Neshoba County residents try to beat the heat and stay cool.

It affected some customers after a water leak was repaired a week ago.

A portion of 22nd Avenue Heights will be closed July 20-21

Friday afternoon felt like a furnace on high with heat indices of 105-110 degrees. This is in sharp contrast to the rain-cooled mugginess of the week leading up to this sudden change.

Candace Smith, 47, of Jackson, has been missing since Thursday night

According to Interim Chief Charles Coleman, in the month of June, Meridian had a total of 29 car burglaries, 6 of them were on Frontage Road.