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Basketball players serve up pancakes at fundraiser

Members of the Wilson Central High School Lady Wildcat basketball team gave their fans an opportunity to meet the players as they hosted a pancake breakfast Saturday morning. The fundraiser was held at the Applebee's restaurant located near Wal-Mart. Interested fans purchased a pancake plate and we...

Justice says his words were taken out of context

Recent reports that Mt. Juliet Commissioner Ray Justice had said he wanted to have the state Attorney General look into whether Mayor Linda Elam has done something illegal are erroneous, according to Justice. The issue prompting the need for correction deals with Elam's relatively new position with...

Republicans call Ford's visit to Rochelle gala 'mistake'

While the official position of the Tennessee Democratic Party is that United State Senatorial candidate Harold Ford Jr.'s visit to a gala for state Senatorial candidate Bob Rochelle is a "total non-story," both the state Republican Party and Ford's opponent's campaign feel differently. According to...

LPD nabs sex offender suspect

The search for a registered sex offender wanted on several warrants ended Friday afternoon with his arrest at a local motel in Lebanon. "We had charged the individual last month for an incident where he went into a house in Upton Heights and committed sexual battery," Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bow...

Planners approve development

Following a trend of industrial development along the State Route 840 corridor, Wilson County planners approved rezoning a 140-acre tract that may become the first major development on the eastern side of the highway. Opus South, a full-service design-build development firm serving the southeaste...

Good weather draws locals to Oktoberfest

Visitors from Lebanon and surrounding communities came together at Wilson Bank & Trust under clear blue sky Saturday for the 19th annual Oktoberfest. "We've been blessed with great weather," Wilson Bank's Randall Clemons said. The event features live entertainment, vendors showcasing goods, demons...

Family, friends welcome marine home

A local Marine returned home last Wednesday from a tour of duty in Iraq to the loving arms of his family and friends at a welcome home celebration held in his honor Saturday. Cpl. James R. Scott of Lebanon, member of the 38 Weapons Company, arrived in town from his most recent tour of duty in Ramad...

City to expand sewer service to two subdivisions

Lebanon city officials at a town meeting for residents of the Southfork and Horn Springs subdivision Thursday had an overriding message: Be patient. The entire project – which will provide sewer service to these subdivisions – is expected to last approximately 420 days, but officials sa...

RTA to charge double for rides to Titans games

A decision to charge double the normal commuter train rate for Music City Star service to Nashville on select Sundays is being attributed to higher costs associated with the extra train runs, Regional Transit Authority officials say. Starting with the Nov. 12 Tennessee Titans game hosting the Balti...

MJ police officer fired

A Mt. Juliet police officer who displayed inappropriate behavior – namely using foul language – while teaching public traffic safety classes has been fired from her job. Two-year police officer Ann Marie Moccio was terminated Sept. 28 based on "continued use of offensive language" whil...