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Investigation deems Jessen, Akins-Siens innocent

The names of Mayoral Assistant Debbie Jessen and City Liaison Sue Akins-Siens have been cleared in the two-year investigation into suspected improprieties surrounding their professional conduct. Akins-Siens stood accused of helping Jessen connect with developers to become the agent entrusted with s...

Marlowe, Luttrell take principal posts

After manning the helm at Lakeview Elementary School for two decades, Wendell Marlowe is going back to the facility where he began his education career with the announcement he's been named West Wilson Middle School principal. Interim Director of Schools Mickey Hall also announced the new Waterto...

Crashes claim lives of two Lebanon men in one week

Two Lebanon men died this week in separate one-car crashes. Brandon Lee Coffee, 20, died Wednesday just before midnight, in a crash on Hartsville Pike near the Lebanon city limits. Coffee, a rear passenger, was thrown from the vehicle when it left the road's right side, spun around and hit a tree...

Dell to move almost 400 jobs to Lebanon

Dell will shift its computer remanufacturing operations to Lebanon later this year, Mayor Don Fox confirmed Thursday. The relocation is expected to bring about 400 more jobs to the Lebanon facility, which Fox said already employs between 1,300 and 1,700 people. "I think that's just a terrific stat...

City firing range may soon materialize

Lebanon City Police may soon have their own firing range – something they have needed for a while, according to Public Works Commissioner Billy Weeks. In the past, city officers have had to travel for their firearms training and use firing ranges belonging to other law enforcement agencies. ...

Gun crimes could see stiffer penalties

Gun crime legislation currently pending in the state legislature is gaining momentum, with one bill going before both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees this week. That bill would allow tougher sentences for violent gang crimes, or those involving at least three offenders, according to the ...

Hixson: Bellevue unlikely location for Cabela's

Rumors are circulating an outdoors store which has flirted with a Lebanon location is ready to move into Bellevue in Davidson County, according to a Nashville city councilor. "Some in the community have speculated about Cabela's. I've got nothing to base it on," Charlie Tygard, councilor for Metro...

City Council eyes funding options

"It's going to be the toughest budget year I've seen in a long time," Ward 6 Councilor Kathy Warmath said after the Lebanon City Council met yet again to discuss the 2007-08 fiscal year budget. As planned, city leaders have identified opportunities to cut expenditures in departments like Public Wo...

Investigation under way at Finance Department

The sexual harassment claims at the the center of two discrimination lawsuits against the Wilson County government are now in the hands of a private investigator. Last week, Nashville-based P.I. Tommy Jacobs was hired by the county to look into the harassment allegations inside the county Finance ...

Mysterious objections arise in Staley case

Two objections to a lawsuit settlement approved by the County Commission in January are pushing a 2003 case most thought over back into the limelight. Last month, two Gordon Drive residents, Betty Marrs and Tony Stacey, filed written objections to the settlement agreement between the county and St...