Updated: 3:58 PM Fireworks of Alabama announces the recall of bamboo-stick sparklers and Playnation Play Systems announces a recall of "Fun Buckets" on backyard play sets.

Updated: 10:26 AM A special election runoff is scheduled for Feb. 25, to fill the vacated board of aldermen seat in Newton.

Updated: 10:30 AM A Newton County resident was charged for alleged possession of a pipe bomb and dynamite.

Updated: 6:43 PM Seven inmates at the Lauderdale County Jail recently earned General Equivalency Diplomas through courses offered at the jail by Meridian Community College.

Updated: 10:28 AM Local agencies discussed how to make the investigations of child abuse more efficient from a prosecution standpoint and easier for the young victims.

Updated: 6:28 PM Two associations of state employees have joined together to protest overcrowded prisons in Alabama.

Updated: 6:20 PM A study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine is raising questions about whether just one dose of the chickenpox vaccine is enough.

Updated: 6:09 PM A half million dollars in federal money will help the city of Meridian repair the dam at Bonita Lakes Park.

Updated: 7:28 PM Beverly Knox, local coordinator for the Keep America Beautiful Commission, is running for justice court judge in District 4.

Updated: 10:43 AM The last garment factory in Choctaw County is facing closure. However, the owner is doing everything he can to save it!

Updated: 10:36 AM The last garmet factory in Choctaw County, Alabama is facing closure. Meanwhile, the owner is doing everything he can to save it!

Updated: 10:26 AM On a campaign stop in Meridian, Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour said he thinks the state senate might swing to the GOP.

Updated: 10:30 AM A principal who had been on administrative leave from West End Elementary School turned in her resignation Monday.

Updated: 10:27 AM Lauderdale County deputies are being put to the test behind the wheel, which experts say is just as important as marksmanship.

Updated: 6:21 PM Law enforcement officers took center stage Tuesday, courtesy of the Meridian Exchange Club.

Updated: 1:58 PM Attorney General Mike Moore announced at a Tuesday news conference he is exiting politics.

Updated: 9:23 AM Schools throughout the twin states are now on alert status. What does this mean for local children? Here's the story.

Updated: 6:38 PM Clarke County Justice Court Judge Tobey Bartee said he wanted to set the record straight and clarify recent controversy involving justice court.

Updated: 5:43 PM Two hundred students competed in the local reading fair, sharing what they learned from reading a book.

Updated: 5:40 PM The European Union reaches a compromise that affirms solidarity with the United States, but resists a deadline for Iraq to disarm.

Updated: 1:08 PM Mississippi legislators will try to identify education funding sources this week.

Updated: 5:49 PM Haley Barbour, a GOP candidate for governor of Mississippi, is touring the state Monday and Tuesday to kickoff his campaign.

Updated: 10:39 AM The Mississippi Supreme Court was evenly divided on the issue of Ronald Chris Foster's mental capacity.

Updated: 7:07 PM Meridian's Bonita Lakes Cinema was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning, the latest in a string of similar theatre robberies across the state.

Updated: 10:36 AM A new television documentary premiering Sunday on Encore's Black Starz channel features Meridian's own, Patrice Gathright.