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December 10, 2008

Portland Media Roundup- Wed., Dec. 10, 2008

The death of Sumner County Deputy Sheriff Brian Denning, a PHS 1991 graduate, and the statutory rape case against former PHS math teacher Sandra Binkley lead both Portland newspapers this week. Comment at FRONT PAGE - Around Town December 2008

Below are some of the major stories published in the Portland area media Dec. 10:
• Portland mourns the death of Deputy Sheriff Brian Denning, a PHS graduate in 1991 (Leader, Progressive)
• Charges of statutory rape against former PHS math teacher Sandra Binkley are bound over to a grand jury. (Progressive, Leader)
• Helping Hands / TLC needs support of community (Progressive)
• Christmas Tour of Homes to be held Sunday (Progressive)
• Portland Medical Center to stop admitting patients (Leader)
• Entertainer Jimmy Velvet, author of "Inside the Dream: The Jimmy Velvet Story," donates book to the library.
• Portland teenager caught trying to shoplift beer pleads guilty to simple assault (Progressive)
• Allen Haynes makes photos from Portland area schools from the early 1900s available (Leader)
• Vanessa Hilgadiack is Quantum Character Citizen of the Month at PHS (Leader)
• Tennessee Donor Services article telling the story of the Trey Lefler family. (Progressive)
• PHS assistant principal Cam MacLean named new principal of Portland West Middle School. (Progressive)
• Portland Middle School basketball pictures (Leader)
• Kentucky man charged with escape, assault on officer, resisting arrest (Progressive)
• Special Friends non-profit organization seeks new friends and donations, hosts Christmas party (Progressive, Leader)
• Davidson County grand jury indicts Portland woman for 'doctor shopping' (Progressive, Leader)
• Man charged with burglary, stalking ex-girlfriend (Progressive)
• Portland Lions Club celebrates Christmas (Progressive)
• Dr. Robert Fogolin, an orthopedic surgeon, has opened an office at Portland Medical Center (Progressive)
• Portland Christmas parade pictures (Progressive, Leader)
• Middle School Panthers place seven on all-conference football squad (Progressive)
• PHS boys basketball defeat Hendersonville, PHS girls lose to Hendersonville (Leader, Progressive)
• PHS girls basketball team defeats Springfield (Leader)
• PHS girls basketball team, boys basketball teams lose to Father Ryan Academy (Progressive)
• Corey Brewer anxious to return to court (Leader)
• Five PHS students receive faculty awards (Leader)
• Middle School girls lose to White House, Knox Doss (Leader, Progressive)
• North Sumner raises over $10,000 in Great Pig Race (Leader)
• Oasis hosts 'One Night in Bethlehem' pictures (Progressive)

Posted by B. Ruckle at December 10, 2008 7:29 PM