Updated: 6:25 PM The inmate population of the Lauderdale County Detention Center was reduced by the transfer of 27 inmates to a state facility.

Updated: 5:46 PM The T45 C Goshawk reached the mark of 100,000 flight hours Wednesday at Naval Air Station Meridian.

Updated: 8:26 PM A 17-year-old Livingston High School student is charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a classmate in the school cafeteria Wednesday morning.

Updated: 2:48 PM The foreign ministers of France, Germany and Russia said Wednesday they will "not allow" passage of an American-backed U.N. resolution.

Updated: 6:55 PM A fundraising drive by the Daisies Club produced almost $4,000 for historic preservation.

Updated: 6:53 PM The Lauderdale County School Board set a hearing date for a teacher who was terminated last week.

Updated: 6:50 PM The chairman of the board for the University of West Alabama was removed from his position.

Updated: 7:34 PM A suspect has been indicted and arrested in the August 2002 murder of the Rev. Mark Hartzog.

Updated: 7:23 PM Atlas Roofing Corporation is expanding with the construction of a 50,000 square foot building.

Updated: 7:21 PM Confusion over the correct method for employees to get reimbursed for city-related business expenses may have to be ironed out by the attorney general's office.

Updated: 10:23 AM Performance ratings for Meridian and Lauderdale County schools are now available. The news was good and not so good.

Updated: 2:20 PM Lawn mowers recalled for possible fuel tank problem.

Updated: 11:40 AM Braving bad weather and anxiety over the threat of war, Mardi Gras revelers hit the streets.

Updated: 11:27 AM Attorney General John Ashcroft said arrest could destabilize terrorist networks worldwide.

Updated: 10:41 AM A capital murder suspect attempts an escape from the Lauderdale County Detention Facility, but he doesn't get far.

Updated: 10:38 AM Reading is one of the most fundamental skills a child can acquire. Students in schools across Mississippi and Alabama celebrated, including Meridian's Parkview Elementary.

Updated: 8:39 PM A suspect in an armed robbery at a Kewanee gas station Feb. 28 was formally charged Monday.

Updated: 8:54 PM Newscenter 11 talked with Gov. Ronnie Musgrove about issues of concern to east Mississippi, an investigation relating to the 186th Air Refueling Wing and a joint economic plan with Alabama.

Updated: 5:51 PM A federal appeals court has been asked to throw out Mississippi's college desegregation settlement and start the process from step one.

Updated: 5:27 PM Raytheon in Forest, Miss., will share in a huge Air Force contract for aircraft radar systems.

Updated: 8:38 PM The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors approved the hiring of a new tourism director Monday.

Updated: 11:05 AM The adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard, Maj. Gen. James Lipscomb, talked to NewsCenter 11 Friday about the controversy surrounding an Inspector General's findings.

Updated: 11:03 AM A sentencing date for a former police chief of Linden, Ala., was postponed till March.

Updated: 11:01 AM A Wisconsin-based group, Missionaries to the Preborn, are touring the South to spread their message that abortion is murder.

Updated: 10:58 AM The deadline for candidates to file qualifying papers to run for office in 2003 is Sat., Mar. 1 at 5:00 p.m. Some House and Senate offices have only one candidate listed.