by Gabriel Huff | Apr 1, 2025 | Stories
LAURA DILEONARDI’S life felt like a cluttered room of chaos with no doors. In 2012, she became pregnant for the first time. With the new reality came anxiety, exhaustion, and loneliness. She struggled to make connections in her community. Mother support networks...
by Guest Writer | Apr 1, 2025 | Stories
AFTER YEARS without a major business expo, the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce is bringing a fresh and exciting event to the local community: the Accelerate Expo. Spearheaded by James Danella and a dedicated subcommittee of the chamber’s Economic Development...
by Sara Hook | Apr 1, 2025 | Stories
CONSTRUCTION CAN be a sweaty, dirty job, and shed manufacturing is no different. But Matthew Black of Blacks Buildings isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty for his business or for the community. As a modular certified home builder, Blacks Buildings constructs sheds,...
by Sara Hook | Apr 1, 2025 | Stories
MENTAL HEALTH is an issue for people all across the United States, especially for children — but Lebanon has a champion fighting back. Francis Garcia has lived in Middle Tennessee for over 21 years and in Lebanon for five, and his work changes lives across the state. ...
by Wesley Bryant | Apr 1, 2025 | Stories
THE SOUNDS of the self-checkout registers beep through the entire store. The short lines of people with baskets and carts move across the reflective tile like a conveyor belt and out the door. Uh, oh. A man at the checkout stood frozen. The total amount due on the...
by Haley Potter | Feb 26, 2025 | Stories
Sitting side by side on a comfy couch in the cozy living room of their Lebanon home, Mary and Harry Harris were surrounded by a lifetime of memories — old magazine articles, newspaper clippings, awards, and accolades carefully laid out as if to tell the story of their...