Articles by Kenny Howell

Motor vehicle crashes have stayed stubbornly high in Mt. Juliet recently. In the Mt. Juliet Police Department’s latest weekly update, there were 32 non-injury crashes in the previous seven days, and seven injury crashes. The […]

The Mt. Juliet Board of Commissioners sat down Monday for the first of two meetings on redrawing the district maps in Mt. Juliet. The process comes after the 2020 census, and the new numbers which […]

The Wilson County School Board approved the extension of the mask mandate as well as the 2022-23 calendar at the meeting Monday. “I’m living in a world where I can’t make everyone happy,” said Director […]

One person was shot, and a suspect is in custody after a dispute Wednesday. The incident happened in the early evening when two juveniles met in a parking lot at the 2000 block of N. […]

The Mt. Juliet Board of Commissioners moved forward two new neighborhoods at the meeting Monday night. The BOC approved items on the Chandler Road subdivision and the Curd Road subdivision, but not without showing some […]

It’s been a long year and a half for educators, parents and students. That is especially true in Wilson County, where on top of the pandemic, the school system is down two buildings that were […]

Rental homes along Park Glen Drive were deferred at the Mt. Juliet Planning Commission Thursday. Canvas at Mt. Juliet, formerly known as Park Glen phases 7-9, is an 87 lot community on 51.16 acres. The […]

The Wilson County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a face covering mandate until the next board meeting on Oct. 4. “I feel like I am doing what is the best at this time,” […]

After many emotion-filled meetings recently, the Mt. Juliet Board of Commissioners had a business heavy night Monday. The Board of Commissioners deferred one major project with some changes on Curd Road, and put a residential […]

At their work session Wednesday, the Wilson County School Board heard from staff that testing data was, despite the pandemic, better than expected for the past two years. For growth, Wilson County School was the […]