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DA: Weeks not target of investigation

Public Safety Commissioner Billy Weeks' tie to a development currently under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is a civil matter and not part of the ongoing inquiry, District Attorney General Tommy Thompson said Monday. Thompson confirmed Weeks' assertions that he went to Thom...

Polar bears enjoy warmer than usual plunge

Unseasonably warm temperatures greeted Lebanon residents as they participated in the eighth annual Polar Bear Plunge at the Jimmy Floyd Family Center. The water temperature at splashdown was hovering around 52 degrees, almost as warm as the surrounding air. The average temperature of the pool at Pl...

Lynn questions need for certificate of need program

Eliminating the certificate of need requirement to build or expand a hospital or medical facility could eliminate unnecessary costs and possibly eliminate a monopoly system, according to one of Wilson County's state representatives. But state health officials say certificates of need ensure that ma...

MJ hires full-time finance director

The City of Mt. Juliet has hired a full time finance director who will start Tuesday in the position officials said was warranted due to the demands the city's growth put on the job that had been split with city recorder responsibilities. According the city manager Rob Shearer, Eddie Stott will t...

Two taken into custody after market robbery

Two men and a juvenile male are in custody and possibly facing charges for robbing the Keystop market Friday afternoon on Carthage Highway near the Smith County line. They are also believed to be suspects in a previous robbery at the same market and at least one of the suspects may have been invol...

MJ seeks proposes animal control deal

Mt. Juliet is looking to the county government to help keep stray dogs off the city's streets. At Friday morning's meeting of the county's Urban Type Public Facilities Board, Mt. Juliet City Manager Rob Shearer proposed a plan that would see the city pay the county to house dogs Mt. Juliet animal ...

Motor Vehicle Commission sides with local dealer

A local car dealer has won his case against General Motors and a competitor to prevent another GM dealership from moving into Wilson County. According to documents from the Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission, Wilson County Motors, owned by W. P. Bone III, protested the move by Carl Black Chevrolet...

PBA gives nod to school renovations

Elementary school students at Stoner Creek and Rutland will see new facilities come August after the Public Building Authority voted unanimously last night to conditionally approve a contract with Hewlett Spencer to construct additions on the two schools. After weeks of discussion over the addition...

Legislators lay out plans for new term

From reducing and eventually eliminating the sales tax on food to seeking alternative schooling for teenaged sex offenders to promoting agritourism Wilson County's legislative delegation has a plethora of bills they plan to introduce when session opens Jan. 9. State Sen. Mae Beavers, a Mt. Juliet ...

Man gets shot in local motel

A man shot in his north Lebanon motel room did not call police for nearly four hours before he was finally found early Wednesday evening. Tony Brewington, 49, who resides at the Plaza 231 Inn, was taken to University Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries after someone outside his hotel...