Updated: 11:39 PM Conehatta Elementary students welcome guest readers to show the importance of reading.

Posted: 2:44 PM The U.S. Supreme Court has kicked back five Mississippi drug cases to an appeals court.

Updated: 12:23 PM A Boil Water Notice has been issued for customers of Clara Water Association.

Posted: 11:42 AM Mississippi judges and prosecutors say their jobs are difficult because they often can't give definite answers about how long a convict will remain in prison.

Posted: 10:59 AM The Mississippi Supreme Court has appointed a special judge to preside over a Forrest County sex case that involves two children.

Updated: 12:24 AM While the building of a lignite coal plant in Kemper County has been controversial to some, it has brought jobs to an area that needed them.

Updated: 12:26 AM Ten cars were burglarized late Thursday night and early Friday morning in Lauderdale County, just outside the Meridian city limits.

Updated: 12:23 AM East Mississippi Community College is training students in all kinds of careers, Including those at the lignite plant.

Updated: 3:07 PM The U.S Department of Justice is requesting more details about Mississippi's voter ID law.

Updated: 12:23 AM Since opening a year and a half ago, the new hospital in Kemper County is having an impact.

Updated: 12:29 AM The Meridian-Lauderdale County Chapter of the NAACP says it wants to take back area neighborhoods.

Updated: 10:16 AM A fifth victim of West Nile virus has died in Mississippi.

Updated: 10:15 AM J. Ralph Noonkester, who served as president of William Carey College for 33 years, has died at the age of 88.

Posted: 6:24 PM Two candidates vying for a Mississippi Supreme Court seat are touting their experience in the courtroom and state politics.

Posted: 6:11 PM The National Weather Service confirms a tornado hit Stone County in South Mississippi Sunday afternoon.

Posted: 5:23 PM Sen. Roger Wicker also spent time in Kemper County as he visited the new lignite plant.

Updated: 11:04 AM The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors approved the Tourism Commission's candidate to be the new executive director of the Meridian Lauderdale County Tourism Bureau.

Posted: 3:20 PM A Mexican national has pleaded guilty to submitting false information on a U.S. passport application.

Updated: 1:28 AM Sen. Roger Wicker was in East Mississippi Monday. The purpose for the visit was two-fold.

Posted: 2:59 PM Mississippians have until Saturday to register to vote in the Nov. 6 federal election.

Updated: 2:03 PM State officials say 1,705 people in Mississippi were disqualified last budget year from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for making false claims.

Updated: 11:39 AM FEMA reports Mississippians have received more than $16.2 million in federal disaster assistance since Hurricane Isaac struck a month ago.

Updated: 1:27 AM The Davidsons receive a special honor for helping South Harbor Shelter stay open.

Posted: 10:12 AM A three-judge panel of the Mississippi Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi Thursday.

Posted: 9:53 PM Multiple vehicles were involved in an interstate wreck on Sunday.