Updated: 12:10 AM Chief William Cox is settling into his new role as head of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Posted: 11:44 AM The town of Decatur and East Central Community College are sponsoring a salute to the nation's veterans Saturday.

Posted: 10:52 AM Christmas decorations are going up around Meridian.

Updated: 6:13 PM A top Mississippi lawmaker says the House and Senate will try to agree on a package of long-term borrowing next year, after failing to authorize one this past spring.

Updated: 2:49 PM A federal grand jury in Mississippi has indicted two men on charges of sexually assaulting a 3- or 4-year-old girl and recording it.

Updated: 1:51 AM MSU Meridian and MCC hosted the 4th Annual College & Job Fair Thursday.

Updated: 1:55 AM Vehicle theft appears to be a growing problem in east Mississippi.

Posted: 5:33 PM Mississippi's struggling economy could be hit even harder if congressional lawmakers don't take action by the first of the year.

Updated: 10:21 PM The Mississippi Development Authority plans to demand Handy Hardware return a $3.6 million grant.

Posted: 5:03 PM Someone attempted a break-in at Meridian Underground Music late Wednesday night.

Updated: 10:28 PM Jennings is back in court for a judgment debtor exam with city attorney Bill Ready, Jr.

Posted: 12:28 PM United Blood Services is hosting blood drives this month and offering free 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 2' t-shirts to donors.

Posted: 12:12 PM BP and a team of plaintiffs' attorneys are urging a federal judge to give final approval to a proposed class-action settlement related to the 2010 Gulf spill.

Updated: 4:41 PM The number of Mississippi voters dropped from the 2008 presidential election by as much as 90,000 people.

Updated: 1:13 AM Newscenter 11 sampled reaction to the presidential election in Meridian Wednesday.

Updated: 1:12 AM Election commissioners are busy certifying votes from Tuesday's election.

Updated: 10:22 PM A Meridian business that was the victim of an attempted robbery has released surveillance images of the crime.

Updated: 1:12 AM Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says the country needs to pull together to solve our problems.

Updated: 3:06 PM MSU Meridian and Meridian Community College sponsor the 4th Annual College & Job Fair Thursday.

Updated: 12:02 AM Handy Hardware announced its plan to closed the Meridian location.

Updated: 11:13 AM Mississippi reelected Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and all four of its U.S. House members.

Updated: 6:52 PM According to exit polls, Mississippi and Alabama voters say the economy was the big issue for them in the presidential race.

Updated: 5:46 PM Some minor voting problems were reported in Mississippi on election day.

Posted: 5:27 PM A former hospice worker in Laurel was sentenced to prison for felony exploitation of a vulnerable person.

Updated: 5:20 PM A Carthage man has been sentenced to five years in prison for home repair fraud.