Updated: 6:16 PM For the seventh year in a row, Oakland Heights teacher Ronnie Shumaker has won a BellSouth grant for innovative teaching.

Updated: 6:08 PM Haley Barbour has all but announced his candidacy for governor of Mississippi. He's courting organizational support across the state.

Updated: 7:45 PM Meridian's police chief wants to reactivate a bike patrol unit that proved itself effective in drug busts and gaming raids.

Updated: 5:49 PM Each day millions worldwide tune in and watch the Oprah show. We recently caught up with one of Oprah's close relatives who told us that success runs in the family.

Updated: 3:12 PM Secretary of State Colin Powell says there's a "sinister" link between Iraq and al-Qaida.

Updated: 10:01 AM Five years since five people died from carbon monoxide poisoning, a family member continues an awareness campaign to try to save lives.

Updated: 10:05 AM More than two million children play Little League baseball in the United States. A new study suggests it could be safer.

Updated: 6:54 PM Veteran driver Richard Holloway of Meridian has logged over three million miles without a preventable accident.

Updated: 7:01 PM Police charged a suspect with manslaughter in the Monday night stabbing death of Lynn Baskin.

Updated: 7:02 PM A one vehicle crash north of Marion took the life of the driver and injured a small child.

Updated: 7:00 PM Citizens with complaints about their councilman vented at Tuesday's city council meeting.

Updated: 6:25 PM Five years ago a tragedy at Naval Air Station Meridian claimed five lives. Now, a surviving family member is on a mission to save others from a similar fate.

Updated: 5:35 PM Telecommunications company, WorldCom, announced the cut of 5,000 more jobs on Monday.

Updated: 5:32 PM In west Alabama, Greene County officials are asking for the public's help in solving a weekend murder.

Updated: 5:30 PM Mississippi's governor has asked all Mississippians to join in a moment of silence Tuesday, to remember the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia and their families.

Updated: 5:27 PM The Rev. Duncan M. Gray, III, has been appointed bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Mississippi.

Updated: 5:20 PM The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Monday to end the County Patrol system.

Updated: 9:03 AM NASA engineers settled into their long, joyless task of figuring out how space shuttle Columbia broke apart, saying conditions in the shuttle's final minutes point to a possible problem with its critical heat-protection tiles.

Updated: 6:07 PM A local blood provider is teaming up with the military to provide blood in case of war.

Updated: 6:06 PM Meridian Public Schools teacher of the Year is Robin Hall of Magnolia Middle School.

Updated: 6:01 PM A perjury charge against the alleged mother in the mysterious baby death case has been dismissed.

Updated: 5:47 PM Lauderdale County's Habitat for Humanity looked back on 2002 and ahead to what may be accomplished in 2003 at its annual meeting.

Updated: 5:41 PM The annual report on the City of Meridian was presented by the administration to the City Council Friday.

Updated: 5:35 PM Gov. Ronnie Musgrove says he will sign comprehensive education funding bills next Tuesday.

Updated: 3:31 PM Some Cooper Lighting 500-watt halogen bulbs and Zenith large-screen televisions have been recalled.