Updated: 7:04 PM Hundreds of people in this area will join thousands of people nationwide Wednesday in supporting a restaurant in the midst of a controversy.

Posted: 6:13 PM Update: Officials in Winston County say one person wanted for questioning in several burglaries turned himself in Tuesday.

Updated: 12:36 AM Gov. Phil Bryant joined local dignitaries Tuesday in honoring the memory of the late Charles Young, Sr.

Posted: 3:32 PM One of two drivers injured in a July 26 wreck in Lauderdale County has died of her injuries.

Updated: 11:22 PM Meridian's mayor has appointed James Reed, a 35-year law enforcement veteran, to be the city's new police chief.

Updated: 12:37 AM The city of Meridian has been awarded a $2.7 million grant to improve drainage and infrastructure in downtown.

Posted: 10:53 AM The Mississippi Development Authority is leading a trade mission of businessmen to China.

Updated: 1:52 PM Emergency responders were called to the scene of an accident in Kemper County.

Updated: 10:24 AM An area mother is asking the sheriff's department for help in locating her son.

Updated: 6:20 PM Dickey's Barbecue in Meridian is partnering with United Blood Services for a blood drive Aug. 3.

Posted: 6:09 PM A woman's purse was stolen during broad daylight at the Walmart on Highway 19 North Friday afternoon.

Posted: 6:00 PM A big mess on the interstate this morning after a fruit truck crashed on a bridge near Pachuta

Updated: 1:52 PM There will be a traffic switch on Highway 503 in Newton County Tuesday.

Updated: 5:23 PM The leaders of Mississippi's two major political parties say they want to compete in a civil manner, even as they draw distinctions between what Democrats and Republicans believe.

Posted: 4:07 PM Leaders of the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention said Monday that preventing Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson from marrying at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs was wrong.

Updated: 2:49 PM Winston County authorities are asking for the public's help in tracking down two wanted suspects.

Updated: 11:23 PM With the start of school a week away, Lauderdale County School District is completing the finishing touches for the start of the year.

Posted: 11:25 AM Mississippi teachers preparing their classrooms for the start of the 2012-13 school year are doing so with the knowledge that help is on the way for purchasing instructional materials.

Updated: 4:15 PM Two people are dead following a 14-hour standoff in Jones County.

Updated: 11:26 AM Officials say there is plenty of security on hand at this year's Neshoba County Fair.

Updated: 11:26 AM Gas prices continue to climb.

Updated: 11:26 AM Sausages shipped to our area contain Listeria.

Posted: 3:26 PM New editor named at Meridian newspaper.

Updated: 11:27 AM Most Mississippi districts choose abstinence for sex education.

Updated: 11:27 AM Residents in the Lauderdale community say they are being greeted with dirty water when they turn their faucets on.