Updated: 11:08 AM - A law passed during the 2013 legislative session allows anyone to carry a firearm in plain sight, without a permit.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Lauderdale County supervisors are moving forward with a $14 million bond issue.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Republican leaders from 10 Southern states are meeting to plan strategies for making new GOP inroads across the region.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Many Alabama state employees are going to get their first raises in five years.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - Meridian's mayor-elect talked On the Record this weekend about his plans for the city.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - Meridian attorney Rod Amos, who ran for mayor this year, was arrested early Sunday for DUI refusal, misdemeanor marijuana possession and other charges.

Posted: 06/14/2013 - Mississippi's chief elections officer says numerous municipalities failed to certify their recent election results by the legal deadline.

Updated: 06/14/2013 - The 10th Judicial District's Drug Court in Meridian will survive drastic budget cuts, thanks to unconventional fundraising plans by its directors.

Updated: 06/14/2013 - A Mississippi attorney general's opinion clarifies that people may openly carry guns in Mississippi without a concealed weapon permit.

Updated: 06/13/2013 - Meridian Mayor-elect Percy Bland Thursday announced a plan to prepare for the future, before he takes office.

Posted: 06/13/2013 - Tribal elections were held by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians this week.

Updated: 06/13/2013 - Lauderdale County officials say the petition to secure a public vote on a $14 million bond issue did not reach the necessary number of valid signatures.

Updated: 06/12/2013 - State leadership committees for the Mississippi Republican and Democratic parties are staking out opposite positions on Medicaid expansion.

Posted: 06/12/2013 - The head of the Retirement Systems of Alabama blasted Alabama's governor for declining to expand Medicaid.

Updated: 06/11/2013 - The leader of the Mississippi National Guard says the return of the air refueling tankers to Meridian is the best news the guard could have received.