The Lebanon Democrat

12/12/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/sports/battling-blue-devils-fall-short-to-mr-basketball-3a-champs/article_6395fac3-72c7-536f-957a-312d42dce5c6.html

The reigning Class 3A Mr. Basketball opened last Friday’s game with a dunk off the tipoff and helped finish off Lebanon with 11 fourth-period points in Upperman’s 60-52 win at

12/12/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/sports/friendship-girls-fast-start-ends-with-long-westmoreland-run/article_1fabdd49-1af9-5d7a-bf13-45e30a5ae062.html

It started so well for Friendship Christian’s girls Tuesday night before it ended badly in a 44-26 loss to visiting Westmoreland at the Bay Family Sportsplex.

12/12/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/wego-star-to-offer-trains-for-nashville-new-years-eve/article_53003d9e-fd52-5db9-95c5-b8ee5778d1d8.html

WeGo Public Transit will have service on Dec. 31 for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Shuttle service will run between Broadway and the Bicentennial Mall. A WeGo Star special event train

12/11/2025

Wilson County EMA, along with Volunteer Network, will be opening an Emergency Warming Shelter this weekend due to the dangerously cold temperatures.

The shelter will open Saturday at 6:00 PM and remain open all day Sunday, through Monday morning at 10:00 AM. We are monitoring the temperatures for Monday night as well.

We want to remind everyone that families and pets are welcome.

Transportation to the shelter is available by calling 615-489-9129.
Please note: This number is only active when a shelter is open.

If you’re interested in lending a hand, whether through volunteering at the shelter or assisting with meal delivery and food service, please visit the Volunteer Network’s page at the link provided here. www.volunteernetworktn.org/disaster-volunteer

As always, we ask our community to keep an eye out for one another. If you see anyone out in the cold, please share this information with them. Together, we can ensure everyone has a warm and safe place to go.

12/11/2025

Enjoy the "warmish weather" folks. Cold weather is on the horizon. Temperatures drop significantly after Saturday as cold arctic air funnels into Middle TN.

12/11/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/sports/fcs-knox-named-middle-region-co-defensive-poy/article_79516717-d2f6-5e63-963d-c1fd9db962a3.html

Friendship Christian sophomore defensive end Gideon Knox broke Nashville Christian’s monopoly on the Middle Region major football awards by being named co-Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches,

12/11/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/sports/hatch-swats-his-way-to-msc-defensive-player-of-the-week-honor/article_548c4d58-d6be-5572-bec4-d0e0d2d61e84.html

Cumberland forward Jake Hatch was named the Mid-South Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after anchoring the Phoenix in a 76-68 upset victory over No. 20 Dalton State.

12/11/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/sports/cade-konkel-earn-avca-southeast-all-region-honors/article_1f56f777-8b94-5599-93ea-a32649841519.html

Cumberland continued to collect postseason volleyball recognition Monday as senior Hazel Konkel and sophomore Lila CadeHazel Konkel were named to the AVCA Southeast all-region team.

12/11/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/sports/lebanon-girls-hold-off-upperman-38-36/article_e0d166e2-3fcb-5760-9dae-9cebfa685427.html

In a defensive slugfest between two state powers, Lebanon’s girls held off Upperman 38-36 last Friday night at Campbell Brandon Gym/Hester Gibbs Court.

12/11/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/score-releases-2026-state-of-education-in-tennessee-moving-every-student-forward/article_71c7a0a4-6f7e-5150-a6ba-0c7928401b5c.html

Building on Tennessee’s continued pursuit of success for every student, the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) shared the organization’s latest report: 2026 State of Education in Tennessee: Moving Every

12/11/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/wilson-county-convention-visitors-bureau-honored-with-gold-record/article_9762972b-59ee-5257-b2ee-13fad2250741.html

The Wilson County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has been presented with an honorary Gold Record in recognition of its role as the title sponsor of the Wilson County CVB

12/10/2025

https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/wcso-school-threats-down-other-arrests-up/article_30eed6b7-70c8-5c32-aa79-6c5211f295ce.html

As county schools enter the fourth month of the 2025-2026 school year, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office released data regarding safety including updates on threats, citations and arrests.