee's office during property assessments early in 2006. LSSD Director Dr. Sharon Roberts...

DA: Weeks not target of investigation

Public Safety Commissioner Billy Weeks' tie to a development currently under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is a civil matter and not part of the ongoing inquiry, District Attorney General Tommy Thompson said Monday. Thompson confirmed Weeks' assertions that he went to Thom...

Polar bears enjoy warmer than usual plunge

Unseasonably warm temperatures greeted Lebanon residents as they participated in the eighth annual Polar Bear Plunge at the Jimmy Floyd Family Center. The water temperature at splashdown was hovering around 52 degrees, almost as warm as the surrounding air. The average temperature of the pool at Pl...

Lynn questions need for certificate of need program

Eliminating the certificate of need requirement to build or expand a hospital or medical facility could eliminate unnecessary costs and possibly eliminate a monopoly system, according to one of Wilson County's state representatives. But state health officials say certificates of need ensure that ma...

MJ hires full-time finance director

The City of Mt. Juliet has hired a full time finance director who will start Tuesday in the position officials said was warranted due to the demands the city's growth put on the job that had been split with city recorder responsibilities. According the city manager Rob Shearer, Eddie Stott will t...