By CONNIE ESH
The Wilson Post

Lebanon City Council reprimanded City/Utilities Engineer Chuck Boyett Tuesday night for saying in that email that the city government is “clearly targeting individuals” with the job cuts some council members say are needed to balance the budget.

Council took the action in response to a copy of an email handed out by Ward 3 Councilor William Farmer during the regular meeting.

Boyett apologized and said he took back the statement, and that he is sorry if anyone on council took it personally or was offended. He also said he thought the e-mail, which he sent to Pat Hickey, a Clarksville city employee, was a private message.

By TOMI L. WILEY
Special to The Wilson Post

MT. JULIET -- The highest offer so far was put on the table last week for what is arguably the most sought-after piece of real estate in Mt. Juliet, a county official said Monday, with a price tag of $3.4 million for 12 acres.

Wilson County Mayor Robert Dedman said Monday that he received an offer on what is commonly known as the old Mt. Juliet Elementary School property, located at the corner of Mt. Juliet Road and Division Street, on Thursday, June 11. Dedman said he received the offer from a “local seller,” though wouldn’t divulge the name, for a total of $3.4 million for the entire 12 acres, although the offer “hasn’t been proved.”

By JOSH NELSON
Special to The Wilson Post

GALLATIN -- A woman accused of conspiring to have her mother murdered pled no contest in Sumner County Circuit Court Tuesday.

While the intended murder victim was a Wilson County resident at the time of the crime, the case has been handled in Sumner County because recorded conversations providing proof of the murder-for-hire plot took place in Sumner County, where the defendant, Lauren Morrow, resided at the time.

Under a no contest plea, the defendant neither admits nor denies the facts, but the plea has the same effect as a plea of guilty.

By JOHN B. BRYAN
The Wilson Post

Dr. G. Frank Burns, long-time contributing writer for this newspaper and noted Wilson County historian, has spent the past several months in Glenbrook Retirement Center, an assisted living facility in Garland, Texas.
         
Dr. Burns, a former college professor at Cumberland University and Tennessee Tech, holds an undergraduate and a law degree from Cumberland.
         
His dear friend, George Harding, brought a letter by The Wilson Post’s office on Tuesday from the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Garland, Gene Wisdom.