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Residents organize against development

The city air was filled last night with the sound of grassroots organizing. Two separate resident committees – one on Coles Ferry Pike and one on West Main Street – protesting new Planned Unit Developments drew the attention of city leaders on opposite ends of town. At Walter J. Baird ...

Council looks for a slimmer budget

The Lebanon City Council met Tuesday night to begin the process of hashing out a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. However, the meeting came to an abrupt end when city council members demanded the budget be reworked to allow no more than a 5-percent spending increase for all city departments. ...

Bone says 40 cent tobacco tax could hurt business

Lebanon state House Rep. Stratton Bone praised the tobacco bills passed by the committee he chairs yesterday, but said that the future of the legislation remains uncertain. "This is just the first step," he said. "We don't know what's going to happen down the road." Bone, a Democrat, authored the...

As lawsuit settled, more allegations leveled against MJ public works director

The Mayor of Mt. Juliet called for investigation into fresh allegations against city Public Works Director Hatton Wright, Monday night. The call for action came after the city commission unanimously accepted an out of court settlement of a federal lawsuit filed against the director and the city b...

Council considers becoming more tree friendly

In the wake of several tree cuttings that have upset Lebanon residents, a professional arborist will meet with city council members Thursday to discuss the necessary steps for Lebanon to become a "Tree City." The official designation, held by 50 Tennessee cities, could garner recognition, grant mo...

Man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide

The man who killed a Mt. Juliet couple in a June 8, 2006 three-car crash in Lakewood pleaded guilty yesterday in Davidson County Criminal Court. Gustavo Garcia, who is an illegal Mexican immigrant, agreed to a total sentence of 25 years for two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count...

Sheriff's department looking for a few good men

With a second Wilson County Judicial Center scheduled to open adjacent to the jail within two months, preparations are well underway to maximize the safety and security of the new facility. There is just one problem – manpower. Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe, whose department oversees c...

Egg hunt a chilly affair this year

Chilly temperatures and gusting winds put a damper on the festivities at the annual City of Lebanon Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at the James E. Ward Agriculture Center. With high temperatures just barely making it into the 40s, there was a significantly smaller crowd on hand to chase down all the egg...

Edwards keeps flipping out at Superspeedway

GLADEVILLE — Carl Edwards hails from the Show Me State. But he's been flipping out in the Volunteer State recently. Two weeks after winning at Bristol, Edwards won his second straight Busch Series race at Nashville Superspeedway when he took the checkered flag for the Pepsi 300. "In enjoy t...

When it comes to gas, it's not as bad as it could be

It's that time again. With the summer travel season rapidly approaching, that feeling of dread has returned when as fuel gauge nears "E." Gas prices nationwide have jumped more than 10 cents in the past week, leaving the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded hovering near $2.78....