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Closed hunting land causing stir

June 5, 2006 – The recent closing of 200 state-owned acres to hunters is causing an uproar among the hunting community and has at least one member of the governing commission openly questioning the body's decision. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission members voted to close the bowhunting-...

Schools struggle to handle growth

June 6, 2006 – Stunned Wilson County School System officials said the entire system is experiencing growth pains which stem from the county's residential boom. Another 10 classrooms – five portables – will be added systemwide this fall. Top level school officials said they are str...

'Sophisticated' pot found

June 7, 2006 – An early morning drug raid at a 36-acre farm north of Lebanon uncovered a "sophisticated," multimillion-dollar marijuana growing operation Tuesday – the second major drug bust in the county in less than a week. Officers with the Wilson County Sheriff's Department Narcotic...

Rochelle: No income tax

June 1, 2006 – Formally announcing his bid to return to Legislative Plaza, former State Senate speaker pro tempore Robert Rochelle pledged Wednesday to never again support a state income tax without first securing the approval of Tennessee voters. "I went and talked to folks," Rochelle said. ...

Givens confident about primary

June 1, 2006 – While former state lawmaker Robert Rochelle was critical of incumbent State Sen. Mae Beavers during a press conference Wednesday, he did not mention his opponent in August's Democratic primary, Lebanon resident Aubrey Givens. Givens, however, said he was not bothered by the omi...

Police make huge pot bust

June 2, 2006 – Six men, some of whom are believed to be Mexican nationals, were taken into custody by Lebanon police this week as part of the largest narcotics seizure in the history of the Lebanon Police Department. The Wednesday morning sting resulted in the seizure of approximately 722 pou...

Roulette death shocks school

June 2, 2006 – Shocked and saddened friends Wednesday joined the grieving family of a Mt. Juliet teenager to say a final goodbye to their classmate who died last week as the result of an apparent game of Russian roulette. In what a grieving teacher described as a "surreal" experience, friends...

Dawgs lose NAIA title game

June 3, 2006 – LEWISTON, Idaho — Cumberland was turned away from its second National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship in three years in the wee hours Saturday when host Lewis-Clark State won its 14th national title with a 5-4 win before a record crowd at Harris Fiel...

Judge: Coaches not guilty

May 26, 2006 – A pair of Mt. Juliet baseball coaches charged with a handful of drunken driving-related charges were cleared on all counts Thursday in Wilson County Criminal Court. Mt. Juliet High School head baseball coach Mark Purvis, 34, was facing DUI, implied consent and open container ch...

Grand jury indicts 5 on truck thefts

May 19, 2006 – A Wilson County grand jury has handed down 103 indictments to five individuals involved in a long-running scheme of stealing trucks, trailers and goods from area business, Lebanon police said Thursday. The truck thievery ring, which was part of a much larger organized crime ope...