Wilson County News

Scared and uncertain, it's a common reaction to many who find themselves pregnant at 18.

The rezoning for Bible Park USA might have emerged from bondage and crossed the Red Sea, thanks to a judgment from on high, but the theme park is still wandering in the wilderness, far from finding a home.

Brentwood-based Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLC has leased an entire warehouse in Lebanon's Rockdale Distribution Center.

" The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation wants to start charging local police agencies for testing done at the state's crime labs.

In an attempt to save between 50 and 80 employees and reduce the budget by $4 million, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is working on a proposal to generate revenue.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' plan to open a call center in Smyrna creating up to 450 jobs is some of the best news we've heard in months.

Despite the county's second court loss to the Shelton family over the rejected rezoning of Bible Park USA, it would be surprising to see the theme park return to Rutherford County .

A Lebanon firefighter was in court Wednesday facing allegations he dumped his wife's body in rural Wilson County in late August.

Wilson County native Randall Hutto has announced his candidacy for Wilson County mayor.

Bible Park USA came and went from Rutherford County in 2008, yet the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Nashville ruled Friday that the previously rejected rezoning application is granted.

Shawn Bozarth wanted to take more advanced computer classes during his junior year at Wilson Central High School, but nothing was offered.

A decision by the federal government to open a call center here could add as many as 450 jobs to the community.

The body of a man who died 40 years ago was exhumed Wednesday in Wilson County in an attempt to solve how he died.

A new $12 million operations center means dozens of new jobs will be headed to Wilson County.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation along with the Wilson County's Sheriff's Office have arrested three men for the shooting death of a Wilson County man after they were indicted by a Wilson County Grand Jury.

Back in July, by a split of 13-11, county commissioners voted to ultimately spend $100,000 on a special referendum to the voters to decide whether a new Lebanon High School and property for a new Watertown High School was worth a $25 wheel tax increase.

The poverty rate in Davidson and Wilson counties went up in 2008 while the share of people living in poverty dropped slightly across the state and in Sumner, Williamson and Rutherford counties.

I wrote last week about kids-eat-free opportunities, and I got some nice feedback from parents who let me know about a couple of other freebies like Sir Pizza restaurants in Murfreesboro, which let kids 6 and younger eat free on Monday and Wednesday nights, and McAlister's Deli in Murfreesboro, which has a free kids' meal for ages 12 and younger on ...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

Davidson County unemployment continued to climb in August, rising 0.4 percentage point from July to 9.6 percent.