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Chrisman pleads not guilty

A woman accused of bludgeoning an elderly man with a hammer in an apparent robbery attempt pleaded not guilty in Wilson County Circuit Court Tuesday. Kelly Chrisman, 20, is accused of severely beating 71-year-old James Lanier in his Spring Street home about the face and head with a hammer in May. A...

Sex offender extradited to Washington

A man arrested for allegedly driving under the influence is expected to be extradited to the state of Washington for failing to report to his parole officer for a child molestation conviction. Lebanon Police Patrolman Ptl. Tim Kelley spotted a white van driving erratically early Tuesday morning, Le...

Local murder suspects sports criminal past

The Lebanon man arrested for allegedly pushing a homeless Nashville woman into the Cumberland River has a history of domestic assault and resisting arrest, local police say. Timothy S. Webber, 21, of Tribble Lane in Lebanon, and Josh S. Dotts, 22, of Smalling Road in Lafayette, were charged Thursda...

Lebanon corrects record procedure

City leaders quickly worked Friday to correct a new open records policy on city employees which was apparently illegal under state law. Lebanon Personnel Director Jim Henderson said the provision requiring extensive information from individuals seeking personnel records, as reported in Friday's edi...

Employee files age discrimination claim - animal control director claims he was denied raise because of age

A dispute over a wage increase had led Wilson County's animal control officer to accuse the county of age discrimination. In March, director of animal control Bill Arnold filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The 66-year-old Arnold wrote in his complaint to the f...

Pay raise for commissioners fails – Increase falls short by one vote

Another attempt to double the monthly salary for county commissioners failed again Monday night at the Commission meeting. The proposed rules change would increase the commissioners' salaries from $200 to $400 per month, but the resolution failed by one vote. A two-thirds majority, or 17 votes, is ...

Lebanon city budget in red again - Genderal fund saddled with $700K deficit

Lebanon's general fund finished with a deficit for the second year in a row, which councilors and Mayor Don Fox blame largely on unexpected expenses such as $1 million in cost overruns on the landfill remediation project. The city finished $700,490.39 in the red for the fiscal year ending June 30. ...

Class-action suit open to tens of thousands

Individuals who were arrested and had their bond set by a Wilson County commissioner during the past five years are part of a class-action lawsuit accusing the county of unconstitutionally and arbitrarily setting bail amounts. U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Traughber ruled Friday a Mt. Juliet resi...

County crowns Fairest of the Fair

Just in case you were unsure of your fairness in relation to others at the Wilson County Fair, be unsure no more. You are, in fact, less fair than Kierston Bible, who was officially crowned Fairest of the Fair on Tuesday. Bible, 16, of Wilson Central High School, competed with 29 other Wilson Count...

Fox: Punishing Henderson not warranted

Despite a City Council resolution censuring the city's personnel director, Mayor Don Fox said in a letter Tuesday "disciplinary action … is not warranted" against Jim Henderson. In his letter he also announced a new set of what he called "checks and balances," including placing responsibilit...