Posted: 10:52 AM Mississippi University for Women has hired a new provost, Dan Heimmermann, of Texas.

Posted: 10:41 AM Mississippi State University says the Oak and Magnolia residence halls will be ready for the fall term.

Updated: 10:17 PM Many believe a Mississippi reporter is to thank for charges being brought in the deaths of three civil rights workers.

Updated: 10:19 PM Investigators in Kemper County are searching for a teen who went missing over the weekend.

Updated: 11:39 PM A Meridian woman's home has been broken into for the second time in three months.

Updated: 10:23 PM Head of medical association targets smoking.

Updated: 10:24 PM Study: Voter ID could harm 48,000 Mississippi residents.

Updated: 11:58 AM Swanson named first black Mississippi Methodist bishop.

Updated: 10:35 AM The 2013 Distinguished Young Woman of Mississippi was announced in Meridian on Saturday night.

Updated: 5:37 PM Two Newton County homes were severely damaged by fires that officials believe were started by lightning.

Updated: 10:27 PM Navy veteran, 2 service members among those killed in shooting.

Posted: 2:22 PM Miss. flags to half-staff after Colo. shooting.

Updated: 10:29 PM Dropout rates won't factor in Mississippi. school ratings.

Updated: 10:30 PM The Public Service Commission is asking a court to block Mississippi Power rate increase.

Updated: 10:32 PM Preliminary winners are set to be named in the Mississippi Distinguished Young Woman competition

Updated: 10:32 PM Officials in Mississippi are taking a second look at certain security measures in light of the mass shooting in Colorado Friday

Updated: 12:55 AM A fellowship of churches made a donation to South Harbor Shelter.

Updated: 10:33 PM The unemployment rate in Mississippi and Alabama rose in June, amid signs of a stalling economy.

Posted: 3:17 PM Legislative leaders say plans for new district lines for the House and Senate have been delivered to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Posted: 2:56 PM The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says it's monitoring a well blowout that is leaking hydrogen sulfide in Wayne County.

Updated: 1:00 AM A local group continues to make preparations for Meridian's first marathon in November.

Posted: 12:01 PM A town hall meeting for the newly annexed area of Meridian has been scheduled for July 24.

Updated: 1:04 AM Preliminary autopsy results have been released in the death of Beth Morris in Toomsuba.

Updated: 1:10 AM A body found in a creek in Clay County, Miss., is that of a missing Meridian man.

Updated: 10:34 PM The first night of competition at the Distinguished Young Woman of Mississippi competition took place Thursday