Posted: 11:12 AM Lauderdale County supervisors are moving forward with a $14 million bond issue.

Posted: 10:27 AM Republican leaders from 10 Southern states are meeting to plan strategies for making new GOP inroads across the region.

Posted: 10:16 AM Many Alabama state employees are going to get their first raises in five years.

Updated: 7:11 AM Meridian's mayor-elect talked On the Record this weekend about his plans for the city.

Updated: 7:12 AM Meridian attorney Rod Amos, who ran for mayor this year, was arrested early Sunday for DUI refusal, misdemeanor marijuana possession and other charges.

Posted: 3:24 PM Mississippi's chief elections officer says numerous municipalities failed to certify their recent election results by the legal deadline.

Updated: 11:19 AM A Mississippi attorney general's opinion clarifies that people may openly carry guns in Mississippi without a concealed weapon permit.

Updated: 9:29 AM The 10th Judicial District's Drug Court in Meridian will survive drastic budget cuts, thanks to unconventional fundraising plans by its directors.

Updated: 6:56 PM Meridian Mayor-elect Percy Bland Thursday announced a plan to prepare for the future, before he takes office.

Posted: 5:07 PM Tribal elections were held by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians this week.

Updated: 6:55 PM 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: 11:28 AM State leadership committees for the Mississippi Republican and Democratic parties are staking out opposite positions on Medicaid expansion.

Posted: 10:26 AM The head of the Retirement Systems of Alabama blasted Alabama's governor for declining to expand Medicaid.

Updated: 8:06 PM 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.

Updated: 2:45 PM A group from Mississippi will conduct a business development mission in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, later this year.

Posted: 10:52 AM Mississippi drug courts face steep budget cuts in the coming year, after demand outstripped funding.

Posted: 10:26 AM The University of Alabama is commemorating integration that took place there 50 years ago.

Updated: 10:53 PM Now, to a look ahead to the new government of meridian . . . Which will look much different than the old government . . .

Updated: 10:53 PM Mississippi's Medicaid re-authorization will come down to the last minute, but Rep. Greg Snowden said he believes it will happen.

Updated: 10:52 PM KC-135 tankers were a familiar site in Meridian for almost 20 years.

Updated: 2:37 PM State laws varied on gun, abortion laws.

Posted: 2:03 PM Mississippi AG Hood blasts Google for online drug ads.

Updated: 7:10 PM Less than 47% of registered voters in Meridian voted in the 2013 race for mayor.

Posted: 10:52 AM The Mississippi Public Service Commission has ordered a Florida company to pay $420,000 for violating its No-Call Law.

Posted: 10:48 AM A July 29 trial date has been set for James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, charged with sending ricin-laced letters to elected officials.