Kenny Howell

Managing Editor

Mayor Ed Hagerty, Art Giles and Ray Justice each had big wins in the city elections Tuesday. 

A frightening situation on a school bus about an armed bus driver in Mt. Juliet turned out to be false alarm. 

Principal’s List

2nd grade: Katie Bollinger, Ciara Brown, Ethan Brown, Tucker Cook, Eric Curtis, Avrea Dickens, Karli Foster, Cason Fournier, Kate Grandstaff, Matthew Howard, Amanda Irwin, Kortney Jackson, Leah Lannom, Tyler Mattone, Mackenzie McDonald, Rubi Morris, Bailey Nye, Tyson O’Brien, Brantley Pilcher, Jamey Ricketts, Sophie Roberts, Lili Rodriguez, Shelby Russom, Isaac Schafer, Hailey Scott, Ryan Smith, Keller Stone, Alex Valenzuela Rios

Principal’s List

Emily Allison, Hailey Allen-Cantrell, Caleb Ambrose, Alannah Delaney, Matthew Bennett, Caitlyn Jeppsen, Lindsey Black, James Keoph, Laney Burns, Phoenix Koorey, Connor Chapman, Andrew St. Germain, Andrew Courtney, Josiah Stafford, Riley Crockett, Triveon Crutcher, Jacob Davidson, Kassidy Davis, Declan Delaney, Elijah Dickerson, Jackson Dittert, Giana Fasone, Landon Greenwood, Nevaeh Guerrero, Chloe Guzowzki, John Hamilton, Kiersten Harvey, Karah Hood, Zaylen Hudson, Brandon Jeppsen, Abby Jones, Kasey Lane, Jonnie Meador, Jadyn Miller, Alex Monroe, Issac Moore, Elijah Moss, Kaden Phillips, Danielle Reth, Samantha Ritter, John Ross, Nathaniel Sanderson, Ty Smith, Eden Tucker, Allie Tyler, Katie Tzompanakis and Delaney Waugh. 

A Mt. Juliet Police officer, who was on patrol early Thursday morning, discovered a deceased female in a parked vehicle at the U-Store-It storage facility off of Central Pike near S. Mt. Juliet Road. 

Sara A. McPherson, 35, Mt. Juliet, was found shot to death in the driver’s seat. This is a homicide, and investigators are working diligently and swiftly by following all avenues that lead to the offender’s identity.