By BEN DUDLEY
The Wilson Post

Wilson County Commission is set to vote on a resolution to ban guns in the county’s parks during its regular meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 17.

According to Chapter 428 or the Public Acts of 2009, persons authorized to carry a handgun will be prohibited from possessing guns while within or on public parks owned or operated by the County or an instrumentality. This includes public parks, natural areas, historic parks, nature trails, campgrounds, forests, greenways, waterways or other similar public places.

By BEN DUDLEY
The Wilson Post

Lebanon City Council approved on second reading an $18 million budget for fiscal year 2009-2010 and the city property tax rate for the new fiscal year of 37 cents at a special meeting Tuesday night.

No one spoke up at the public hearing on the budget prior to the meeting.

Commissioner of Finance Russell Lee said the carryover for the budget was $240,000. More than $205,000 of that money was used to help balance the budget.

From Post staff reports

Officials with the Eastern Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors are quite happy with home sales for July as the real estate market here continues on an upswing.

“We have more than doubled our monthly closed sales since January and our median sales price has risen by almost $15,000,” said Amy Hamilton, a local real estate agent and member of EMTAR.

From Post staff reports

His list of clients includes two of the most prominent civil rights leaders in history and on Saturday, Aug. 29, Fred Gray will be the featured speaker at a special dinner to be hosted at Cumberland University.

Gray, 78, was the attorney who represented the late Rosa Parks in 1955 when she was arrested by Montgomery, Ala. police for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Her stance in the incident was responsible for the Montgomery bus boycott.

By BEN DUDLEY
The Wilson Post

While Shirley Brewer was in McFarland Rehab, her nurses and her social worker used the upcoming concert by country music singer/songwriter Darryl Worley at the Wilson County Fair as motivation for her to get better.