Posted: 10:23 PM East Mississippi Correctional Facility at Lost Gap will have a new warden Monday.

Updated: 10:15 PM Tuition at Mississippi community colleges will increase by an average of about 6 percent this fall.

Posted: 10:08 PM Eleven inmates and five staff members have been injured in an altercation at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

Posted: 6:07 PM A sailor at Naval Technical Training Center was honored during graduation Friday at Meridian Naval Air Station.

Posted: 5:53 PM Linda Gale Reed has pleaded not guilty to three counts of embezzlement.

Updated: 5:48 PM The athletes are ready to win on the field, but officials say the city of Meridian and surrounding areas are winning off the field with the State Games of Mississippi.

Updated: 9:18 PM Twenty-four teams played in the 7th Annual Commercial Bank Golf Tournament to raise money for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Updated: 9:18 PM Mississippi's Distinguished Young Woman of 2013 will be leaving soon to participate in the national program.

Posted: 3:24 PM Mississippi's chief elections officer says numerous municipalities failed to certify their recent election results by the legal deadline.

Updated: 5:49 PM The East Mississippi Foothills Land Trust held its Annual Chunky River Cleanup Friday morning.

Posted: 9:50 AM The Mississippi Department of Transportation will begin overlay of a portion of Highway 80 Monday.

Updated: 11:21 AM Tuition is going up for the sixth straight year for the three-campus University of Alabama system.

Updated: 11:19 AM A Mississippi attorney general's opinion clarifies that people may openly carry guns in Mississippi without a concealed weapon permit.

Updated: 9:29 AM The 10th Judicial District's Drug Court in Meridian will survive drastic budget cuts, thanks to unconventional fundraising plans by its directors.

Updated: 6:55 PM Severe weather reminds residents that storm shelters and safe rooms are an option for safety.

Updated: 6:55 PM A local arts group is getting ready for a production of a Disney favorite, featuring lots of local kids.

Posted: 5:55 PM Some parts of Bonita Lakes will be closed to activities this weekend because of the State Games of Mississippi.

Updated: 6:57 PM Athletes from all over the state, their families, and spectators are expected to attend the Opening Ceremonies for the State Games of Mississippi.

Updated: 6:56 PM Meridian Mayor-elect Percy Bland Thursday announced a plan to prepare for the future, before he takes office.

Posted: 5:07 PM Tribal elections were held by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians this week.

Updated: 6:55 PM Lauderdale County officials say the petition to secure a public vote on a $14 million bond issue did not reach the necessary number of valid signatures.

Updated: 2:44 PM State police say at least one person was killed and dozens were injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Louisiana.

Updated: 2:27 PM Doc Braswell has retired for the third time, this time from the EMBDC.

Posted: 11:09 AM The Southern Baptist Convention tackled topics at its annual meeting this week including a broad array of social issues.

Posted: 10:59 AM Neshoba County native Linda Gale Reed will be arraigned Friday on embezzlement charges.