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Rift emerges over FOP advertisement

Joint candidate endorsements meant to show unity between the county and city's Fraternal Order of Police chapters is again causing a divide between the two organizations. Representatives from both organizations went as far as to visit The Lebanon Democrat offices Friday to purchase a full-page adve...

Mother, daughter charged with plotting murder

A mother and her daughter were arrested July 5 for allegedly attempting to hire an undercover agent to kill the daughter's ex-husband, Watertown police said. Felicia Nicole Arp, 18, of Sweet Water, and her mother Darlene Lethco Moses, 42, of Philadelphia, Tenn., are charged with conspiracy to commi...

Lynn resigns from Youth Ranch board

Distressed by revelations of sexual allegations and charges at the Wilson County Youth Ranch and citing a desire to change the law regarding juveniles in state custody, State Rep. Susan Lynn resigned from the Youth Ranch Board of Directors on Sunday. In a letter dated July 16, Lynn resigned her sea...

Elam responds to county controversy

Hoping to squelch a controversy which erupted in Wilson County government Thursday, mayoral candidate Linda Elam released a notice to all county employees on her reason for seeking their names and home addresses as well as questioning the reaction. In a letter posted Friday "for all county employee...

Gang activity suspected in 20 Down fight

Suspected gang activity shook up patrons at a Lebanon teen club Saturday night and may have resulted in the club's permanent closure. A scuffle believed to have started inside the club spread outside the building on Highway 109, requiring officers from Lebanon and Mt. Juliet police departments as w...

Judicial candidates bankrolls grow – Incumbent ropes in more money in second quarter

Tuesday, July 11 — While Judge J.O. Bond has made strong strides in campaign financing with less than a month to go before the Aug. 3 General Election, challenger Robert "Bobby" Hibbett added little to his already-massive fundraising warchest. Judge J.O. Bond's re-election campaign to the 15t...

Elam raises nearly $20K from PACs

After a late start, county mayoral candidate Linda Elam's fundraising machine has roared to life, taking in more than $51,000 between March 1 and June 30 – much of it coming from political action committees and out-of-county sources. Meanwhile, after coming into the quarter with $8,328, incum...

Mayors tout records, experience in election

With less than a month remaining before the Aug. 3 general election, County Mayor Robert Dedman and challenger Linda Elam are touting their experience in leading governments. Both have openly supported a raise for teachers. But the similarities largely end there as Dedman touts the county's accompl...

Ex-Youth Ranch employee indicted

Two men and a former Wilson County Youth Ranch employee were indicted by a grand jury this week on charges the employee allowed the two men to have sexual relations with underage girls. Amy J. Morrison-King, a former employee of the Youth Ranch facility on Rocky Road in Lebanon, is accused of using...

Rochelle war chest heavier than Beavers

Former state Sen. Bob Rochelle came out of the gate with guns blazing, his already ample campaign war chest growing by more than $70,000 in just three months. According to campaign disclosure reports filed this week with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance, Rochelle has nearly $220,000 on ha...