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Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Tom Williams
The city of Meridian will require all of its employees to start wearing a mask if social distancing is not possible.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By WTOK Staff
An audit sampled 180 Medicaid beneficiaries in Mississippi and found that potentially 5% were ineligible due to their high income reported on their tax return.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
President Joe Biden will allow the eviction moratorium to expire but called on Congress to extend it “without delay.”
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 12:15 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
This fall, the Supreme Court will consider the question of whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.
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Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 8:08 PM CDT
|By Kyle Midura
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm argues the deal represents a sorely-needed, historic investment for the country’s future.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
In a motion to dismiss filed Wednesday in federal court in Atlanta, lawyers for the state called the lawsuit “a politicized intrusion” into the state’s constitutional authority to regulate its elections.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2021 at 9:09 PM CDT
|By Tom Williams
The second Meridian City Council meeting since three of the members took office was held Tuesday evening.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2021 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled in favor of Texas and eight other conservative states that had sued to halt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2021 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
Gov. Kay Ivey announced Friday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate is 3.3%.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2021 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
Former Meridian city councilwoman, Kim Houston, will be a candidate for state Senate District 32.
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Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By Tom Williams
Mayor Jimmie Smith said he wants to meet with the city council ahead of future appointments.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
District 32 is comprised of Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee and Winston counties.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 7:09 PM CDT
|By Nicholas Brooks
Two holdovers from the Bland administration and two new appointments were confirmed by the council.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Tom Williams
Five of Mayor Jimmie Smith’s appointments were turned down at Tuesday morning’s special called council meeting.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
After a rash of crime and violence in Mississippi’s capital city, Gov. Reeves has announced plans to increase the Department of Public Safety’s role in Jackson.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 4:15 PM CDT
|By Andrew Samet
Sumter County Commissioner Marcus Campbell will be moderating a town hall event featuring two Alabama state representatives, District 24 Senator Bobby Singleton and District 71 Representative A.J. McCampbell.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 10:25 AM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
The Meridian City Council has rejected several key appointments submitted by Mayor Jimmie Smith.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2021 at 10:31 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Mississippi commissioner of public safety is pledging to be more responsive to requests for public records — including the release of video footage from fatal shootings by police officers.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 6:16 PM CDT
|By Nicholas Brooks
The city council interviewed candidates for department head positions.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
The Meridian City Council discussed Friday in a work session which department head positions need to be filled, salaries and how department heads should communicate with the council.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 10:01 AM CDT
|By Alana Austin
Veterans, advocate push for the VA to provide full coverage of rare and aggressive illnesses possibly linked to burn pits.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 7:26 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
The public pressure for a special session continues to ramp up in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Initiative 65.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By Nicholas Brooks
Jackson said he believes he accomplished a lot in his political career.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By JILL COLVIN
Former President Donald Trump will serve as the lead plaintiff in the suit, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by the companies.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
The lieutenant governor praised former senators Sampson Jackson and Tammy Witherspoon.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 10:55 AM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
A special election Tuesday asked voters to decide whether beer, wine and liquor may be sold in Decatur.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2021 at 3:54 PM CDT
|By Tom Williams
Nine people Mayor Jimmie Smith would like inside his administration will have to wait one week before going in front of councilmembers.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2021 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
Decatur voters have a special election Tuesday to decide whether or not to allow alcohol sales in the city limits.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2021 at 9:40 PM CDT
|By Cassie Fambro
Regardless of the policy changes, doctors want people to know COVID is not gone.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2021 at 8:30 PM CDT
|By Caroline Wood
The fate of medical marijuana now rests in the Mississippi legislature’s hands after the state Supreme Court struck down Initiative 65 earlier this year.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2021 at 7:30 AM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
As negotiators in Washington continue to hammer out an infrastructure package, millions of Americans still don’t have a quality internet connection.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2021 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Tom Williams
Friday was Mayor Jimmie Smith’s first official day in Meridian’s City Hall.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Tom Williams and Nicholas Brooks
Mayor Jimmie Smith and council members have been sworn into office.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 8:54 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
The 1894 flag flew at the State Capitol for the final time on July 1, 2020.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Sheila McLain
Mississippi state Sen. Sampson Jackson told Newscenter 11 Thursday that he has resigned his office, with 2 and a half years left in his term.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Mississippi Supreme Court has decided not to hold a rehearing on Initiative 65, an initiate they overturned in May.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 11:24 AM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
The city of Meridian’s inauguration of a new mayor and city council will be Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Temple Theatre.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 8:05 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
Thousands of Mississippi prisoners will soon be eligible for parole because of a new state law.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By WTOK Staff
The town of Marion hosted its swearing in ceremony for town leaders Tuesday evening at the Hamasa Temple building.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 2:32 PM CDT
|By Lindsay Knowles
Several new laws are set to go in effect throughout the Magnolia State on Thursday, July 1, as the new fiscal year in Mississippi begins.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to approve the removal of several prominent Confederate statues from the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 9:54 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
Occupational licensing isn't the same from state to state and Mississippi is joining 11 other states in making universal licensing part of the law.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 9:20 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Gov. Tate Reeves has joined 19 other governors asking President Joe Biden not to expand the Supreme Court, reports AL.com.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Tom Williams
Meridian Mayor Percy Bland talked with Newscenter 11 who leaves office this week.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 11:00 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Mississippi Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee met for a second time to hear testimony on the effect a medical marijuana program could have on the state.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2021 at 2:20 PM CDT
|By WDAM Staff
The moratorium applies to rural properties financed by USDA Single-Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loans.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2021 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By MARY CLARE JALONICK
The new committee comes after Republican senators blocked legislation that would have set up a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2021 at 10:29 AM CDT
|By Anthony Warren
Governor announces several changes in senior staff roles.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2021 at 8:32 AM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
As the Biden Administration looks to eradicate child poverty, millions of American families will soon receive cash payments under an expanded version of the Child Tax Credit.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 3:24 PM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
MDES claims their response has not been perfect, but the executive director doesn't agree with all of the audit's findings.