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Code of ethics on Lebanon City Council agenda

April 3, 2007 – The Lebanon City Council will hold its regular meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. On the agenda are the city's code of ethics and its Land Use Plan. Possible revisions to the city ethics policy will be discussed during an hour-long work session immediately preceding the city council me...

Unemployment rose slightly in February

April 3, 2007 – The jobless rate in Tennesee remained steady in February, bucking a slight dip experienced in the U.S. as a whole. According to numbers released by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Thursday, Wilson County and the rest of the Nashville metro area saw ...

Dry weather prompts state ban on brush burning

The Tennessee Division of Forestry issued a statewide ban Tuesday morning on all types of burning until further notice, citing extremely dry and windy weather conditions. The ban applies to campfires, barrel burning, brush burning and construction burning. Anyone caught burning, even if they have ...

Director candidates to be put to the test

Lisa McMillin, Wilson County School Board Chairman, told the Lebanon Noon Rotary Tuesday the five candidates to replace the retired Jim Duncan would be "put through the ringer" during their day-long interviews. Each candidate will visit Wilson County for one day between April 16 and April 20. McMil...

Congregation, community 'honor' Locke at Library Roast

The Wilson County community gathered Tuesday night to roast Dr. Larry Locke, the College Hills Church of Christ minister who is retiring after 30 years of leadership. They honored his loving, accepting spirit, his ministerial creativity, his thriftiness, his slowness and his lengthy sermons. "He...

MJ squires accused of open-meeting law violation

MT. JULIET – During the last 15 minutes of a lengthy business at usual commission meeting while squires discussed a resolution to accept city manager Rob Shearer's resignation, a citizen alleged the Sunshine Law may have been violated by some city commissioners he said talked about the matter...

Fair fever starting to build

The weather is heating up and students across the county are starting to get restless for the end of another school year. Everyone knows what that means – the Wilson County Fair is on its way. Although months away, excitement is already starting to build for the 2007 fair, to be held Aug.17-...

Hermitage couple indicted for ID theft

A Wilson County grand jury indicted Hermitage resident Kathryn T. Hulsey on various charges earlier this month, including more than a dozen counts of identity theft and criminal impersonation of her husband's ex-wife. Her husband, Thomas Michael Hulsey, was indicted the same day on a related charg...

Business owners lambaste TDOT with complaints

Tennessee Department of Transportation officials in a tense Saturday community meeting faced a room full of vexed Adams Lane business owners worried the protracted road construction at their center is threatening their livelihoods. TDOT officials said the highly charged meeting ended up being "mo...

Mt. Juliet woman continues fight for 'bottle bill'

When it comes to the nickel, Marge Davis is always willing to giver her two cents. "The big motivation is the preposterous amount of litter," Davis remarked from her Mt. Juliet home. "This state is beautiful, but the roads are just big trash piles." Davis heads up Pride Of Place, an advocacy grou...