Updated: 10:47 AM Human remains and a gun were found in the Stratton Community of Newton County.

Updated: 10:45 AM The Meridian School Board will name an interim school superintendent on Wednesday. Several educators agree the choice for a permanent replacement for the retiring Dr. Janet McLin is critical for this community.

Updated: 10:43 AM A lab for the manufacture of crystal methamphetamine was found and destroyed in Clarke County Friday.

Updated: 10:30 AM A local option sales tax proposal will again be brought to Mississippi lawmakers during the 2003 legislative session.

Updated: 6:00 PM An arrest has been made in a stabbing death in West Alabama.

Updated: 10:46 AM For the second time in less than a year, a Clarke County family is devastated by a house fire.

Updated: 11:52 AM Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman will leave office in a week with one regret, not fulfilling a goal to get a state lottery to help fund education.

Updated: 12:09 PM Budget bills aren't the only ones being discussed at the Mississippi Capitol.

Updated: 11:48 AM Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said a threat by Democrats to filibuster the renomination of Judge Charles Pickering are "playing politics."

Updated: 10:40 AM Medell Banks, Jr., was released from custody Friday, after serving 41 months for the death of a baby that may have never existed.

Updated: 10:38 AM A business owner was involved in a bizarre accident Friday afternoon.

Updated: 10:32 AM The second carousel horse in Hope Village's "Hope Horse" project has been placed at Greater Meridian health Clinic.

Updated: 10:36 AM Educators indicate the governor's plan for enhancing early childhood education is a good idea.

Updated: 10:37 AM Veteran State Sen. Terry C. Burton responded to the governor's proposals, presented in the 2003 State of the State address.

Updated: 6:18 PM A two-vehicle collision injured at least three people and diverted traffic for close to an hour Friday morning.

Updated: 7:23 PM The investigation continues into the hanging death of 23-year-old Nick Naylor in Kemper County.

Updated: 6:04 PM The Commission on the Future of East Mississippi and West Alabama has started its mission with education initiatives, but has its eye on the cycle of prosperity.

Updated: 5:53 PM For the second day in a row, one person has been killed in an accident on I-20/59 in West Alabama.

Updated: 5:52 PM Attorneys for Medell Banks are trying to bar his alleged confession to an infant murder from being allowed into evidence in his second trial.

Updated: 6:27 PM Two arrests have been made in a bank robbery in Heidelberg.

Updated: 6:20 PM Gov. Ronnie Musgrove delivered his State of the State address to Mississippi lawmakers Thursday, highlighting education.

Updated: 10:25 AM A pair of robberies in less than 24 hours launched investigations by local law enforcement. One resulted in a quick arrest.

Updated: 10:21 AM The local chapter of the NAACP will have a new president, Walter Patton. Longtime leader, Obie Clark, is not seeking another term.

Updated: 10:23 AM The trial of Marion vs. Meridian over the rate charged for sewage treatment ended Wednesday.

Updated: 5:31 PM Plans for the 2003 version of Art for Heart were announced Wednesday in Meridian.