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A Survivor's Story: I felt my feet come off the ground

April 13, 2006 Nineteen-year-old Parker Minor's voice quivered only slightly Wednesday as he sifted through a stack of photographs captured last week, mere moments after a deadly tornado ripped across Sumner County. "I was in the debris cloud," he said, still speaking with an air of disbelief. "All...

Elam, Dedman battling for top title

April 14, 2006 The race for county mayor may become a battle over fire service with Mt. Juliet Mayor Linda Elam challenging incumbent Robert Dedman. One-time Republican State Senate candidate Phillip Warren withdrew Thursday saying the "focus" of the race changed. Elam, a longtime proponent of coun...

Woman claims director 'volatile' - MJ public works leader placed on administrative leave

April 15, 2006 A Mt. Juliet city department head has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation into a harassment complaint filed Monday by a city employee, Mt. Juliet City Manager Rob Shearer confirmed Friday. Public Works Director Hatton Wright was p...

Rasmussen: I'm not guilty

March 31, 2006 Wayne Rasmussen, the 69-year-old Watertown resident who was indicted earlier this month on multiple charges of aggravated sexual battery, represented himself and pleaded not guilty to all charges before Criminal Court Judge J.O. Bond on Thursday. Before entering and upon exiting cour...

Ex-jailers plead for leniency

April 1, 2006 A pair of ex-Wilson County jailers received relatively lenient sentences from a federal judge Friday, who said his decisions were based in large part on the high level of cooperation both men demonstrated during the investigation and trial of their former colleagues. Brian Ferrell wa...

Explosives found near LHS

April 5, 2006 Federal and state authorities removed a number of dangerous and possibly illegally stored explosives from the grounds of a Lebanon construction company Tuesday, after investigators declared the site – located next to Lebanon High School – extremely dangerous. The Bureau o...

NERA, Metro in negotiations over portion of stadium site

March 30, 2006 Officials with the Nashville & Eastern Rail Authority and Metro Nashville are working toward a deal that will ultimately help clear the way for a new minor league baseball park in Music City. "The railroad actually for many years, prior to the Nashville & Eastern Railroad Authority, ...

Jail construction lagging

Construction on a 300-bed annex to the Wilson County Jail is lagging behind schedule, causing Sheriff Terry Ashe to worry that by the time the new jail is completed he will be facing a new round of capacity problems that have plagued his department for years. "We're a lot farther along than we were...

TACLE facility lays foundation

March 28, 2006 Construction on a $6.1 million automotive seat manufacturing facility forecast to create 160 high-paying jobs in Gladeville's Nashville-East Logistics Center could be completed by early autumn, economic development officials confirmed Monday. TACLE Seating U.S.A. LLC – a joint ...

Suspected truck thieves caught

At least two individuals Lebanon police suspected of being key operators in the string of truck and trailer thefts plaguing parts of the city for more than a year were arrested last week in Georgia for similar activity. The Pike County (Ga.) Sheriff's Office arrested four men last Tuesday after an ...