Updated: 2:08 PM An elderly man is dead after his pet deer attacked him.

Updated: 11:01 AM The national terror alert will be lowered from orange to yellow, administration officials said Thursday, suggesting the threat of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil has eased somewhat.

Updated: 8:48 PM The commander of the Mississippi National Guard's 186th Air Refueling Wing has been placed on administrative leave with pay.

Updated: 10:13 AM Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove has finally ended speculation about his future plans.

Updated: 10:05 AM A suspect in the kidnapping of a Quitman businesswoman has been found guilty of the charge.

Updated: 6:56 PM A Lincoln Town Car, apparently stolen in a double homicide in Meridian, was located overnight.

Updated: 5:45 PM Workforce development in the Meridian area got a boost from new leadership and new cash Wednesday.

Updated: 5:41 PM Prison security used chemical agents to regain control of 29 inmates who refused to return to their cells Tuesday night.

Updated: 5:36 PM Students at West Lauderdale Elementary School saluted China by creating a walk-through museum.

Updated: 5:27 PM A 25-year legislative veteran, Rep. Tommy Horne of Meridian, will not seek reelection this year.

Updated: 2:42 PM It's the biggest Relay for Life event in the Mid-south, and if organizers have their way, it will get even bigger!

Updated: 2:37 PM The Meridian Arts Council is looking to award more grant money.

Updated: 3:39 PM The Bush administration on Wednesday dismissed a compromise proposal by Canada to set an end-of-March deadline for Iraq to comply with U.N. disarmament demands.

Updated: 9:47 AM NASA said that it had recovered a videotape showing four of the Columbia astronauts in the last minutes of their flight just before things went awry.

Updated: 10:09 AM Sixteen of 46 allegations of wrongdoing made against the leadership of the 186th Air Refueling Wing were substantiated in a report from the Air Force Inspector General.

Updated: 9:56 AM Wallace Heggie announced his run for chancery clerk of Lauderdale County on Tuesday. Incumbent Ann Wilson Hayes is also seeking another term.

Updated: 10:00 AM Jake Wamble of West Lauderdale and Southeast Lauderdale's Nykolas Alford placed first and second, respectively, in the 2003 Lauderdale County Spelling Bee.

Updated: 10:02 AM A man opened fire Tuesday morning, after an argument at a temporary employment service.

Updated: 10:12 AM A group of Mississippi mayors and county supervisors lobbied for passage of a local option sales tax.

Updated: 8:42 PM New information was released Tuesday about the murders of two brothers in Meridian.

Updated: 4:11 PM Consumer confidence in the economy plunged to its lowest level in nearly 10 years in February as Americans grew bleak about jobs and oil prices in the face of war with Iraq.

Updated: 10:28 AM A fire on Feb. 21 claimed the life of an elderly resident.

Updated: 10:21 AM A loaded 18-wheeler trailer was reported stolen overnight from a local truck stop.

Updated: 10:23 AM Expansion of Brown Bottling Company will add some new jobs to the Pepsi distributor, in business here for over 30 years.

Updated: 10:34 AM A report filed by the Air Force Inspector General has revealed substantiated charges of racism, cheating on military exams, and false reporting in official statements by the leadership of Meridian's 186th Air Refueling Wing of the Mississippi National Guard.