Updated: 9:54 AM Lauderdale County's four justice court judges are seeking reelection.

Updated: 9:51 AM The principal of Meridian's West End Elementary School has been placed on administrative leave with pay, pending the results of a probe by the state auditor's office.

Updated: 6:39 PM University of Mississippi chancellor touted the strong tie between education and economic success to Meridian-area business leaders.

Updated: 6:00 PM WorldCom announces that some employees will be fired, due to alleged abuses within its own accounting system.

Updated: 5:55 PM Cong. Gene Taylor of Mississippi's 4th Congressional District visited a new area he now represents, Clarke County, for the first time since being reelected.

Updated: 7:33 PM Kmart will close 326 stores in 44 states, including Big K on South Frontage Road. The Meridian location employs 80 people.

Updated: 4:39 PM Exploding pans recalled.

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.