Updated: 11:12 PM Officials with the Better Business Bureau are offering tips on how storm victims may avoid being the victims of scams.

Updated: 2:34 PM The Alabama Senate has approved legislation providing for drug testing of welfare recipients suspected of using illegal drugs.

Updated: 7:08 PM After inclement weather affected two concerts, Meridian Main Street hopes the final two shows will attract large crowds.

Updated: 10:34 AM Alabama's attorney general has rejected a request from Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn for an investigation into utility rates.

Updated: 7:12 PM Bonita Lakes Park is closed until Tuesday because of a controlled burn.

Posted: 10:31 AM The departing chairman of Alabama's Democratic Party is starting a new organization in hopes of revitalizing the two-party system in the state.

Updated: 12:57 AM An accident in Greene County impacted drivers in Sumter County on Sunday night.

Updated: 12:19 AM York's police chief is reacting to news that two people are charged in a recent murder.

Posted: 3:51 PM Alabama Legislature enters session's final days.

Updated: 8:32 PM Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in custody.

Posted: 6:59 PM Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has signed a bill posthumously pardoning a group of black youths who were wrongfully convicted of raping two white women more than 80 years ago.

Posted: 6:47 PM State labor officials say Alabama's unemployment rate held steady in March.

Updated: 1:33 PM The 9th annual Sucarnochee Folklife Festival kicked off today in Livingston with a feature for school children.

Updated: 1:18 AM Runners raising money for St. Jude passed through Meridian on their way to Mobile Friday morning.

Posted: 10:39 AM The National Weather Service says the April 11 tornado that traveled northeast through Mississippi's Kemper and Noxubee counties and into Alabama's Pickens County had a 68 mile-track.

Updated: 10:50 PM Students in Sumter County got an early start on thinking about their future careers.

Posted: 3:36 PM The Alabama Senate health committee has passed their version of the Medicaid reform bill, clearing the way for debate on the Senate floor.

Updated: 10:49 PM Two arrests have been made in the first homicide in York in several years.

Posted: 5:44 PM A day after a deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon, . people are in mourning across the country.

Posted: 10:56 AM A major union is trying to organize workers at Alabama's Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa.

Updated: 11:10 PM Security is being tightened at landmarks, government buildings, transit hubs and sporting events around the U.S. and the world following the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

Updated: 12:10 AM Explosions reported at the Boston Marathon.

Updated: 12:11 AM Geiger is continuing to recover two years after a tornado tore through the town.

Updated: 12:01 AM It's the anniversary of a day that caused significant damage in several counties in East Mississippi and West Alabama.

Posted: 2:51 PM Supporters work to save bills to regulate loans.