By JOHN B. BRYAN
and TOMMY BRYAN
The Wilson Post

A mission team from two Lebanon-based churches have found themselves stranded in Honduras awaiting that country’s political unrest to ease long enough for the return trip home.

As of Tuesday, the airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras remained closed as government soldiers lined the runways not allowing flights in or out of the country.

By TOMI L. WILEY
Special to The Wilson Post

MT. JULIET -- Mt. Juliet City commissioners voted July 6 to hire Lebanon’s city attorney as its municipal judge.

At a special city commission meeting Monday night, Lebanon City Attorney Andy Wright was unanimously approved to serve as Mt. Juliet’s new municipal judge. The hire comes quick in the wake of Stephen Grauberger’s resignation from the post on June 27 via email to city officials.

By BEN DUDLEY
The Wilson Post

Wilson County School Board awarded a bid to Hardin & Barga Construction at Monday’s regular meeting for $182,868 to convert a Watertown High School classroom into a chemistry lab.

Several bids were considered with Hardin & Barga’s the lowest. The classroom is being completely renovated to be a laboratory for chemistry students. It is scheduled to be ready for use after fall break in October.

By CONNIE ESH
The Wilson Post

New Winters Chapel American Methodist Episcopal Church is hosting a motorcycle ride to benefit one of its members, James “Slide” Robertson.

Robertson, who has a rare blood type (B), is waiting to be matched with a new kidney since his first transplant attempt failed.

By JENNIFER HORTON
The Wilson Post

A Mt. Juliet man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife that occurred on June 30.

 Troy Lynn Fox, 47, remained in the Wilson County Jail yesterday under $500,000 bond. He is charged in the death of his wife, Shelley Allen Fox, 47.