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.

Updated: 8:19 PM Election night was months in the making. Howard Johnson's became campaign headquarters Tuesday for many Lauderdale County candidates.

Updated: 8:13 PM Now that the primaries are over, candidates for state offices are preparing for what's next.

Updated: 8:10 PM Meridian's police chief unveils plans for major changes in the operation of his department, including a smaller force.

Updated: 7:57 PM Two children, ages 2 and 4, suffered burns in a house fire on Meridian's west side Wednesday morning.

Updated: 6:39 PM A church in the Bailey community hopes a weekend fundraiser will help it reach a goal of expanding its ministry.

Updated: 4:37 PM Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz Junior was among those arraigned today in federal court in Jackson on charges stemming from a federal probe of financial relationships between lawyers and judges.

Updated: 4:35 PM Six Mississippi lawmakers lost re-election bids in Tuesday's party primary balloting.

Updated: 7:37 PM A Mississippi man has lost his appeal of a 17-year sentence handed down after he was convicted of injecting a teenage girl with the prescription painkiller OxyContin.

Updated: 7:25 PM Authorities say skeletal remains found in Madison County over the weekend could be those of a teacher who has been missing since last year.

Updated: 7:19 PM The state Department of Health confirmed a Madison County case of the mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus Tuesday.

Updated: 7:16 PM A federal appeals court decided Tuesday to block improvements to Mississippi's death row that were ordered by a lower court.

Updated: 7:14 PM The vote is in, election day isn't going off totally without a hitch.

Updated: 8:22 PM More than 130 inmates wrongly convicted have been exonerated by the Innocence Project.

Updated: 8:16 PM Mississippi is locking up women faster than just about any state, which is one reason prisoners' ranks have swollen nearly 75 percent over seven years.