Updated: 7:23 PM The investigation into the death of a Sumter County Jail inmate has been held up by a backlog of cases.

Updated: 6:50 PM Votes cast in Tuesday's Choctaw tribal elections have been certified.

Updated: 6:39 PM Reaction to the announcement of a joint economic development effort by Mississippi and Alabama has been swift and positive.

Updated: 7:39 PM Lauderdale County supervisors were asked to financially support a local Juneteenth celebration.

Updated: 7:17 PM Researchers have new details about the true extent of last summer's West Nile outbreak.

Updated: 7:14 PM Command of VT-9 changed hands Thursday with the retirement of Charles Aley.

Updated: 6:53 PM A summit sought to connect existing business with state resources that could promote growth.

Updated: 6:41 PM The governors of Alabama and Mississippi have formalized plans to locate new industry on the line between the two states.

Updated: 1:38 PM David Brinkley, who first gained fame as one-half of NBC's Huntley-Brinkley anchor team and for more than a half-century loomed large in the newscasting world he helped chart, has died at age 82.

Updated: 8:37 PM The annual kids count data book puts Mississippi last on a list that analyzes factors like infant mortality rates and single-parent households.

Updated: 8:33 PM The loss of a Ford contract for auto speakers by Choctaw Electronics is attributed to cheaper labor overseas.

Updated: 7:49 PM Suspects charged with injuring a woman in a driveby shooting in Lake have entered guilty pleas in court.

Updated: 7:43 PM Hundreds of people gathered for a memorial to slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Updated: 7:23 PM If you have a scratch or slight wound, you better take it seriously! According to healthcare officials if untreated, it could turn into a life or death matter.

Updated: 7:47 PM Slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers was honored in his hometown Tuesday night.

Updated: 7:40 PM Ford Motor Company backs out of a contract with Choctaw Electronics.

Updated: 7:37 PM Bond was set for Clifton Wallace, 14, who allegedly used a police patrol car to assault a man.

Updated: 6:00 PM A mishap on a boat claimed the life of Jim Eubanks Saturday.

Updated: 8:12 PM A Neshoba County deputy involved in a fatal shooting returned to work after being cleared of wrongdoing by state investigators.

Updated: 8:03 PM New registration cards will be sent soon to voters in Lauderdale County. Redistricting may have changed your voting place.

Updated: 7:44 PM If you own a pickup truck in Lauderdale County and your tag has expired, you're out of luck.

Updated: 7:41 PM Former Gov. Kirk Fordice and his second wife are ending their three year marriage.

Updated: 7:38 PM The FBI is looking for evidence in the anthrax attacks of two years ago.

Updated: 9:56 PM Crashes Friday morning in Lauderdale County claimed the lives of two men, from Toomsuba and Louisiana.

Updated: 9:50 PM There will be baseball this season at the new Q.V. Sykes Baseball Complex after all.