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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...

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...

Thousands flock to Watertown's Mile-Long Yard Sale

From clothes and toys to funriture and lawn equipment, there is something for everyone at the annual Watertown Mile Long Yard Sale, held Saturday all along the square and Main Street. The spring installment of the sale, now in its 19th year, was bustling with visitors seeking bargains and looking ...

MJ animal control site chosen

After a year of finding then casting aside possible animal control sites, Mt. Juliet City Councilor finally pinpointed a parcel of land on which to build the facility at last week's city council meeting. In a 4-1 vote – District 3 Councilor Ed Hagerty dissenting – councilors agreed to ...

New jobs take a seat in Wilson County

On a podium in Wilson County yesterday, the future of the local economy stood proudly on display. Behind a row of dignitaries were three flags: the stars and stripes of Old Glory, the three stars of the flag of Tennessee, and the red Rising Sun of the flag of Japan. "To all the team members here t...

Southside parents seeing red over school board plans

Concerned parents met at Southside Elementary School to discuss strategies to "Save Our Southside," Monday evening. The parents intend to make an appearance, dressed in Southside red, at this Monday's school board meeting. Board members will very likely vote then on whether the school's upper gra...

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Bark in the Park 2007

Nutro Products and Sherlock's Book Emporium presents Bark in the Park 2007 on Saturday, May 5 from 1-5 p.m. at Wilson Bank & Trust, located on West Main Street in Lebanon. This special Cinco de Mayo celebration is an afternoon of family fun, including the family dog. Admission is $5 for adults and...

Lebanon Marines back from the front

NASHVILLE – It's happened thousands of times in the history of the United States. Yet each and every time soldiers come back from the front to their families, it's a moment to be treasured and remembered forever. Sixty-eight soldiers made the long journey back from the deserts of Iraq to th...