Updated: 5:20 PM Hartley Peavey founded Peavey Electronics 38 years ago, after making his start in the basement of his family's Meridian home.

Updated: 2:14 PM Unemployment was up in Mississippi during October, with Clarke County again posting the highest rate.

Updated: 6:45 PM A nearly three month long special legislative session has ended with passage of a tort reform bill Tuesday involving businesses and their liability.

Updated: 10:25 AM Putting safety first includes cleaning and checking your heaters each season.

Updated: 10:09 AM A driver collided with a utility pole in a one-vehicle wreck Monday.

Updated: 10:33 AM The leader of Meridian Public Schools, Dr. Janet McLin, announced her retirement plans Monday.

Updated: 10:27 AM A Choctaw County, Ala., jury returned a guilty verdict in a stabbing death near Gilbertown.

Updated: 10:29 AM District 4 now has a new supervisor. Joe Norwood took the oath of office Monday.

Updated: 11:07 AM Three people are dead following a fire at a hunting camp.

Updated: 11:04 AM The Clinton-based company can't pay its bills because of its bankruptcy.

Updated: 11:00 AM A popular local Italian restaurant is now franchising and could go nationwide.

Updated: 10:58 AM Law enforcement will be serious about seatbelt safety next week. And sobriety checkpoints will also be set up through the Thanksgiving holiday.

Updated: 6:28 PM Visitors from Hattiesburg took a look around downtown Meridian Friday.

Updated: 11:02 AM Unemployment benefits will be running out for hundreds of people in this area, three days after Christmas.

Updated: 5:58 PM Efforts to locate the body of Grady Everett, believed killed in a bridge collapse, had to be temporarily suspended.

Updated: 5:53 PM Attorney Barry Rhoads is no longer representing Mississippi's military interests in the nation's Capitol.

Updated: 7:10 PM Mississippi legislators will come back Monday to again tackle civil justice reform.

Updated: 10:29 AM An effort continues to find a way to get better training and education for workers in one of Alabama's poorest counties.

Updated: 10:26 AM A Collinsville man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for statutory rape.

Updated: 10:24 AM Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott will be majority leader again in 2003. He says it will be better than his previous stint in the position.

Updated: 10:23 AM Votes cast in Alabama's governor's race Nov. 5 are now official and final. The state posted a record voter turnout.

Updated: 10:08 AM Hudson's Treasure Hunt will close its Meridian store in December. It's currently looking for a new location.

Updated: 6:46 PM A no-smoking policy in place for over a decade with the city Meridian is now getting another look.

Updated: 6:27 PM The U.S Department of Labor has approved assistance for employees laid off at Wells-Lamont in May.

Updated: 6:18 PM The Lauderdale County Election Commission has certified the votes cast in the District 4 Supervisors race. Winner Joe Norwood now looks forward to his first elected office.