Updated: 7:14 PM Two Mississippi residents have been charged with drug possession in Alabama.

Updated: 7:12 PM The Newton County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal weekend shooting.

Updated: 7:11 PM Mississippi lawmakers elected new House leadership on the first day of the 2004 legislative session.

Updated: 8:13 PM A driver has been charged with manslaughter relating to an alleged hit-and-run Sunday in Meridian.

Updated: 5:33 PM Since Operation Iraqi Freedom began, 4,000 Mississippi guardsmen and women have been deployed. Tuesday that number grew as some local troops from east Mississippi and west Alabama left for the country.

Updated: 5:01 PM The election of a new president of the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors sparked a little heat at Monday's meeting.

Updated: 6:09 PM Bob Riley honored a vow he made to give up part of his 2002 congressional salary, for days he spent campaigning for Alabama governor.

Updated: 6:03 PM Company G, 185th Aviation of the Mississippi Army National Guard will leave Tuesday, for a role in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Updated: 6:01 PM At least two people died on East Mississippi roadways during the holiday period. Meanwhile, it was a very deadly weekend for motorists on Alabama roadways.

Updated: 5:59 PM An Internet site allows people in Lauderdale County to pay their property taxes from home.

Updated: 5:49 PM Nine deputy circuit clerks were administered the oath of office in a Monday ceremony.

Updated: 5:02 PM Lauderdale County officials are cracking down on some pet owners.

Updated: 5:29 PM A national group says Mississippi and four other states were only ones in 2003 to funnel all of their "tobacco money" to health care.

Updated: 5:23 PM Greenetrack expands to include high-stakes bingo, in addition to simulcast dog and horse racing.

Updated: 7:43 AM The elections are over and now the work begins. Lauderdale county government officials were sworn into office Sunday at the Lauderdale County Courthouse.

Updated: 7:44 AM Whistle blower in 186th controversy raises question over Barbour appointment.

Updated: 7:45 AM State Senator Terry Burton from District 31 is ready for a legislative session which starts this Tuesday.

Updated: 5:04 PM The whistle blower from the 186th Wing of the Mississippi National Guard is making news again.

Updated: 5:05 PM Governor-elect Haley Barbour and Alabama's Governor Bob Riley plan to meet in February.

Updated: 5:06 PM A Friday night accident leaves a teenager dead.

Updated: 5:07 PM Despite significant gains Mississippi still ranks at the bottom in terms of salaries for state employees.

Updated: 8:37 PM Forty Alabama based tropps are called to duty.

Updated: 8:36 PM Winston County swears in its first African American sheriff.

Updated: 8:35 PM A New York woman accused of killing her daughter in Mississippi will have an initial hearing on January 26.

Updated: 9:22 PM 2003 was a busy year locally. Here is a look back at the stories that have affected your life.