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Bluefield too much for CU men in Phoenix’s first-ever match

By Staff Reports - Christian Lester posted eight kills and Angel Acevedo Reyes added seven, but Bluefield College countered with 12 kills from Alberto Chiaparini and 26 assists by Chaz Franqui, holding off Cumberland…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 08:01pm - 0 Comments

USN knocks off MJCA

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Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:57pm - 0 Comments

The Village Idiot: It’s not as bad as you think

By Jim Mullen - The government shutdown has lasted for almost a month as I write this. My first question would be: How can you tell? Of course, if you’re one of the 800,000…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:17pm - 0 Comments

Law Enforcement

Deputies find stolen U-Haul, campers

By Matt Masters - Wilson County Sheriff’s deputies found a stolen U-Haul box truck and two stolen campers Tuesday at a home on Carthage Highway. The vehicles were tracked after a be-on-the-lookout call came…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:14pm - 0 Comments

J. C. Bowman: Beauty in the broken places

By J.C. Bowman - CBS News reported Memphis has one of the worst unemployment rates for any major American city. The 2015 report also pointed out Memphis has a shrinking tax base, urban blight…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:14pm - 0 Comments

Home destroyed after early morning fire

By Matt Masters - Wilson Emergency Management Agency firefighters battled a home fire early Friday morning on Hartsville Pike near Lebanon. According to WEMA director Joey Cooper, crews arrived at about 4:30 a.m. at…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:11pm - 0 Comments

Linda Alessi: Did someone call for the doctor?

By Linda Alessi - Eavesdrop on any conversation at Saddlebrook, at a friend’s home or even in the supermarket, and you are sure to hear people talking about their doctors. Appointments have to be…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:11pm - 0 Comments

Community Calendar and The People’s Agenda

By Staff Reports - POLICY: Items for the Community Calendar may be submitted via email at [email protected], in person at The Democrat’s office at 402 N. Cumberland St., by mail at The Lebanon Democrat,…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:07pm - 0 Comments

Law Enforcement

Endangered Child Alert issued for Middle Tennessee

By Matt Masters - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Metro Nashville Police Department issued an endangered child alert Friday evening for 16-year-old Maricsa Beltran-Lopez who is missing from Nashville. Police say that Lopez…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:05pm - 0 Comments

Sheriff’s Reports for Dec. 24-25

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Friday, January 18, 2019 at 07:03pm - 0 Comments

Hutto to declare ‘Jumpin’ Johnny Day’ in honor of Harlem Globetrotter

By Jared Felkins -

Wilson County Mayor Randall Hutto plans to declare Thursday as “Jumpin’ Johnny Day” in Wilson County in conjunction with the world premiere of “Jumpin’ Johnny,” a full-length feature documentary that will premiere on the same day at the Belcourt Theater.

Friday, January 18, 2019 at 05:58pm - 0 Comments

Wilson County schools educate nearly 1,000 English as second language students

By Angie Mayes -

There are 913 students who take English as a second language courses in Wilson County Schools.

Friday, January 18, 2019 at 05:43pm - 0 Comments

Law Enforcement

Police identify skeletal remains with ‘good certainty’

By Matt Masters - Lebanon police Chief Mike Justice said Friday local and state authorities are nearly positive they know the identity of skeletal remains found Dec. 15 in a wooded area near the…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 05:29pm - 0 Comments

Mt. Juliet’s Hicks signs with Alabama-Huntsville soccer

By Staff Reports - Mt. Juliet’s Hailey Hicks signs to play soccer for Alabama-Huntsville’s soccer team. Seated with her are (from left) grandfather Mike, brother Zach and parents Crissy and Josh Hicks, coach Ally…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 05:00pm - 0 Comments

The Journey Church opens second campus

By Sinclaire Sparkman - Lebanon’s Journey Church resolved to expand in 2019 and kept that resolution when it opened a second campus in Mt. Juliet. The Mt. Juliet campus, which currently meets at West…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 04:33pm - 0 Comments

Preacher’s Point: The Bible is the greatest book on earth

By Tim Johnson - The great philosopher Dizzy Dean once said, “It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it.” With that thought in the back of my mind, I concluded a person could learn…
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 04:30pm - 0 Comments

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