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Fire chief will 'shape future of new station'

The quest to hire a fire chief to run the planned fire station in South Mt. Juliet is underway with Mt. Juliet officials planning to hire a consultant to help map out a job description for the position they hope to fill before January.  They also are seeking advice on how best to beef...

Community mourns loss of McLeod; his ilnnes not related to local 'clusters' of meningitis

The Mt. Juliet community is mourning the loss of 9-year-old Sam McLeod, a West Elementary School student. He died last Friday from a non-contagious form of bacterial meningitis. His death falls on the heels of 18- year-old Middle Tennessee State University student Jacob Nunley, 18, who died from ...

Fire chief will 'shape future new station'

The quest to hire a fire chief to run the planned fire station in South Mt. Juliet is underway with Mt. Juliet officials planning to hire a consultant to help map out a job description for the position they hope to fill before January. They also are seeking advice on how best to beef up Mt...

Student dies from bacterial meningitis

Wilson County Schools Safety Director David Burton confirmed the West Wilson student who died Friday after a brief illness is Sam McCleod, 9. He also confirmed McCleod died at around 10 a.m. from bacterial meningitis at Vanderbilt Medical Center. "But, it was not the contagious kind...

Middle school principal plans to be 'up on the roof'

Up on the roof is going to be the song of the day next Friday at Mt. Juliet Middle School. Principal Tim Bell will be camping rooftop with assistant principals Cathy Toombs and Matt Deckard. It's all part of a promise Bell made to the students related to the school's only fundraiser...

'Sensory room' proves soothing at MJMS

Mt. Juliet High School CDC teacher Lisa Haskell spends some time with Sophia Horvath in the school's sensory room.

County school board welcomes new member

A notice that Wilson County Schools would no longer allow athletic clubs to be affiliated with the school system due to liability issues led club athletes and their supporters to crowd the Tuesday evening school board meeting demanding to be heard.  Though the issue was not on the age...

School Board paves way for athletic clubs

A notice that Wilson County Schools would no longer allow athletic clubs to be affiliated with the school system due to liability issues led club athletes and their supporters to crowd the Tuesday evening school board meeting demanding to be heard.  Though the issue was not on the ag...

City run fire department on way

The protracted and tenuous decade-long quest toward Mt. Juliet operating its own fire department finally ignited Monday night with commissioners voting unanimously to reinstate a city run fire department. And, they've managed to knock out a plan that will do this sans an additional tax inc...

McDonalds mania

While golden arches high over this home in Mt. Juliet would be apropos, the neighbors might get a little nervous. All that is missing is a warm paper bag with the infamous "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickle, onion on a sesame seed bun," hamburger. And though...
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