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An arrest has been made after a Lebanon resident woke up and found a man standing in their bedroom over the weekend. On April 13 at about 3:30 a.m., officers responded to an active burglary in the Spence Creek subdivision off Highway 109. Officers said a resident “woke up to find a male standing in their bedroom. The resident screamed and the suspect ran away from the home.
Williamson County Schools is one step closer to creating an online learning program following Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. The policy to create an online learning program passed in the first required vote with 10 yes votes. The program would allow high schoolers in the county to enroll in online courses. The superintendent of schools would establish procedures for the program.
The Springfield Parks and Recreation Department is excited to host its 27th annual Youth Fishing Rodeo in partnership with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Kids, ages 14 and under, are invited to fish from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at J. Travis Price Park, 4155 Wilks Road. The TWRA will stock the pond with fish ahead of the event. Participants must bring fishing gear and bait. No artificial lures will be allowed. Register online at springfieldtn.gov/fish.
Lebanon is applying for a state grant for half the cost of turning the Don Fox Community Park wading pool into a splash pad. The estimated cost to transform the 6,000-square-foot pool into a splash pad is around $700,000, and 50 percent of the funding would come from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant, which the city is applying for. The other half would come from the city’s general fund. If the splash pad project is approved, it would be about a three-year process, which includes six to eight months of construction.