Posted: 10:24 PM Marion Mayor Elvis Hudson was elected to a third term Tuesday, and voters selected from a long list of aldermen candidates.

Posted: 10:17 PM James Young wins a close race in Philadelphia. And voters decide the issue of alcohol sales in the city.

Posted: 9:50 PM Here's a look at the contested Meridian City Council races Tuesday.

Updated: 3:15 PM Insurance agent Percy Bland has defeated incumbent Cheri Barry in the Meridian mayor's race.

Updated: 7:51 PM Three south Mississippi residents have now been arrested after authorities found a bomb in a car at the Leakesville state prison.

Posted: 5:22 PM Meridian police say they recently arrested two fugitives from justice, wanted in separate cases.

Updated: 6:16 PM Three more people have been charged in connection with the kidnapping of Jashayla Hopson in Kemper County, including Univ. of Alabama basketball player Devonta Pollard.

Updated: 5:27 PM Despite who the winners are in Tuesday's elections, some voters in Meridian are calling for changes.

Updated: 12:11 PM Two Jackson residents have pleaded guilty in a scheme to get money by filing false income tax returns with stolen information.

Updated: 8:09 AM Three Meridian City Council members attended their next to last meeting on Tuesday morning.

Updated: 12:18 PM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says American education started to decline in quality when mothers started working outside the home.

Posted: 11:01 AM Willie Carlos Johnson, of Forest, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs.

Updated: 12:32 PM Polls are open till 7 p.m. Tuesday for municipal voters to cast ballots across Mississippi. Winners take office July 1.

Posted: 10:16 AM A federal grand jury has indicted a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker and other officials.

Updated: 11:33 PM Civil rights leaders are spreading the word about changes coming to the way students are disciplined in Meridian Public Schools.

Posted: 6:56 PM Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said his office will have election observers in about 20 cities Tuesday, including Meridian.

Posted: 6:35 PM There is a slight precinct change for people who vote at Northcrest Baptist Church.

Posted: 6:28 PM Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie is turning to neighboring counties for help with the overflowing jail population.

Updated: 6:54 PM The Despicablimp promoting a new children's movie could be seen in the sky over east Mississippi.

Updated: 6:54 PM The trial for a man accused in the death of a local toddler started Monday in Lauderdale County Circuit Court.

Posted: 11:35 AM The director of the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Medical Center in Jackson says negative publicity is no longer deserved.

Updated: 6:17 PM CertainTeed Ceilings is restarting its manufacturing operations in Meridian.

Updated: 11:05 AM Four arrests have been made in a counterfeit check ring in Demopolis.

Updated: 5:16 AM Two candidates running for city council have different methods for dealing with an ongoing issue.

Updated: 5:16 AM A local group says it is determined to making something of one of Meridian oldest and most historic buildings.