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Landfill has new summer schedule

Anyone looking to rid their garage of paint cans, old wooden boards or most anything else that might be cluttering up the place, this summer might be the time to do it. Beginning in April, the Wilson County Landfill adopted its summer hours and is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon...

School safety takes center stage

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in school-age children with numbers far surpassing that of school shootings. But it’s incidents like an active shooter situation in an elementary school in Sandy Hook, Conn., in December that killed 20 children and six adults, whi...

City proposes final fix to deficit

A series of budget cuts, coupled with a less-severe tax increase than what was previously suggested and further borrowing from the city’s fund balance to pay for capital expenditures appears to be the Lebanon City Council’s recipe to erase a $2.6 million deficit and pass a balanced bu...

401(k) may replace city pensions

A proposed plan to allow new Lebanon workers to buy into a matching 401(k) instead of guaranteed pensions funded solely by the city could save millions over time if approved by the Lebanon City Council. City Finance Director Russell Lee pitched the idea Wednesday during a Lebanon City Coun...

Senate votes to stop Corps

U.S. senators Thursday voted to halt a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to restrict fishing below dams. The legislation, proposed by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., passed unanimously. If enacted, this bill would ban the Corps from implementing fishing restrictions for two years, wh...

Ice cream set to cure

Area residents can satisfy that sweet tooth Friday while helping fight brain cancer. Lebanon’s Baskin Robbins, located at 1023 W. Main St., will donate 31 percent of all proceeds from sales made between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. to Team Fighting for Ronnie’s donation to the Nashville ...

Memorial Day event to honor veterans

An upcoming Memorial Day event is planned to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedoms, along with those who continue to defend those rights and privileges throughout the world, according to organizer Ret. Lt. Col. Jim Henderson. The event will be May 27 at 9 a.m. at the ...

Police checkpoints planned for weekend

Lebanon police officers plan to conduct high-visibility impaired driver checkpoints on Highway 70 and Highway 213 on Friday. In addition, officers plan to have saturation patrols. Officers will monitor for DUIs while enforcing traffic violations and other offenses. “The deterr...

Tickets remain for Second Chance Prom

Several tickets remain for the upcoming Second Chance Prom to benefit the Lebanon High School band, but that may not be the case soon, according to prom co-coordinator Buffy Merrell. “Ticket sales are going well,” Merrell said. “We have about a month before the event, so ...

National Women Build Week to be celebrated in Wilson County

Working fulltime and caring for a family of five children leaves Wilson County resident Sarah Caves little time to build her own home. But that’s exactly what she’s looking forward to doing May 31 at 418 Alydar Drive in Watertown with the help of Wilson County Habitat for Human...