Updated: 6:00 PM The bad condition of city streets and drainage systems is behind the call for a $5 million bond issue, according to the mayor.

Updated: 10:29 AM Unofficial numbers reported from all eight precincts in District 4 show Joe Norwood won the supervisor's special election, 899 to 617 over Rickey Harris.

Updated: 10:27 AM Gov. Ronnie Musgrove has ordered $11 million in budget cuts, as tax collections continue to lag behind estimates for fiscal 2003.

Updated: 10:25 AM H.K. Edgerton, a former NAACP chapter president in North Carolina, has taken his feelings about the Confederate flag to the streets and highways of the Deep South.

Updated: 6:25 PM Police report the arrest of an alleged robber within 100 yards of Citizens National Bank.

Updated: 6:18 PM The killer of Meridian native and Houston police officer, James Boswell, is scheduled to die in Texas.

Updated: 7:07 PM Gov. Don Siegelman's decision to concede is getting mixed reaction from local residents.

Updated: 5:20 PM Two murder trials began this week in Choctaw County, Alabama. Tuesday one defendant pled guilty.

Updated: 5:23 PM The Meridian School Board hired a Jackson lawyer to help comply with employee requests and comply with fair labor laws.

Updated: 5:21 PM Alabama's governor dropped his demand for a statewide recount of votes Monday night.

Updated: 6:46 PM A traffic stop revealed a secret compartment and $55,000 in cash.

Updated: 4:34 PM This is "American Education Week." In honor of the occasion, one of the leading figures in education was in Meridian Monday.

Updated: 6:54 PM Students returned to class at the Mississippi University for Women, but evidence of a devastating tornado remains. President Dr. Claudia Limbert visited alumni in Meridian Monday.

Updated: 1:21 PM A report out Monday that says a leading investor of WorldCom wants former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to be named the company's chairman.

Updated: 1:03 PM A survey by the University of South Alabama indicates citizens believe Bob Riley won the governor's race, but don't object to a recount.

Updated: 12:18 PM A federal judge in Alabama has ordered the removal of the Ten Commandments monument from the state's judicial building.

Updated: 11:05 AM The Mississippi chapter of the American Cancer Society recognized the people, businesses and organizations that are leading the fundraising fight to find a cure for cancer.

Updated: 11:01 AM There's a new source of medical care for school children in east Mississippi. Greater Meridian Health Clinic unveiled its new mobile unit Friday.

Updated: 10:59 AM Newton County says farewell to veteran newspaper publisher, J.E. Strange.

Updated: 10:57 AM Russell County now has a circuit court order to proceed with a recount in the Alabama governor's race.

Updated: 10:56 AM Mississippi legislators went home for the weekend. An expected Friday meeting between both chambers failed to happen.

Updated: 11:47 AM The White House said Americans should remain vigilant, although it left the alert status unchanged.

Updated: 10:01 AM The law enforcement arm of the Mississippi Department of Transportation made seized eight pounds of marijuana in Meridian.

Updated: 10:26 AM Lauderdale County supervisors have agreed to support Meridian in a joint cleanup effort for the holiday season on Thursday, Nov. 21.

Updated: 10:12 AM Mississippi Attorney General told the state sheriffs' association a court ruling on campaign financing could affect their re-election bids.