Meals On Wheels volunteers are needed to deliver meals in Mt. Juliet to homebound older adults on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Meals are ready to be picked up by 9:30 a.m., at the Mt. Juliet Senior Activity Center, 2034 North Mt. Juliet Road, and the delivery usually takes about an hour. Routes are typically less than 20 miles of travel. You can volunteer weekly, monthly or as your schedule permits. For information, call Dawn Cathey, site manager, at 758-2777.

Lebanon Police Officers responded to a call at 2:40 p.m. regarding an unconscious man inside of Green's Appliance at 106 East Market St.

After arrival, officers discovered a customer helping the store owner, Frank Green, rise to his feet. According to reports Green was working on a washing machine when a black male, who was assumed to be in his early 20s, enter the store and began asking questions about the work he was going. "Green said the next thing he remembers is the customer helping him up," the report stated. The subject stole Green's wallet.

Green was transported to University Medical Center in Lebanon to treat swelling to his face and head where he was struck by the suspect.

If you have any information about this case, please call the Lebanon Police Department.           

Lebanon Police believe a teenager was accidentally shot Tuesday as he and a friend were on a front porch looking at a gun.

Police Chief Scott Bowen said in a news release that the incident occurred about 8:40 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, at 505 Fairview Ave., Lebanon.

Upon arrival by officers, they found a 14-year-old boy who had been shot in the leg. He was on the front porch with a friend who is also 14, looking at a gun when it was discharged.

By SABRINA GARRETT
The Wilson Post          

They are tasked with keeping the city safe 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week – but just how well can they pour a cup of Joe? Clayborn’s Bakery customers will find out this Saturday.

From 6 a.m. until noon, Lebanon Police Officers, dispatchers and records personnel will work alongside Clayborn’s staff as part of the Tip-A-Cup fundraisers for Wilson County Relay for Life to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. LPD Communications Supervisor Courtney Sellars said that the idea stemmed from Police Chief Scott Bowen.

“It was his idea and I looked for a restaurant where we could do it. I happen to know Josh Hubbard, who owns Clayborn’s Bakery, and I thought that cops and donuts – that would be funny,” she said. “We worked together on it.”

Tip-A-Cop will donate 100 percent of the tips earned to Relay for Life and Clayborn’s Bakery has pledged to donate a percentage of the day’s sales to the cause.

Sellars said that LPD has been really active in Relay for Life over the past few years. “It gets us out in the community and lets them know that we care. We are there for them not just in an emergency situation – but we are there for them health-wise.”

Wilson County’s Relay for Life will be held Friday, June 21 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on the track at Stroud Gwynn Field on the Castle Heights campus to honor cancer survivors and raise awareness. The American Cancer Society uses the funds raised to invest in groundbreaking research in every type of cancer and provide free information and services to cancer patients and their caregivers. There will be food, games, and activities for all ages.

If you would like to join the Lebanon Police Department’s team, or donate to the cause, you may do so at www.relayforlife.org.                  

The Wilson County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday that a $1,000 reward is being offered for information on a missing person case.

On April 23, Lebanon Police received a report of a home invasion robbery on East Lester St. Witnesses said that three black males entered the residence and that one was armed with a handgun – firing it once at a victim. The men demanded money from the victim before fleeing the scene on foot. They were last seen getting into a gold colored Toyota Camry.

On April 29, a home on Tracy Road was broken into and the suspects took jewelry and a handgun. Witnesses said there was a dark colored car in the driveway.

On May 13, a dune buggy was stolen from a home on North McKee Rd.

Also, on May 13, suspect broke into a detached garage of a home on North McKee and took a 2004 red Honda 250 four wheeler and two chainsaws.

On May 16, there was reported burglary to a barn where the suspects took fifty sheets of 4x8 insulation.

Anyone with information on these crimes should contact WCSD at 444-1459, the Wilson County Crime Stoppers at 444-5245. Callers will remain anonymous.