Updated: 7:25 PM An elected official in west Alabama been charged with a felony crime.

Updated: 7:25 PM Meridian police officers and Lauderdale County sheriff's deputies now have a place they can take mentally unstable people for help, instead of jail.

Posted: 12:01 PM Meridian police say an 18-year-old has been charged with computer luring for sex.

Updated: 10:44 AM A fuel barge explodes on Mobile River in Alabama.

Updated: 11:12 PM Debbie Young is busy with her job and family, but still finds time to volunteer.

Updated: 7:07 PM Mississippi's municipal primaries are less than two weeks away.

Updated: 7:08 PM Lauderdale County law enforcement said Tuesday night was one of the strangest in quite some time.

Updated: 3:21 PM The Mississippi Medical Examiner's Office has issued its report in the death of Jamie Wilkes.

Updated: 11:12 PM Officials with the Better Business Bureau are offering tips on how storm victims may avoid being the victims of scams.

Updated: 2:34 PM The Alabama Senate has approved legislation providing for drug testing of welfare recipients suspected of using illegal drugs.

Posted: 11:41 AM Wesley House is hosting its Annual Child Safety Fair Thursday.

Updated: 7:08 PM After inclement weather affected two concerts, Meridian Main Street hopes the final two shows will attract large crowds.

Updated: 7:08 PM The Main Event was held Thursday at Bonita Lakes Mall.

Updated: 10:34 AM Alabama's attorney general has rejected a request from Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn for an investigation into utility rates.

Updated: 10:24 AM Gov. Phil Bryant has called a special legislative session to deal with an economic development issue.

Updated: 11:45 PM Concerned residents had a chance to talk one-on-one with local law enforcement officers about how they can help in the city's ongoing fight against crime. Officers also shared their thoughts on a new gun law coming to Mississippi.

Updated: 11:27 PM With Mississippi leading the nation in the number of cases of diabetes, there are things you can to do prevent or manage diabetes.

Posted: 10:06 PM Mississippi Power says it has had additional expenses crop up for the lignite coal plant in Kemper County, but says it will keep an agreement with the Public Service Commission on customer rate increases..

Updated: 9:18 PM Mississippi's 2013 Distinguished Young Woman visited a Meridian school Tuesday.

Updated: 7:13 PM Archie McDonnell, Jr., is the winner of the 2013 Hartley Peavey Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.

Updated: 3:15 PM A second Mississippi man says the FBI is searching his home in connection with the ricin letter case.

Updated: 9:17 PM Clara Hayes Wallace Moore celebrated her 100th birthday Tuesday in Meridian.

Posted: 2:44 PM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he will call lawmakers into special session to deal with an economic development project.

Updated: 6:12 PM A federal official says the man charged with sending poison letters to President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and a Mississippi judge has been released from jail.

Updated: 9:17 PM The money raised on Saturday night will go toward's Hope Village's transitional program.