Updated: 8:18 PM The Joint Legislative Budget Committee will present a $3.54 billion spending plan to lawmakers in 2004.

Updated: 5:26 PM The Meridian School Board added a year to the contract of Sylvia Autry and removed "interim" from her title.

Updated: 8:30 PM Meridian police say a local man shot his wife in a parked car and then took his own life Wednesday morning in Meridian.

Updated: 8:30 PM Meridian's Army National Guard unit, Company G, 185th Aviation, will be deployed overseas in january,

Updated: 7:54 PM Mississippi's governor honored two outstanding teachers at Kate Griffin Junior High School Tuesday.

Updated: 7:51 PM Law enforcement agencies around the nation are mobilizing to protect the public from drunk drivers.

Updated: 7:49 PM A new, larger Head Start program has been proposed for Meridian, but details are not yet final.

Updated: 7:48 PM An account was established at a local bank to help a single mother and her children who lost everything in a fire.

Updated: 7:46 PM Keep America Beautiful and Waste Management hope to make Meridian's Christmas parade "litter-free".

Updated: 7:45 PM The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department enforced the law by destroying property.

Updated: 7:44 PM A suspect charged with kidnapping and robbery of a Lauderdale couple was convicted by a jury Tuesday.

Updated: 7:42 PM The Meridian City Council delayed the adoption of a proposed $6 million street paving project.

Updated: 7:41 PM Charlie Williams, a veteran lawmaker and one-time gubernatorial candidate, will be the chief of staff for Mississippi's next governor, Haley Barbour.

Updated: 12:46 PM Amid ongoing controversy, the board of trustees at the University of West Alabama could soon undergo some major changes.

Updated: 8:41 PM A $2 million slander lawsuit filed against a Lauderdale County supervisor is still unresolved.

Updated: 7:54 PM A Lauderdale County family lost its home in a fire early Monday morning.

Updated: 7:51 PM Two funding projects were reduced or delayed by the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors.

Updated: 7:37 PM The Mississippi Highway Patrol arrested two suspects on weapon and drug charges after a stop on the interstate Monday.

Updated: 8:07 PM Two boards of trustees remain active at the University of West Alabama, six months after a split. Could this have a negative effect on the school?

Updated: 8:20 PM A man charged with a deadly hit and run in west Alabama faces prosecution.

Updated: 7:05 PM Actress Sela Ward put her autograph on special Christmas ornaments to benefit Hope Village for Children.

Updated: 5:48 PM A three vehicle collision on Highway 39 mid-afternoon Friday tied up traffic for about an hour.

Updated: 5:42 PM The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year. It could have a lasting impact on the economy, local and national.

Posted: 4:37 PM A survivor of a tragic helicopter crash in Iraq tells how a Crystal Springs man saved his life.

Updated: 4:28 PM Love's Kitchen opened its doors to provide a Thanksgiving meal for those who might not have had a hot meal.