Updated: 8:19 PM Sheriff Billy Sollie crashed while biking on Thursday. He was training for a competition and wholeheartedly endorses bike helmets.

Updated: 8:17 PM Vernon Cotten of Carthage, a judge for the Eighth Circuit Court District, has been named to a tribunal that will review the suspension of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz, Jr.

Updated: 8:10 PM The Third Annual Senior Safety and Community Health Fair attracted hundreds of people to the Specialty Hospital.

Updated: 8:04 PM Officials working a death investigation in Kemper County have closed the case, finding there was no foul play.

Updated: 8:41 PM Tempers ran high at the most recent gubernatorial debate. It left some wondering if Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and challenger Haley Barbour have crossed the line.

Updated: 8:39 PM The Dow Jones appears to be continuing a move upward and is strengthened by other economic indicators.

Updated: 8:37 PM The East Mississippi Drug Task Force busted what is described as a "working" lab for the manufacture of crystal methamphetamine and made two arrests.

Updated: 8:33 PM The Kemper County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of Christie Boyd, 22, whose body was found Tuesday.

Updated: 8:31 PM The grand jury in Kemper County agreed with investigators that a hanging death in January was due to suicide.

Updated: 11:15 AM Imagine your arm or leg continuously swelling and you don't know why. For many people this is a scary reality. However, help is now available.

Updated: 3:27 PM A morning fire has damaged a plant in Scott County.

Updated: 8:34 PM The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a California atheist who objects to the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Updated: 8:30 PM The director of the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University visited Meridian as a guest of the East Mississippi Business Development Corporation.

Updated: 7:29 PM Meridian teacher Ronnie Shumaker has been recognized for his use of pigeons to instruct students at Oakland Heights Elementary School.

Updated: 7:24 PM The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department has charged a suspect for litter left at a gravesite in Kewanee.

Updated: 6:43 PM Meridian High School is setting its sights on a goal of high achievement. In the meantime, a possibly flawed method of state testing is being altered.

Updated: 7:59 PM A Quitman alderman is back at home after being brutally beaten during a burglary over the weekend.

Posted: 8:12 PM Several drug arrests were made by area law enforcement as officers worked traffic enforcement.

Updated: 8:06 PM A house fire that claimed the lives of five children was caused by a cigarette lighter.

Updated: 8:03 PM Acting on complaints from citizens about illegal dumping, the latest at a cemetery in Kewanee, the sheriff's department is looking to stop the practice.

Updated: 8:00 PM State politics took center stage at the Council of Governments meeting on Monday.

Updated: 7:55 PM A rash of burglaries has left a city official seriously injured and a community on edge.

Updated: 7:37 PM The case of a Kemper County man found hanged to death earlier this year is set to go before a grand jury Tuesday.

Updated: 7:35 PM More than $1000 worth of powdered cocaine was recently discovered during a traffic stop in Newton.

Updated: 5:53 PM As always, Children First Day was a time to remember. Pictures now available!