Updated: 6:22 PM A portion of Bonita Lakes Park will be closed Saturday and Sunday.

Updated: 4:41 PM The Meridian WIN Job Center will be hosting a Holiday Season Job Fair Oct. 22-26.

Updated: 11:55 PM At least a half dozen businesses in Meridian say they have been scammed.

Updated: 11:49 PM In the wake of the Candi Dunlap situation, here are some tips to help ensure safety on an overseas mission trip.

Updated: 11:56 PM Meridian Community College opens its new field house named for two former coaches.

Updated: 12:14 PM Pickens, Miss., Mayor Joel Gill, 61, died in a car accident.

Updated: 10:33 PM A hearing for jailed missionary Candi Dunlap has been postponed.

Updated: 11:55 PM The new chief for the embattled Newton Fire Department is expressing optimism about the future.

Updated: 10:37 PM The latest on Candi Dunlap, a local woman who was arrested in Macedonia while on a mission trip.

Updated: 12:16 AM Local middle school students were rewarded for the hard work on Thursday.

Updated: 9:31 PM Lawmakers and school officials took part in a meeting to talk about the future of public education in Mississippi.

Updated: 9:22 PM Hundreds of high school seniors got a chance to learn about choices for the next step in their education.

Updated: 12:14 PM The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF3 tornado hit Newton County overnight.

Posted: 4:39 PM Leaders from the state's court systems and child welfare services are trying to come up with better procedures and outcomes for the state's youth.

Posted: 3:28 PM The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation charged a Belmont woman in a conspiracy to kill her husband.

Updated: 9:30 PM Local efforts are being made to address a myriad of social problems that grade school students face.

Updated: 11:47 PM Meridian's mayor says the financial arrangements for a new law enforcement center closed Oct. 3. and the funds for the project are in the bank.

Posted: 11:27 AM A second Mississippi Freedom Trail marker is being placed at Jackson State University.

Updated: 10:32 AM The College Board has stalled a $50-a-semester building fee on students at the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University.

Updated: 4:17 PM Authorities say at least seven people were injured overnight in Mississippi when a line of powerful storms pushed across the state.

Updated: 11:46 PM A new education program that started in Alabama is now being promoted in Mississippi.

Updated: 11:27 PM Officials have launched a program to help students who are removed from school for behavioral issues.

Posted: 10:54 PM Police are investigating an armed robbery at a local mini mart.

Updated: 6:01 PM Hinds, Jefferson Davis and Pontotoc counties missed a Sept. 22 deadline to transmit ballots to military members or U.S. citizens living overseas

Posted: 5:16 PM Experts are trying to lower Mississippi's infant mortality rate, currently the highest in the nation.