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Stars, stripes and squirt guns at the Watertown parade

WATERTOWN â€” The citizens of Wilson Countyâ€™s smallest municipality found a new way to beat the heat during their Independence Day parade â€“ they came armed. The theme of this yearâ€™s parade was â€œStars, Stripes and Squirt Gunsâ€ and many of the paradeâ€™s 37...

Lebanon icon Frank â€œCuzâ€ Buster dies

Lebanon businessman Frank â€œCuzâ€ Buster, a man called â€œan iconâ€ by local business and civic leaders, died Sunday. He was 67. Buster had been in the antique and pocketknife businesses for 38 years and was the longtime owner of Cuzâ€™s Antiques on the Lebanon square. He s...

Would-be Hwy. 109 jumper arrested

The Gallatin man that stopped traffic on Highway 109 at the Wilson-Sumner county line Sunday night was drunk when he climbed to the top of the steel bridge over Old Hickory Lake, police said yesterday. Mark Anthony Barnhill, 20, was arrested by Gallatin police and charged with drinking underage an...

Arts Camp students show their skills

This summer, the Wilson County Civic League hosted its second annual free arts camp for area students, focusing on dance, drama, visual arts and piano. Last night, the Market Street Community Center became an arts center where the students demonstrated the talents and skills they learned during the...

Porn star a no-show for court date

General Sessions Court in Wilson County is not usually a media event. But Friday, defendants walked past television cameras on their way into the Criminal Justice Center to face Judge Robert Hamilton. The TV stations didnâ€™t come hunting for a hot story about Wilson Countians fishing without...

$1.2m in new BEP funds coming to LSSD

The Lebanon Special School District has received nearly $1.8 million in new state money under the revised Basic Education Program passed by the legislature this year. According to LSSD Director Dr. Sharon Roberts, the new money will pay for teacher pay raises, five additional English Language Lear...

Tower One returns home, refurbished and better than ever

On Friday it sat, parked in front of Fire Station One, red and white and with a ladder that can stretch 95 feet in the air. The fire engine known as Tower One had returned home. One of only two tower fire trucks in Wilson County, Tower One was recently refurbished and is now ready for action. â�...

Donâ€™t aim for a misfire: Tips on firework safety

Some things just arenâ€™t meant to be mishandled, venomous snakes being an obvious one. Fireworks are another item to be handled with care, yet every summer, reports of injuries run in the news because someone held a firecracker for too long, aimed one at someone else or simply had a misfire. ...

Man threatens to jump from bridge; Traffic backed up for hours

Traffic on Highway 109 was backed up for two hours last night while police and rescue workers talked down a man who threatened to jump off the bridge over Old Hickory Lake. The man, described by Gallatin Fire Chief Billy Crook as â€œaround 28,â€ climbed to the top of the steel bridge con...

Prominent local attorney hired by Byrd

Circuit Court Judge Clara Byrd has hired prominent local defense attorney Jack Lowery, Sr. to represent her in an ongoing ethics investigation conducted by the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary, a state body that enforces ethics standards for judges. The investigation was prompted by a 2006 complai...