by Rachael Smith | Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, Lebanon
AT JONES Brummett Elementary, a field of bright ceramic poppies blooms every three years and falls, not from soil, but from the hands of students learning the meaning of service, sacrifice, and remembrance. The school’s Poppy Project, a Veterans Day art initiative...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, Lebanon
THE LAST time they all rode together, it was a short drive into Lebanon. It was nothing grand, and they enjoyed a meal on the square and visited family. In hindsight, it feels like a closing chapter for a man whose life had been anything but still. Kathryn Darden...
by Rachael Smith | Jun 11, 2026 | Feature, Lebanon
BEFORE THE stage lights come up or the first notes of a Christmas carol drift through a crowded room, Olivia West is already thinking about connections — connections that can bring families together, and take small acts of kindness and turn them into life-changing...
by Kali Bradford | Jun 11, 2026 | Feature, Lebanon
EACH SEPTEMBER, the Wilson County Fairgrounds transforms into a vibrant tapestry of color, movement, and history as the WilCo Pow Wow brings Native American culture to the heart of Middle Tennessee. For more than four decades, the event has served as both a...
by Teresa James | May 14, 2026 | Feature, Lebanon
WHAT HAPPENS when a Mississippi girl and a Pennsylvania man meet in Oklahoma? They find their way to Tennessee, take over a hometown karate studio, and treat their students as friends — and their friends as family. Janene and Seth Bennett own and manage the Lebanon...
by Krys Midgett | May 14, 2026 | Feature, Lebanon
PASSION FOR ballet is something that Abigail Moss, owner of Ballet Adora, has had all of her life. At the age of 4, she saw “The Nutcracker” at the Atlanta Ballet and thought it was the most beautiful thing that she’d ever seen. She began taking ballet at age 5. “I...
