Updated: 9:16 PM The price of car tags will be going up, affected by the legislative tax credit and possibly other factors.

Updated: 9:29 PM A new Miss Mississippi will be crowned Saturday night. Contestants are rehearsing now for the big event.

Updated: 7:01 PM The Mississippi Department of Transportation considers cutting back trees alongside state highways, because it could factor into safety.

Updated: 6:43 PM Meridian police team up with the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department in the fight against drunk driving.

Updated: 6:31 PM The Laiderdale County Sheriff's Department responded to a pair of serious wrecks within minutes of each other.

Updated: 11:34 AM Interest in a proposed 2003-2004 budget for Meridian Public Schools appeared to be low at a public hearing on the issue. Are parents really interested in the education of children?

Updated: 8:52 PM The Meridian public school district unveiled its budget proposal for the 2003-2004 fiscal year Monday..

Updated: 8:12 PM It's been two years since the 9/11 attacks, and the airline industry is slowly recovering. But some air passengers are exploring another flight option.

Updated: 7:54 PM A summer education program offered by the Youth Excitement Team is looking for more students to participate.

Updated: 7:42 PM A dozen past and present members of the 186th Air Refueling Wing have filed a civil lawsuit over alleged slander against them.

Updated: 7:31 PM Mississippi's new anti-telemarketing law takes effect next week, but the system is already in place.

Updated: 7:05 PM Candidates campaign and talk about what they would do, if elected. Mississippi's primaries are set for August 5.

Updated: 6:54 PM Alabama conservation officer Lance Horner, Jr., died Sunday in a mishap at Coffeeville Dam.

Updated: 6:16 PM As a controversy involving the board of trustees at the University of West Alabama continues, faculty and staff at the campus take a stand.

Updated: 6:15 PM The Lauderdale County School Board took no action on a request to build another access road to Bonita Lakes Mall for potential retail development on Virginia Drive.

Updated: 6:13 PM DNA evidence has allegedly linked a sixth murder victim to serial killer suspect, Derrick Todd Lee.

Updated: 5:56 PM The U.S. Embassy in Kenya has been closed by a security alert. The move comes one day after federal authorities revealed the capture of an Al Qaeda secret agent working in the U.S.

Updated: 5:44 PM Mississippi's highest court agreed with an appeals court that a delay in bringing a suspect before a judge did not violate his constitutional rights.

Updated: 7:15 PM NAS Meridian, along with Lauderdale and Kemper County authorities conducted a large-scale anti-terrorism drill Thursday.

Updated: 6:47 PM The only TVA plant operating in Mississippi opened its doors to the public for tours Thursday.

Updated: 8:58 PM Plans to build a new communications tower for E-911 in Meridian and Lauderdale County hit a snag.

Updated: 5:26 PM The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a mental competency hearing for death row inmate Ron Chris Foster.

Updated: 5:20 PM The Riley Foundation has become the first community affiliate of the Meridian-Area Navy League.

Updated: 5:29 PM Summer school has changed for the better.

Updated: 3:47 PM Dave Hicks of Meridian has been chosen one of 25 high-achieving high school students in the country for Got Milk? ads in national publications.