Updated: 8:13 PM The Lockheed Martin facility in Marion, scene of a tragic shooting last week, will reopen Tuesday. Efforts to provide counseling assistance for employees and others continues.

Updated: 7:46 PM A bird in Harrison County was found to have West Nile virus.

Updated: 7:44 PM Mayor Malcolm Threatt has been inducted into the Mississippi Municipal League's Hall of Fame.

Updated: 7:41 PM The state Board of Health has asked the attorney general for an opinion on whether 4,000 nursing students applying for work must undergo criminal background checks.

Updated: 7:32 PM Citizens Against Government Waste calculated Friday as "Tax Freedom Day," when an average American has made enough money to pay local, state and federal taxes for 2003.

Updated: 7:28 PM A 13-person team from the 186th Security Forces Squadron returned home early Friday morning after four months of active duty in Iraq.

Updated: 6:53 PM Kemper County's "Trash Bash" campaign conitnues through Saturday, as residents seek to beautify city streets, county roads and state highways.

Updated: 6:01 PM The community came together for a memorial service Thursday at First Baptist Church to remember the victims of the Lockheed tragedy.

Updated: 7:53 PM The Mississippi Marrow Donor Program is trying to encourage more people to be tested and register to be bone marrow donors.

Updated: 7:51 PM Longtime Cong. Sonny Montgomery, now retired, has written the story of his political life and Thursday signed copies in his hometown.

Updated: 7:44 PM Experts say some younger children may not need details about traumatic events, but still need to hear from you that they are safe.

Updated: 7:42 PM Those who have suffered at the hands of violence say it leaves a permanent mark.

Updated: 7:37 PM Mississippi eighth graders showed significant improvement in writing, according to the state's latest "report card."

Updated: 9:07 PM Hope Village for Children's Board of Directors has named a new executive director.

Posted: 9:02 PM The Boys and Girls Club of East Mississippi received a generous gift for its after-school programs from a local retailer.

Updated: 9:15 PM Networks and broadcast television stations set up residence in Meridian to cover one of the state's worst tragedies.

Updated: 12:34 PM As investigators search for answers to why a gunman fired on his co-workers, killing five and injuring nine, families grieve and try to begin healing.

Updated: 8:05 PM Hubert Threatt said Wednesday that he's still trying to understand what made Doug Williams take guns to work and kill five co-workers before committing suicide at a Lockheed Martin plant Tuesday.

Posted: 8:01 PM Recently approved federal tax cuts will help Mississippi's Medicaid program wipe out its expected $91 million shortfall this year.

Updated: 7:57 PM The Lauderdale County sheriff said Wednesday that he was trying to get employment records for a man who killed five people before committing suicide at a Lockheed Martin plant Tuesday.

Updated: 2:26 PM An investigation continues into a shooting at Lockheed-Martin Tuesday that claimed the lives of six people, including the gunman, Doug Williams, 48. A list of the victims' names follows.

Updated: 2:17 PM A list of the victims' names from the shooting at Lockheed Plant.

Updated: 8:35 PM Federal disaster reimbursement funds used to pay for repairs on bridges and roads damaged by storms are no longer available.

Updated: 8:29 PM The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' efforts to overcome social problems such as domestic violence and drunken driving appear to be paying off.

Updated: 8:32 PM Austin Clark wonders if he could have made a difference if he had been at work when a co-worker went on a shooting rampage that left six dead and several injured.