Posted: 7:13 PM Interim state Superintendent Lynn House told legislative budget committee members Tuesday that the Mississippi Adequate Education Program will need $300.6 million more in the 2014 budget year than it received this year to reach full funding

Updated: 7:01 PM The Vein Center at Rush Hospital screened its first patients Tuesday.

Updated: 10:58 PM The Kemper County Economic Development Authority will soon have a new executive director.

Updated: 10:57 PM Mabel Merritt has been volunteering in Meridian for 65 years.

Updated: 11:00 PM An Alabama man was seriously injured in the crash of a small plane in Clarke County Wednesday morning.

Updated: 10:59 PM Kemper County Schools moved up a notch in the latest school ratings.

Posted: 12:09 PM A committee has been formed to help in the search for the next president of the University of Southern Mississippi.

Updated: 10:59 PM Meridian Police and County Sheriff's Deputies receive training to better respond to those who are mentally ill.

Posted: 10:44 AM State Treasurer Lynn Fitch has told lawmakers that she suspended the state's prepaid college tuition program because it is struggling financially and an audit will show whether it needs to be overhauled or scrapped.

Updated: 9:58 PM County residents made their voices heard before the Meridian City Council during a public hearing regarding the proposed Meridian Water District.

Updated: 8:59 PM A Clarke County grand jury has indicted a man in the murder of East Mississippi Electric Power Association employee, Nathan Baker.

Updated: 12:06 AM Meridian Police Chief James Reed says an internal investigation is being conducted into claims that a local pastor was threatened with arrest during a service at a public park.

Updated: 12:08 AM Meridian police have released the name of the victim of a deadly shooting Monday on 25th Avenue.

Posted: 4:33 PM Lance Looney of Stonewall will spend time in prison for stealing from Camp Shelby.

Posted: 4:21 PM State government will be asked to put $44 million more into the Mississippi retirement system next year.

Posted: 11:20 AM A wide load is being moved across several counties this week, on its way to the Kemper County lignite plant.

Updated: 10:42 AM State economist Darrin Webb says Mississippi probably slipped into recession between April and June.

Updated: 11:10 PM A man died in a shooting in Meridian Monday evening.

Posted: 5:17 PM A group of lawmakers charged with crafting a budget for Mississippi's FY 2014 budget is now looking at the numbers.

Updated: 5:01 PM A Clarke County woman has been charged for neglect after her child died in a fire.

Updated: 3:56 PM The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $17 million in grants to some Mississippi colleges.

Updated: 10:56 PM The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center is now open and ready to help those who need help recovering from Isaac.

Updated: 10:59 PM Members of a local church are calling for action after their pastor was threatened with arrest.

Updated: 2:31 PM A pedestrian in Neshoba County is dead after being struck by a vehicle.

Posted: 11:58 AM Four Mississippi firefighters will be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in October.