Posted: 3:17 PM New figures show that Mississippi's economy grew by 2.4 percent in 2012.

Updated: 11:19 PM Elections are over, and we are taking a bird's eye view at the mayoral election results in Meridian.

Updated: 7:10 PM Less than 47% of registered voters in Meridian voted in the 2013 race for mayor.

Posted: 10:52 AM The Mississippi Public Service Commission has ordered a Florida company to pay $420,000 for violating its No-Call Law.

Posted: 10:48 AM A July 29 trial date has been set for James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, charged with sending ricin-laced letters to elected officials.

Updated: 11:40 PM Local insurance agent Percy Bland is gearing up to lead the Queen City for the next four years.

Updated: 7:38 PM One of the first things the mayor and board of alderman in Philadelphia will have to deal with in the new term is an ordinance regulating alcohol sales.

Updated: 5:27 PM A fifth arrest has been made in a counterfeit check ring in Demopolis, Alabama.

Updated: 5:27 PM A West Alabama man is being charged with stabbing another man in the back.

Updated: 5:40 PM A jury has found a Lauderdale County man not guilty in the 2010 death of 2-year-old Landon Tanner.

Updated: 7:38 PM Bond was set Wednesday for two of the four new suspects charged in connection with a kidnapping in Kemper County.

Updated: 7:34 PM Lauderdale County's Relay for Life is set for this weekend after being postponed last month.

Posted: 11:12 AM The U.S. Navy says it will stop issuing or using vehicle decals for access to NAS Meridian as of July 1

Posted: 10:32 AM The lawyer for a Mississippi man charged with sending poison-laced letters to the president and others has entered a not guilty plea for his client.

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.