Possumtown Outreach will again be carrying needed items to Sneedville in Hancock County this Christmas, the poorest county in Tennessee and the seventh poorest in the United States.

Items needed are non-perishable food, winter coats, sanitary items (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, etc.).

Possumtown Outreach is a Not-for-Profit tax exempt organization and your monetary donations would be greatly appreciated and also tax deductible. By buying bulk food items such as potatoes, flour and canned goods from the distributor, Possumtown Outreach can stretch a small donation into a lot of food for needy families. Monetary donations can be made to: Possumtown Outreach, P.O. Box 26, Lebanon, TN 37088.

By BEN DUDLEY
The Wilson Post

This holiday season, most of us will sit around a big table with our families and enjoy a large, delicious meal and then go sit in front of our TV’s to watch football while our kids open tons of presents that they will be tired of in a few months.

But this holiday season, a growing number of Wilson County residents will not experience this scenario because of the failing economy and rising unemployment.

From Post staff reports

John B. Bryan, who has been a newspaper writer, photographer, layout design artist, owner and publisher for more than 28 years in Wilson County, is leaving the industry and the field of journalism to pursure a career in the finanancial sector.

Bryan, announced to staff members at The Wilson Post yesterday, that he is leaving the local community newspaper and MainStreet Media to accept an employment opportunity at Lebanon-based CedarStone Bank. Bryan has served as vice president of MainStreet Media and publisher of The Wilson Post.

From Post staff reports

The woman who was convicted for the murder of two local law officers on July 9, 2003 will be back in court in Wilson County today to file a post conviction relief petition in hopes of a new trial.

According to testimony in the 2004 trial, Fallon Tallent, then 21, was speeding down Interstate 40 at 120 mph when she struck two officers after they had placed a “spike strip” across the highway in order to puncture her tires and end the chase that began two hours before in Knoxville.