Updated: 6:47 PM A veteran in Mississippi television and newspaper publishing, Birney Imes, Jr., died Wednesday of respiratory failure.

Updated: 6:22 PM More members of the 186th Air Refueling Wing have been deployed for duty.

Updated: 5:59 PM Local police have arrested a woman in the shooting death of her brother.

Updated: 5:55 PM A program by the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors to help control the beaver population hit a snag.

Updated: 5:53 PM Two people have been arrested in a burglary ring in Kemper County. Also, a man accused of swindling Kemper County residents out of hundreds of dollars is now in custody.

Updated: 2:26 PM An accident in Jasper County has claimed the life of a Knoxville, Tennessee woman.

Updated: 2:22 PM A man known for selling shrimp out of his home has been arrested and charged with selling drugs.

Updated: 12:58 PM Senate approves a ban on controversial abortion procedures.

Updated: 9:23 AM In west Alabama, former Linden police chief and city councilman Preston Bowden has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison.

Updated: 9:21 AM Thirteen members of the 186th Air National Guard WIng have been called to active duty.

Updated: 10:22 AM One person was killed in a head-on collision near Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Updated: 10:20 AM It's been one week since the stabbing death of a student at Livingston High School and concerns about security at the school continue to mount.

Updated: 10:18 AM An investigation is underway into the death of an inmate at the Scott County Jail.

Updated: 10:27 AM Industries in Mississippi have been hit hard by economic conditions and foreign competition, but may weather the storm and do well.

Updated: 10:26 AM A military helicopter on a training mission crashed in a heavily wooded area, killing at least two people.

Updated: 11:17 AM For over 30 years, there has been consideration of building a bypass from Highway 19 to Highway 45, around the north side of Meridian. Leaders heard an update on the project Monday.

Updated: 11:30 AM Customers of Toomsuba Water System, who live at Dalewood, are advised to boil their drinking water.

Updated: 11:24 AM A one-vehicle wreck proved fatal for a teenager, who lost control of her vehicle early Sunday.

Updated: 7:19 PM A morning fire took the home of a Collinsville family, but the American Red Cross stepped in immediately to help.

Updated: 11:19 AM Another lawsuit has been filed relating to the deaths of three workers in March 2001.

Updated: 7:13 PM A new program of Victory Outreach aims to help ex-offenders make the transition back to life on the outside.

Updated: 7:16 PM The Opera House restoration project began Monday with placement of a fence around the building. Interior demolition unearthed some items of historical interest.

Updated: 7:14 PM The price of gasoline is a sore spot with many people, but Mississippi motorists aren't paying as much as they would elsewhere.

Updated: 4:01 PM Researchers say overuse of antibiotics is breeding a stronger strep.

Updated: 11:24 AM The federal government has made $7.5 million available to Mississippi for its homeland security efforts.