Updated: 6:47 PM Manufacturers are recalling thousands of Crown Victorias and over a million Explorers and Mountaineers, because of possible problems due to defects.

Updated: 6:39 PM A California man who threatened to send anthrax to Skytel employees in Mississippi will serve time in federal prison.

Updated: 7:41 PM School taxes in Lauderdale County will actually go down a little bit in the coming year.

Updated: 7:39 PM The Democratic nominees for Mississippi's top two elected offices will not campaign as one "ticket".

Updated: 7:22 PM A Lauderdale County chancery judge has been chosen to help decide the professional fate of a state Supreme Court justice now under fire.

Updated: 7:13 PM Separate early morning house fires were reported as total losses.

Updated: 7:10 PM Eight defendants in a school vandalism case have now entered guilty pleas in Lauderdale County Circuit Court.

Updated: 7:19 PM A local man has been charged with aggravated assault on his wife, but she has now died.

Updated: 8:02 PM Four new cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Mississippi. A horse has also tested positive in Newton County.

Updated: 7:41 PM Thousands of Mississippi students were back in the classroom Monday, including almost 6,700 in Lauderdale County.

Updated: 7:39 PM The scores for individual schools will be made public on Sept. 12.

Updated: 7:37 PM A rather bizarre, but fairly common occurence, caused a brief power outage Monday in Meridian.

Updated: 7:34 PM Six of every ten eligible voters in Lauderdale County did not vote in primary elections Aug. 5.

Updated: 7:31 PM Even though the price of gasoline is up again this week, prices aren't expected to rise much higher.

Updated: 7:29 PM A political scientist at Jackson State University said an anticipated higher black voter turnout could give Democrats the edge in November.

Updated: 6:29 PM The Boys and Girls Club of East Mississippi is getting an all around makeover.

Updated: 10:41 PM A child badly injured by fire at her Meridian home is listed in stable condition.

Updated: 7:25 PM A month ago, a deadly shooting devastated Lockheed Martin. An effort to heal continues.

Updated: 5:48 PM Four men have been charged with sexual assault and rape in connection to an alleged attack on a woman at a party. One of the accused is from Meridian.

Updated: 8:17 PM A trial date has been set for a supreme court judge and others charged with fraud and bribery.

Updated: 8:14 PM The election of an openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire highlights differences of opinion among members.

Updated: 7:49 PM A replica of one the nation's most famous war memorials will be displayed for a week, 24 hours a day, in Meridian.

Updated: 7:47 PM Leaders of MSU Meridian and Meridian Community College have inked an agreement for the first combined academic program at the Riley Performing Arts Center.

Updated: 7:43 PM A child has died from injuries suffered in a fire at his Meridian home Wednesday.

Updated: 8:22 PM Authorities are investigating a two-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a Louisville woman.