By Sarah Brown
Of The New Era
Lebanon residents gave a big thumbs-down to reopening the Lebanon Municipal Jail in the Nov. 3 election.
An $8.3 million levy that would have reopened and sustained the city jail for five years failed 80.01% to 19.99%, or 5,939 votes to 1,484, with a total of 7,423 votes. The levy would have cost $1.06 per $1,000 assessed property valuation, taking effect just as a bond measure to build…