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Jared Felkins' Column: Billy Carr was a great guy, but don’t take my word for it...

Nearly every week when I sit down to write my column, I consider a topic and find an inspirational quote to accompany it. While it’s sometimes the 11th hour before my muse visits to drop off that topic, I knew on Tuesday what I’d be writing about this week. Billy Carr wa...

Mary Hinds' Column: Things just won't be the same without Billy Carr

We were just going through a normal Tuesday morning at The Lebanon Democrat when news trickled in that Billy Carr had died. For the few who didn’t know him, it’s hard to sum up Billy in a few words. At one point or another, he had done just about every behind the scenes job at ...

Editorial: Ricketts' ideas for alternative fuels deserve attention

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. gasoline consumption in the first quarter of 2012 averaged about 8.5 million barrels a day. And that was down from a peak 9.3 million barrels per day in 2007. On Friday, AAA reported a gallon of regular unleaded cost an average...

Jared Felkins' column: State records should be open to anyone, everyone

“A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps, both.”

Jared Felkins' Column: Reading is great, on a skate, when you're late...

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.” — Dr. Seuss The last time I was asked to read ...

Jared Felkins Column: Discovery of secret to growing older can change lives

“Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.”

Editorial: Wilson’s economic growth shows real, significant promise

This week has been big for economic development in Wilson County, and according to G.C. Hixson, executive director of the Joint Economic and Community Development Board of Wilson County, the future looks bright. The Democrat’s confirmation Thursday of Starbucks’ anticipated mo...

Jared Felkins' Column: Worse things could happen to your local newspaper

“Printer’s ink is the great apostle of progress, whose pulpit is the press.”

Editorial: Government shouldn't be in arena business

The great American philosopher Will Rogers once said, “The business of government is to keep the government out of business – that is, unless business needs government aid.” That statement couldn’t be more true in Lebanon today. Mayor Philip Craighead’s dream...

Jared Felkins' Column: To my youngest daughter on her fifth birthday

“All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers, and fathers come out at night. Darkness brings home fathers, with their real, unspeakable power. There is more to fathers than meets the eye.” — Margaret Atwood At the writing of ...