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Lebanon Clowns return Saturday
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Sample ImageBy CONNIE ESH

The New Lebanon Clowns want to revive the excitement the first Lebanon Clowns created and with help from many community businesses the group now has "retro" uniforms and a schedule of games to start out the summer.

"These uniforms are just like the one my dad wore," said Clowns promoter Tim Owens.

Owens’ step-son, Nathan Allen, has agreed to be the team mascot, much as "Ponch" Rose once did for the first Clowns.

In fact the original team was called the Lebanon Giants, but Ponch as team mascot created such a sensation with his clowning around that the team changed its name in his honor.
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Bulldogs in Region XI finals
Thursday, May 8, 2008

CUMBERLAND WAITS FOR SATURDAY OPPONENT

LEBANON -- No. 3-seeded Cumberland University earned a berth in the Region XI finals thanks to a 9-4 victory Thursday afternoon over No. 5 Martin Methodist in the winner's barcket finals at Stockton Field.

The only full game played Thursday due to heavy rain found CU (44-19) jumping to an early lead with a four-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth, keyed by a massive three-run homer off the bat of catcher Michael Wheeler.

Scrappy Martin Methodist (33-23) cut the margin to 4-3 with single runs in each of the next three frames, the Bulldogs pushed across three runs in the bottom of the sixth and added insurance runs in the seventh and eighth.
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Suspected gang member jailed
Friday, May 9, 2008

By JENNIFER HORTON

A man believed to be a member of the Gangster Disciples in Nashville has been charged in the early morning armed robbery of a female employee of Wal-Mart Supercenter in Lebanon.

Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen said Reginald Keshawn Logue, 19, of 703 Jones Park, Nashville, has been charged with one count of aggravated robbery and is in the Wilson County Jail under $10,000 bond.

Bowen said about 3 a.m., Thursday, a female employee of Wal-Mart took her break and went to her car. She said she was approached by the suspect, described as a black male, who asked her for directions.
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