Posted: 11:23 AM Community development clubs in Lauderdale County met for the annual awards night and banquet.

Updated: 7:33 PM Seventeen agencies in east Mississippi and west Alabama depend on The United Way for a portion of their funding.

Updated: 10:04 PM The work of The United Way of East Mississippi was the subject of a town meeting Tuesday night on FOX Meridian.

Updated: 7:57 PM Meridian Mardi Gras 2008 has someone besides the traditional 'king' to preside over the festivities.

Posted: 10:44 AM The Meridian-Lauderdale County NAACP hosts its 23rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Breakfast Monday, Jan. 21.

Updated: 7:30 PM The Meridian Downtown Association has some big changes in store for its annual Mardi Gras celebration.

Posted: 5:12 PM A Mississippi blues trail marker was placed Tuesday at the Tupelo birthplace of the legendary Elvis Presley.

Updated: 8:49 AM The Oprah Winfrey Show will be in Meridian later this week, kicking off a nationwide weight-loss campaign.

Updated: 7:22 PM The Navy's Blue Angels have scheduled a March 2008 air show for NAS Meridian.

Updated: 5:26 PM With the arrival of the holiday season, there's one gift that everyone who can is strongly encouraged to give.

Updated: 6:58 PM Citizens National Bank has partnered with Rush Health Systems to help support The Salvation Army's Angel Tree program.

Updated: 1:33 PM A home donated to the American Red Cross Key Chapter after Hurricane Katrina continues to be transformed into a new veterans center for this area.

Updated: 7:43 PM The American Red Cross asked community leaders to attend an information session on what the organization does to help this local community.

Updated: 7:31 PM Merrehope and the F.W. Williams house will soon open their doors to the holiday season with the 39th Annual Trees of Christmas Monday.

Updated: 7:30 PM The Salvation Army in Meridian has begun its annual Red Kettle Campaign and Angel Tree program, to help children and families for the Christmas season.

Updated: 10:13 AM Despite the above average temperatures in the area, Christmas is right around the corner.

Updated: 2:10 PM This week is the deadline for getting shoe boxes filled with goodies for children turned in for Operation Christmas Child.

Updated: 7:34 PM One of Meridian's oldest landmarks is coming back from the most recent incidence of vandalism.

Updated: 4:34 PM The Christmas season is almost here. And the U.S Marine Corps stands ready to help make children happy with new toys.

Updated: 7:42 PM Hope Village for Children and Habitat for Humanity have partnered in a special building project to help young adults.

Updated: 12:01 PM The MSU Riley Center, Lauderdale County Schools and Meridian Public Schools are teaming up with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Updated: 7:53 PM The wildfires in southern California have created the largest evacuation in that state's history. The displacement has been compared to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Posted: 6:00 PM The city of Meridian has launched a weight-loss initiative, called "Just Lose It, Meridian."

Posted: 6:11 PM A local donor who wishes to remain anonymous has donated $100,000 to the Community Foundation of East Mississippi.

Updated: 7:49 PM Lamar Schools has joined in a partnership with Weems Community Mental Health Center to present a series of seminars on critical needs facing children and their families.