LAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER TRACY HINSON APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY ON A CHARGE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CHARGE STEMMED FROM THE 38-YEAR-OLD TEACHER EXCHANGING A NUMBER OF INTIMATE AND INAPPROPRIATE TEXT MESSAGES WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE STUDENT. WBBJ-TV REPORTS YESTERDAY, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ASKED THE CHARGE BE DISMISSED DUE TO A LACK OF EVIDENCE. HOWEVER, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE SCIENCE TEACHER'S CONDUCT CONTINUES. LAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT JOEY HASSELL SAYS HINSON WILL REMAIN ON SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY FOR AS LONG AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
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THE SEARCH CONTINUES IN NEWBERN FOR A CAR POLICE BELIEVE WAS INVOLVED IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING TUESDAY. WBBJ-TV REPORTS 34-YEAR-OLD JASON ALLEN BERRY WAS SHOT IN THE HIP AROUND 8-30 TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG GRANITE STREET IN NORTH NEWBERN. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE CHIEF, BERRY WAS TAKEN TO A MEMPHIS HOSPITAL, HOWEVER, HIS INJURIES ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE LIFE-THREATENING. NEWBERN POLICE SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A DARK-COLORED CHEVROLET CAPRICE WITH BIG TIRES AND RIMS.
[SORGHUM]
THE SORGHUM VALLEY COMMITTEE IN DYER COUNTY IS IN PHASE ONE OF PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE SORGHUM VALLEY AREA AT THE DYER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS... AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW HAS IDEAS OR WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, VISIT THEM ONLINE AT WWW.SORGHUMVALLEY.COM. THE SORGHUM VALLEY COMMITTEE PROVIDES THE ATTRACTION AT THE FAIR FOR ALL AGES, AND IS CENTERED AROUND THE OLD TIME TRADITION OF COOKING SORGHUM.
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THE BRUCE COMMUNITY MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT IN DYERSBURG, AT THE TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH... THAT STARTS AT 7PM. THE CHURCH IS LOCATED AT 539 EAST COURT STREET