Updated: 10:56 AM The First Annual Rooster Days Art Festival will be Oct. 12 and 13 in downtown York, Alabama.

Updated: 6:10 PM The Mississippi Republican Party is challenging a state campaign finance law.

Updated: 9:26 AM The Kemper County Sheriff's Department has charged two Lauderdale County residents in a recent carjacking incident.

Updated: 9:43 AM The Meridian City Council met in a work session Thursday to attempt a solution for its 2003 budget.

Updated: 6:18 PM An expanded heart station has opened at Rush Foundation Hospital.

Updated: 6:00 PM A computer training room at the Kemper County Business Incubator has been renamed in honor of Lyda Wyche.

Updated: 5:57 PM Vehicle owners who live in Meridian and renew their tags in October get an unintentional savings.

Updated: 5:49 PM Two congressmen vying for the same seat in the U.S. Congress share the view that Saddam Hussein must step to the tune of world opinion.

Updated: 6:33 PM Big Lots Discount Store has expanded to a much larger store at College Park Shopping Center.

Updated: 6:44 PM The city of Meridian's ad valorem tax reduction and proposed major budget cuts may not happen.

Updated: 6:46 PM Agents of the East Mississippi Drug Task Force taped the actions of three people, allegedly setting up a crystal methamphetamine lab.

Updated: 6:43 PM In less than a month, voters in Mississippi's third Congressional district will decide who will represent them in Congress. Both major party candidates weighed in on the Iraq debate.

Updated: 6:30 PM This week marks the start of flu season. With this in mind, healthcare officials are reminding the public about the importance of getting a flu shot.

Updated: 9:53 AM The Meridian Civil Service Commission has made its controversial final ruling in the case of Police Officer Rita Jack.

Updated: 9:56 AM ProDerma has opened its operation at the Kemper County Business Incubator on Highway 16 west of DeKalb.

Updated: 9:58 AM A half million dollar grant is near getting full approval from Congress to address Newton's wastewater treatment needs.

Updated: 9:50 AM The incoming president of Main Street Mississippi discussed downtown revitalization with Meridian leaders.

Updated: 9:22 PM Gov. Ronnie Musgrove signed into law a medical malpractice reform bill approved by the state legislature Monday.

Updated: 4:55 PM With congressional elections less than a month away, candidates for governor are expected to soon come forth.

Updated: 4:48 PM An investigation continues into a fatal accident in Sumter County.

Updated: 7:03 PM A man charged with the recent deaths of two pedestrians at the University of West Alabama will go before a judge later this month.

Updated: 4:42 PM An account has been established to help the family of Alabama's first surviving set of sextuplets.

Updated: 7:06 PM Choctaw Chief Phillip Martin is calling for the state of Mississippi to speed up its efforts to four-lane Highway 19.

Updated: 10:07 AM County supervisors heard a complaint by a landlocked property owner, but took no action on a dispute between neighbors.

Updated: 10:04 AM A suspect has been charged with making two bomb threats to Meridian High School.