Updated: 11:51 AM The Mississippi Department of Health has approved a certificate of need for Neshoba General Hospital to acquire Air Park Clinic in Philadelphia.

Updated: 7:21 PM Anderson Hospital hosted its 3-day Heart Check this week, with the goal of helping fight heart disease through awareness.

Posted: 6:30 PM A big event Tuesday at the MSU Riley Center aims to keep your heart healthy.

Updated: 5:09 PM Harmony Water Association #2 in Clarke County has lifted its precautionary boil water notice.

Posted: 9:42 PM A workshop on the subject of depression in men was held Wednesday at MSU Meridian.

Updated: 7:33 PM 'Scale Back Alabama' is beginning its second year of fighting the battle of the bulge, and reducing health problems, together.

Posted: 8:23 PM The Mississippi Department of Health reports 22 deaths related to H1N1 so far this year.

Updated: 11:33 AM A boil water notice has been issued for Russell Utilities in Lauderdale County.

Posted: 4:33 PM The Mississippi Department of Health is urging residents to take charge of their own health.

Updated: 7:12 PM Five years after a smoking ban in public places in Meridian was defeated through a mayoral veto, some members of the Meridian City Council say they it can be revived.

Posted: 11:00 AM The Mississippi Department of Mental Health has added anonymous texting and e-mail to its mental health and suicide help line.

Posted: 10:53 AM The Mississippi Legislature this year is likely to debate a bill that would require restaurants to notify customers of the country of origin of their seafood.

Posted: 5:42 PM Boil water notices are in effect for areas that had their service interrupted in the past week because of freezing temperatures.

Updated: 5:14 PM Customers of North Choctaw Water Authority have had problems for several days with lack of water service.

Updated: 5:49 AM Monday was the coldest January 4 since at least 1944, when record keeping began in Meridian.

Updated: 11:28 AM The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is urging residents to take precautions for bitterly cold weather coming this week.

Posted: 7:14 PM The Mississippi Department of Health has granted a certificate of need for construction of a replacement facility for Neshoba General Hospital.

Updated: 7:58 PM Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby criticized the health care reform being debated in Washington Tuesday, in a speech on the Senate floor.

Updated: 11:43 AM WTOK news director John Johnson completed his third Rocket City Marathon this weekend in Huntsville, Ala., to benefit the Anderson Cancer Patient Benevolence Fund.

Updated: 7:02 PM A group of students finished the 2-year nursing program at Meridian Community College Friday.

Updated: 11:14 PM Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says health care legislation pending in Congress could make Medicaid too expensive for this state.

Updated: 7:34 PM Anderson Hospital is inviting people to pay tribute to loved ones who have been afflicted by cancer.

Updated: 2:16 PM The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Thursday that the 2009 swine flu injectable and nasal mist vaccines are available to the general public.

Posted: 7:51 PM Clarkdale softball coach Rick Roberson received his cancer diagnosis in December 2005. But he says he never missed a step.

Updated: 5:32 PM In the coming days, a winter-like chill will accompany a gray gloom, and it could be the coldest air we've seen so far this season.