Updated: 3:47 PM Dave Hicks of Meridian has been chosen one of 25 high-achieving high school students in the country for Got Milk? ads in national publications.

Updated: 8:19 PM Two east central Mississippi volunteer fire departments share in recent grants through FEMA.

Updated: 7:49 PM The daughter of a Shubuta resident was featured in a special pictorial, "A Day in the Life of the U.S. Armed Forces."

Updated: 7:37 PM Congressional committees are looking into what exactly were the facts about the status of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and whether the administration distorted the facts.

Updated: 3:40 PM Area Navy JROTC cadets are involved in basic leadership training at Meridian Naval Air Station.

Updated: 6:25 PM The mission of the Triple I Training Center in Meridian will be expanded.

Updated: 2:28 PM Foreign language teachers are working on continuing education requirements at Meridian Community College.

Updated: 2:30 PM The school board is considering making uniforms mandatory for all students.

Updated: 2:26 PM Rrepublican leaders in Congress are attempting to garner a re-appointment for Amtrak's current board chairman.

Updated: 9:03 PM Firefighters battled a blaze near downtown that threatened to destroy a nearly 100 year old house.

Updated: 8:40 PM Philadelphia native Dick Molpus, Mississippi's former Secretary of State, will be recognized for his support of public education.

Updated: 8:44 PM Convicted killer Ernest Avants was sentenced to life without parole for the 1966 murder of Ben Chester White.

Updated: 8:41 PM The performance of Mississippi students on the ACT,and what to do about it, was discussed publicly by education leaders.

Updated: 7:00 PM The Southern Baptist Convention is focusing on family issues at its annual meeting.

Updated: 8:46 PM Identity theft is one of the fastest growing types of crime in America.

Updated: 2:32 PM A deadline of June 23 has been set for applications for disaster aid as a result of storms and flooding in April.

Updated: 2:30 PM The Alabama Senate has approved a state constitutional amendment that would remove segregation language.

Updated: 2:29 PM The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors set taxes last September but were still talking about it Monday.

Updated: 7:22 PM Three bridges in the county are set to undergo repair and replacement in the coming weeks.

Updated: 2:27 PM The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is busy working at Archusa Water Park this week.

Updated: 6:08 PM Two people were charged for church burglaries in Newton County. Wesley Gilbert and Tina Roberts are also suspects in other crimes in Mississippi and Tennessee.

Updated: 8:09 PM Renovations and expansion were cause for celebration at the Sonic Drive-In Restaurant.

Updated: 5:58 PM Scams that use personal information to steal from unsuspecting victims is apparently on the rise in Mississippi.

Updated: 6:16 PM Officials at Naval Air Station Meridian honored Andrew Triplett of Shuqualak, Miss., who died while serving aboard the USS Cole.

Updated: 9:33 PM Two bodies were found at the site of a private Piper Saratoga crash in central Mississippi.