The roar is coming back to Meridian High School, and according to Assistant Coach for Wide Receivers Jason Franklin, MHS needs the entire Wildcat family to help make it happen. Coach Franklin is in ...

Meridian Community College alumni who have excelled in their respective professions and life missions and have elevated MCC’s esteem through their achievements, service and association with the ...

Meridian Police and Fire departments faced each other on the basketball court Wednesday to prove which agency is the best. The friendly rivalry game took place during the city’s Spring Fling event at ...

Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, wanted the world to see “what they did to my baby.” His body looked monstrous, as if the 14-year-old had absorbed every blow of hate delivered by his killers — ...

Lauderdale County Sheriff’s deputies, Meridian police officers, Metro ambulance personnel and other first responders celebrated the community’s special needs athletes Tuesday morning with the annual ...

Willie Morris has always been one of my favorite writers. I first discovered him when my community college sociology professor gifted me a copy of “North Toward Home” in response to an essay I had ...

Students at Northeast High School will have expanded opportunities to improve their workforce credentials thanks to a new grant aimed at easing the cost of testing. Officials with the Community ...

After its archeology collection moved recently to the nearby Two Museums in downtown Jackson, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History made a grim and disturbing discovery. Boxes filled with ...

Sen. Sampson Jackson II (D-Preston) has retired from the Mississippi Senate after serving District 32 for nearly 30 years. “After 48 and a half years in state government and military, I feel very well ...

The Riot of 1871 has the dubious distinction of being called “the bloodiest day Meridian ever saw,” and epitomized the boiling point of post-Civil War racial tensions in the city at the time. Up to 30 ...

Three groups of athletes from Lamar School were recognized by the Meridian City Council on Tuesday for winning state championships in their respective sports. The Raiders football team defeated ...

Residential burglary — 1100 block of 36th Avenue at 9:01 a.m. Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department reported the following arrests between 6 a.m. Tuesday ...