Updated: 12:36 AM A frustrated teacher is on a mission to make a change!

Updated: 11:45 PM Efforts are being made to welcome some new development and events to downtown Meridian.

Updated: 11:55 PM The new chief for the embattled Newton Fire Department is expressing optimism about the future.

Updated: 9:30 PM Local efforts are being made to address a myriad of social problems that grade school students face.

Updated: 11:46 PM A new education program that started in Alabama is now being promoted in Mississippi.

Updated: 11:26 PM Lauderdale County supervisors are working with city leaders in Meridian to clear tall weeds and grass away from a fence near the 29th. Avenue interchange. However, along with that work, some other major developments are taking place within that area.

Updated: 8:25 AM Bond has been set for a Union family charged in a shooting incident.

Updated: 11:48 AM Actor Gary Collins has died in Mississippi.

Updated: 12:44 PM Bond will be set this week for three family members from Union accused in a shooting incident.

Updated: 11:36 PM There could be some expansion for vocational education in Meridian.

Updated: 12:34 AM A couple in the small town of Union, Mississippi is calling for justice after allegedly being shot at by their former neighbors.

Updated: 11:05 PM New information is being released about a state project that's set to be built in Meridian.

Updated: 11:36 PM Locals are being warned about a scam that is claiming life threatening consequences.

Updated: 12:04 PM A routine traffic stop in Clarke County has ended with the confiscation of drugs, cash and an arrest.

Updated: 10:38 AM An investigation is ongoing into a crash that killed a Union man and hospitalized an infant.

Updated: 12:37 AM Things are looking up for holiday job seekers in Meridian, according to the WIN Job Center.

Updated: 10:08 AM A west Alabama driver is lucky to be alive after being struck by a train.

Updated: 12:23 AM Since opening a year and a half ago, the new hospital in Kemper County is having an impact.

Updated: 10:25 AM Police in one part of west Alabama are calling a recent collection day for unused prescription drugs a success.

Updated: 1:28 AM Sen. Roger Wicker was in East Mississippi Monday. The purpose for the visit was two-fold.

Updated: 12:41 AM An investigation is underway after two businesses in downtown Meridian were burglarized Thursday night.

Updated: 10:38 AM A new tourism director for Lauderdale County is expected to be named Monday.

Updated: 11:07 AM A west Alabama man is dead following a tractor accident in Choctaw County.

Updated: 10:22 AM One person was killed in a weekend crash in Kemper County.

Updated: 11:27 AM One person was killed in a one-vehicle accident near Clarkco State Park.