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Oxycontin robbery hits Lebanon drugstore

November 3, 2005 Lebanon police – who recently saw an armed robber crisscross the city in a series of four successful stick-ups – are now seeking a gunman who fled a pharmacy with a massive cache of powerful, highly addictive narcotics. No arrests appear on the horizon three days after ...

Council ponders election results

November 3, 2005 A pair of newly elected Lebanon city councilors credited voters' desire for stronger representation as well as a need for improved infrastructure with tipping the scales against incumbents during last Thursday's municipal election. All three sitting city councilors – represen...

Agencies to assist unemployed

November 3, 2005 State and local officials are rapidly "in the process" of implementing a plan to assist hundreds of workers displaced by layoffs at a pair of Lebanon manufacturing plants. Kimberly Roberts, the Middle Tennessee rapid response coordinator for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Wo...

Toshiba to cut 300 jobs

November 1, 2005 Toshiba America plans to cut its Lebanon work force by nearly 300 employees because of its decision to stop producing specific types of televisions, becoming the second local manufacturer to reveal a major layoff in recent days. Toshiba's plans are the apparent result of a company ...

McCall picked for county GOP chair

October 31, 2005 Executive members of the Wilson County Republican Party recently elected Lebanon businessman and longtime GOP activist Albert B. McCall to succeed former Mt. Juliet Mayor Kevin Mack as the local party chairman. WCRP Vice Chairman Sherrie Orange, who served as the party's interim le...

Police: Dogs raised to fight

October 31, 2005 Police say they have received information the owner of two pit bulldogs found at an empty home – one already dead – was raising the animals for fighting. Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen said investigators have been told the owner of the two "raises and has previously f...

Mayor proposed limit on campaign spending

November 1, 2005 Hours after winning the most expensive election in Lebanon history, Mayor Don Fox said he hopes to see limits imposed on the cost of seeking city office. And while state election commission officials cautioned any plan to rein in the cost of city elections may face legal hurdles, a...

LSSD on No Child Left Behind watch list

November 2, 2005 A relatively good 2005 state report card for the Lebanon Special School district is tempered because the district is now on the No Child Left Behind "targeted school" watch list because of failing to meet benchmarks in the English as a Limited Language category. Celebration for gra...

Animal rights group seeks investigation

November 2, 2005 The fallout from a dog fight at Lebanon Animal Control earlier this month continues to draw national attention, with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) calling for a criminal investigation into how city officials responded to a mauled black lab found at the poun...

Man claims police used injury to force confession

November 2, 2005 Investigators from three law enforcement agencies used the agony of a serious hand injury to force a confession out of a man charged with 46 burglaries and thefts, a rarely granted defense motion alleges. Criminal Court Judge John Wootten has granted a request filed on behalf of Tr...