Updated: 5:56 PM The U.S. Embassy in Kenya has been closed by a security alert. The move comes one day after federal authorities revealed the capture of an Al Qaeda secret agent working in the U.S.

Updated: 5:44 PM Mississippi's highest court agreed with an appeals court that a delay in bringing a suspect before a judge did not violate his constitutional rights.

Updated: 7:15 PM NAS Meridian, along with Lauderdale and Kemper County authorities conducted a large-scale anti-terrorism drill Thursday.

Updated: 6:47 PM The only TVA plant operating in Mississippi opened its doors to the public for tours Thursday.

Updated: 8:58 PM Plans to build a new communications tower for E-911 in Meridian and Lauderdale County hit a snag.

Updated: 5:26 PM The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a mental competency hearing for death row inmate Ron Chris Foster.

Updated: 5:20 PM The Riley Foundation has become the first community affiliate of the Meridian-Area Navy League.

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.