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Truck thief leads police on long-distance pursuit

January 30, 2006 A suspect fleeing the Toshiba plant late Saturday night led Lebanon Police on a five-county chase before the stolen tractor trailer he was driving crashed on I-24 about 10 miles from the Kentucky state line. Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen said that in response to a number of trac...

Debate in District 15 race begins

January 30, 2006 A Lebanon city public safety official who plans to challenge District 15 Wilson County Commissioner Billy Swindell in the county's August election said Friday he was perplexed by the commission's recent vote naming Swindell's daughter a judicial commissioner. Lebanon Public Safety ...

State audit finds $250K in no-bid county contracts

January 31, 2006 A recent state audit found that last year the Wilson County Finance Office failed to solicit bids for nearly $250,000 in county contracts, a requirement under state law. The audit revealed no-bid contracts were awarded to two separate companies for "ambulance remounts." Work on the...

Smith family prays for miracle

January 31, 2006 When Lindy Smith looks at her son Hawk, she sees past his puffy cheeks and looks straight into his blue eyes. And smiles a big smile, because he's watching. Her mother's instinct tells her while 30 consecutive days of radiation slightly transformed the looks of her little boy, the ...

Ford campaign hits Middle Tennessee

January 25, 2006 Rep. Harold Ford Jr. — the leading Democrat in the race to succeed the retiring Sen. Bill Frist — made a campaign swing through Lebanon on Tuesday, looking to garner support from a conservative part of the state that is only trending further to the right. "One of my fri...

Commission bucks judicial committee request

January 24, 2006 Bucking the unanimous recommendation of the judicial committee, the Wilson County Commission chose the daughter of a sitting county commissioner to serve out the remainder of former judicial commissioner Wendell Granstaff's term. Stacy Swindell, the daughter of District 15 Commissi...

Former guard: Officers struck inmates

January 21, 2006 NASHVILLE — An ex-Wilson County Jail guard on trial in an alleged conspiracy of prisoner beatings and cover-ups testified he saw high-ranking officers strike inmates and labeled a former co-worker turned government witness a coward. Former guard Shane Conatser testified as th...

Business sparks tax break talk

January 19, 2006 A new package of property tax incentives may be part of the deal to bring an automotive-related plant and 160 high-paying manufacturing jobs to Wilson County. Though economic development officials have declined to comment specifically on the prospect — TACLE Seating U.S.A. LL...

Two of three jail guards convicted

January 27, 2006 NASHVILLE — Two ex-Wilson County Jail guards are behind bars after being convicted in a conspiracy of brutal prisoner beatings, one facing a possible life sentence and the other unexpectedly jailed in a violent coda to their emotion-filled federal court trial. Convicted were ...

Mayors talk of metro government

January 14, 2006 Talk of establishing a metropolitan government in Wilson County gained tangible momentum Friday, picking up a strong endorsement from Lebanon Mayor Don Fox and generating interest on the part of Wilson County Mayor Robert Dedman. Discussions between Fox and Dedman on the topic, whi...