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Magnolia Lot 15 headed back to court

A homebuilder's request to allow occupancy of a $450,000 house in Mt. Juliet is going back to court Friday. Plaintiff Landmark Homes is seeking a certificate of occupancy for the house, which as it stands violates county zoning regulations. Debate over the house, located on Lot 15 in the Magnolia...

TDOT to request $4M more to complete interchange project

The original projected cost of the South Mt. Juliet Road interchange project has tripled with Tennessee Department of Transportation officials slated to ask for another $4 million to complete the project. TDOT officials will go before Municipal Planning Organization officials to request a TIP (Tr...

Soldier with local ties dies in Iraq

A Lebanon family is mourning the loss of their son, killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq Thursday. Staff Sgt. Henry W. Linck, 23, of Manhattan, Kan., was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated while they were on patrol in Baghdad. He was part of the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regimen...

'Polar Bears' prepare for cold swim

Running and jumping headlong into a pool of frigid water may sound a bit extreme, but some Lebanon residents will do just that in January as the eighth annual Polar Bear Plunge comes to the Jimmy Floyd Family Center. The excitement occurs Jan. 6 as willing residents gather around the center's outd...

Councilors react to AG's ethics request

On the heels of receiving correspondence from the district attorney's office, some Lebanon city councilors say they're ready to move on his request to strengthen Lebanon's ethics laws. One councilor even went a step further, suggesting the Council should have more input on Planning Commission appo...

Upscale retailers jump on board Providence

Year's end finds a flurry of new, upscale retailers like Chico's on board at Providence MarketPlace and a Carolina Holdings Inc. top level official saying the center is 90 percent leased with major plans to launch a 30-acre Phase Two in June 2007. Carolina Holdings, Inc. Vice President Bill Misiav...

Retiring boomers could fuel Wilson housing market

Catering to the retiring baby boomers could be a successful financial arrangement for county officials and homebuilders alike, according to a well-known market researcher. Edsel Charles of Market Graphics said the area around Mt. Juliet east to Hwy. 109 is ripe for developing housing for people ag...

Retiring schools director honored Sunday

As educators and administrators gathered Sunday at a retirement reception in recognition of Dr. Jim Duncan's 43 years in education–six at the helm of Wilson County schools – the words "vision," "dedication," and "commitment to service" were used repeatedly to describe the outgoing dire...

Possumtown parade gets bigger than ever this year

Residents of Possumtown turned out in large numbers along the 7-mile "Possumtown loop" that serves as the venue for the small community's annual Christmas parade. The parking lot of Friendship Christian School was filled with the noise of tractor engines and four-wheelers as the participants prepa...

Planners to hear proposal for Wal-Mart, Lowes in

Mt. Juliet will be one step closer to a Wal-Mart and Lowe's in two weeks as developers of The Paddocks – the second mega retail development bound for West Wilson – present planners with their final master plan for a 187-acre retail center. In June Atlanta's Gipson Hudson Properties LLC...