Updated: 12:38 PM Mississippi's unemployment rate dipped in April, but mainly because fewer people were looking for work.
Updated: 11:48 PM Classical Music filled the air Thursday night at a Meridian Church. The Ohio Northern Choir performed a free concert.
Updated: 11:27 PM MPS hosted a Retirement Reception Thursday for nine retiring District employees. The retirees represent a combined 301 years of service.
Posted: 6:49 PM Newly released documents say the man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker tried to evade his arrest.
Posted: 3:50 PM Police say gunshots were fired and struck a Meridian residence Wednesday night.
Posted: 3:43 PM Meridian police arrested Jeffrey Taylor, a suspect in a statutory rape case, after a lengthy foot chase in Marion.
Posted: 11:58 AM The College Board will seek roughly $30 million more in state money in the 2015 budget year.
Updated: 11:36 AM The Mississippi Highway Patrol cancelled a Silver Alert for Paul White, who was found in Jackson.
Posted: 10:47 AM The death of a contract worker involved in an accident at Columbus Air Force Base is being investigated.
Posted: 10:32 AM Gov. Robert Bentley says his first impression of the state education and state general fund budgets is that they are basically fine.
Posted: 10:20 AM Miss America is paying a visit to her hometown in Alabama.
Posted: 10:16 AM Four people died from a one-car wreck in west Alabama.
Updated: 10:12 AM A police cruiser was involved in a collision on Wednesday evening.
Posted: 7:18 PM Meridian police officers and detectives had a heavy presence around a local business late Wednesday morning.

