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Cycle crash claims life

July 10, 2006 – A two-vehicle crash on Carthage Highway Sunday afternoon claimed the life of a Lebanon woman and injured three others, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol reports. The accident – which claimed the life of Margaret K. Douglas, 50, of 982 Trousdale Ferry Pike – occ...

Co-op merger falls short locally

June 28, 2006 – The Wilson Farmers Cooperative will continue on its own following a vote Tuesday night against a merger with the Macon-Trousdale Cooperative. More than 325 Co-op members packed into the East-West Building at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center to hear reasons for and against...

Massive residential, retail center on tap for West Lebanon

June 29, 2006 – Lebanon residents could be strolling through a new retail center with shops ranging from Harris Teeter to Starbucks as the proposed development cleared its first hurdle Tuesday at the Lebanon Planning Commission. The new development residential and retail development called Ha...

Wilson aids in pedophile case

June 30, 2006 – Ohio authorities raided a suspected pedophile's home earlier this week after being alerted by Wilson County officials of his "sexually explicit plans" for a female he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The suspect, Bryon Lee Lowery of Coshocton, Ohio, is accused of making sexual ...

Council rethinks gas rate hikes

June 30, 2006 – Reigniting what has become somewhat of a contentious issue, Lebanon city councilors left room for a possible increase in natural gas rates while passing next year's budget. The Lebanon City Council will have a work session Aug. 1 to debate raising rates, which have experienced...

Pot bust suspects head to grand jury

June 22, 2006 A pair of suspects charged in one of the largest narcotics seizures in Lebanon history had their cases bound over to a grand jury Wednesday in Wilson County Criminal Court. Ricardo Arellano, 43, of Texas, and Jose Luis Hernandez Delgado, 34, of Nashville, each face charges of conspira...

TBI probe sparks ethics reform

June 23, 2006 An investigation into a possible significant conflict of interest involving a top city official has renewed calls for ethics reform in Lebanon city government. In fact, if the city lags on implementing a code of ethics, the state will do it for them, a local state legislators said Thu...

Lock 5 open for eight weekends to teens only

June 23, 2006 A 200-acre tract of land in north Wilson County will remain virtually closed to hunting under a compromise reached Tuesday by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission. TWRC spokesman Doug Markam said the agreement calls for keeping the land closed to hunting except for eight weeken...

Raid turns up narcotics

June 24, 2006 Lebanon police raided a suspected drug dealer's home on Sycamore Street late Friday afternoon, uncovering an undisclosed quantity of narcotics and cash. Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen explained his detectives obtained a search warrant for Jonnie Ogletree's home at 228 Sycamore Stree...

Mt. Juliet office of GOP opens

June 26, 2006 Republican candidates and their Wilson County supporters came out Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of the Mt. Juliet headquarters of the Wilson County Republican Party. The building, located next to Our Place restaurant on Mt. Juliet Road was "pretty rough when when first got i...