Posted: 4:41 PM Two Lauderdale County students won high honors for their participation in a year-long stock market game and essay competition.

Posted: 4:26 PM The head of Southern Co. says no one is happy with cost overruns at a Mississippi power plant, but he defends the project as a long-term investment.

Posted: 3:40 PM Meridian police say the Cefco on Highway 39 was robbed by force early Tuesday by an unusual suspect.

Updated: 4:47 PM Update: Meridian police release images of a suspect in the armed robbery and assault of a Meridian store owner.

Updated: 10:31 AM A woman has reached a lawsuit settlement with a south Mississippi city where she says police arrested her for protesting the BP oil spill, then arrested her again in retaliation for suing.

Updated: 11:35 AM Two members of the Meridian City Council were ousted in Democratic Primary runoffs.

Updated: 11:32 PM The EMBDC awarded School Counts cards to 667 students at Meridian High School.

Updated: 11:32 PM A new feasibility study for the proposed Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center found strong support from Meridian area leaders.

Posted: 5:52 PM The new Meridian Police Department building is complete and will be showcased later this week.

Updated: 11:31 PM A congregation in Sweet Water is in shock after its church building was vandalized.

Updated: 11:31 PM The East Central Mississippi Red Cross Chapter is ready to send help to Oklahoma.

Updated: 12:30 PM A person with autism, who had been missing for two days, was found Tuesday in Lauderdale County.

Posted: 11:09 AM Ronald Turner was chosen to be Meridian Public School's 2013 Parent of the Year.

Updated: 8:21 PM An estimated 1,000 bikers cruised the streets of Meridian Monday in the 2013 Run for the Wall.

Posted: 7:06 PM Law enforcement will be involved in a training drill at a school later this week.

Updated: 7:18 PM One of the candidates for mayor of Meridian is proposing a major change in the way city government is run.

Posted: 5:55 PM Fourth and fifth grade students at Crestwood performed on-stage in front of their classmates and a panel of judges.

Updated: 7:17 PM Clarkdale Elementary students received awards Monday for work they have done all through the year.

Posted: 5:10 PM Meridian police say they are continuing to investigate a May 18 shooting that injured three people.

Posted: 4:53 PM Meridian police say they are investigating two robbery reports from a 2-day period.

Updated: 7:17 PM Meridian and Lauderdale County say they are on track for a record breaking year for tourism.

Updated: 7:17 PM Democratic Primary voters in Meridian's Ward 2 and Ward 4 will decide runoffs Tuesday.

Updated: 10:33 AM The U.S. Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting.

Updated: 12:15 AM Candidates say crime is an issue they are prepared to address.

Updated: 11:16 PM A search is underway for a man who walked away from his home.