Updated: 11:16 PM A fishing trip turned tragic on Thursday night in Meridian.

Updated: 5:01 PM A new collaboration between two state agencies in Mississippi is looking to help more people get off the benefits roll and help them transition into full-time employment.

Updated: 11:07 PM An addiction treatment center in Chunky focuses on people struggling with addictions, with the goal of restoring families.

Updated: 11:03 PM The city of Meridian and Meridian Main Street have a new beautification project underway for the downtown area.

Updated: 11:10 PM Meridian City Council plans a one and a half mill increase for the 2013 fiscal year.

Posted: 10:13 AM Mississippi Democrats have chosen two new nominees to challenge Republicans Gregg Harper and Steven Palazzo.

Posted: 10:01 AM An inmate at Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez has pleaded guilty to participating in a deadly riot there.

Updated: 9:56 AM A local library has received a sizable donation to assist with the transition to e-books.

Posted: 6:15 PM A Mississippi woman is the oldest delegate to the Democratic National Convention,

Posted: 5:47 PM Child care operators are complaining about Mississippi's plan to install fingerprint scanners to check in and out children who benefit from federally-subsidized vouchers.

Updated: 11:40 PM The Career Pathways class at Ross Collins Career Center went through mock job interviews in preparation for the workforce.

Updated: 11:41 PM Surgeons at Rush Hospital are using a single-incision technique to perform gallbladder surgery.

Updated: 11:53 PM Meridian police say they have a lead into a possible motive in the shooting death of Jadarrian Jimerson.

Updated: 11:42 PM Lauderdale County's school superintendent discussed how an increase in the fiscal 2013 budget will be used.

Posted: 11:31 AM Mississippi's Joint Legislative Budget Committee meets Sept. 17-20 to hear spending requests from state agency directors.

Posted: 11:16 AM Most Amtrak service to and from New Orleans has been restored following Hurricane Isaac.

Posted: 10:55 AM Brandy Nicole Williams, accused of driving the truck that struck and killed George County Sheriff Garry Welford, is on trial in Oxford.

Posted: 10:35 AM The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting two new deaths and 19 new human cases of the West Nile virus.

Updated: 11:08 PM The East Mississippi United Way is hoping to raise $1 Million over the next year.

Posted: 6:30 PM This week marks the 115th anniversary of the birthday of Jimmie Rodgers.

Updated: 10:39 AM A Baptist ministers conference is planning a regular meeting, to pray for young people.

Updated: 9:28 PM The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department is investigating a reported Labor Day robbery on Valley Road.

Updated: 9:27 PM The Meridian City Council is looking to recoup some of the cost overruns in the city hall renovation project.

Updated: 10:47 AM The family of a Meridian shooting victim is calling for the violence to stop.

Updated: 12:04 PM Officials say electricity has been restored to all but several hundred customers in Mississippi.