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Closed fire protection meeting stirs debate

February 8, 2006 Mt. Juliet city officials disagree with leading open government advocates in interpreting whether a closed-door meeting between city and county officials was legal under the state's open meeting, or "sunshine" law. The meeting, which took place Jan. 30 at Mt. Juliet City Hall, was ...

Auto seatmaker buys Gladeville land near 840

February 8, 2006 Michigan-based Lear Operations Corporation, one half of a joint venture known as TACLE Seating U.S.A., has paid $1.2 million for a 20-acre tract inside the Nashville-East Logistics Park off State Route 840, according to property transaction records filed Tuesday. Documents in the W...

Senate hopefuls pitch ideas to the media

February 10, 2006 NASHVILLE — For the first time since their campaigns began, all five candidates vying for Tennessee's U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist shared a stage Thursday during a candidate forum in downtown Nashville. And with the exception of a rel...

New plan proposed to fund arena

February 9, 2006 A revamped proposal to bring a 5,500-seat events center to Lebanon may soon make the leap from the drawing board to "reality," Lebanon Mayor Don Fox said Wednesday, noting a new funding plan would require no new tax dollars. Under the new proposal, Phoenix-based Global Entertainmen...

Long Hunter ranger dies in auto accident

February 11, 2006 A "very knowledgeable" Long Hunter State Park ranger was killed during a trip to his mailbox, struck by a car driven by a Lascassas man. Authorities say no charges will likely be filed in connection with the accident which claimed the life of Ranger Charles Ross Pahnke, 58, who wa...

Senate money sources cause debate

February 13, 2006 This year's battle for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat is an important race for Democrats across the country, and they are already voting with their wallets. At the end of 2005, the five candidates eyeing the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Senate Majority Leader Bi...

MJ fire facing unclear future

February 14, 2006 The City of Mt. Juliet has a new impetus to renegotiate the fire contract between itself and Wilson County after the county's Emergency Management Agency Committee voted unanimously to cancel the long-standing agreement Monday night. The 19-year-old contract has been a source of c...

UMC chief officer steps down

February 15, 2006 After two years at the helm of University Medical Center, Chief Executive Officer Mark Crawford stepped down from his post Tuesday afternoon. A statement released by UMC said Crawford, who came to the Lebanon hospital four months after the September 2003 retirement of former UMC C...

Lebanon city targets abuse of employee sick leave

February 14, 2006 Lebanon's 326 city employees took more than 25,000 hours of sick leave last year, a nearly $400,000 expense to taxpayers that has some in city government clamoring for reform. A small group of city councilors, staff and Lebanon Mayor Don Fox met at the mayor's request Monday to ta...

Ford notifies media of 'Waltz' reference

February 15, 2006 POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Just days after they appeared cordial and even respectful in a public candidates forum, Congressman Harold Ford Jr. is accusing a former House colleague and his likely fall opponent in the U.S. Senate race of making Ford's troubled family an issue in the race. ...