Meridian News

You've probably noticed the leaves are falling. You may have already begun raking from your yard.

Meridian Police said three Meridian men are currently being held in the Lauderdale County Jail after being formally charged Tuesday with the shooting deaths of two men over the weekend.

Cora Norman, former director of the Mississippi Humanities Council, will be the keynote speaker at the second annual Women in Leadership Symposium at Mississippi State University-Meridian on Nov.

Detectives with the Meridian Police Department Criminal Investigation Division are continuing to Interview witnesses and "people of Interest" in both the Jerome Hearn and Stanley Mason shooting Deaths.

Meridian police early Saturday morning responded to the second murder in Meridian in less than twenty four hours.

Current Conditions available on our Weather Page . Font Size: The event isn't known as Halloween but mall-o-ween. Bonita Lakes Mall hosted its very own trick or treat session to provide children and their families a safe Halloween.

Last night Meridian police were called to 506 Front Street to a report of shots being fired and found a 27-year old black male dead from several gunshot wounds.

"I love my brother. He's my baby brother. He's my baby brother and I really love him and it hurts so bad." Those were the words of Jaiwana Hudson.

Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited Meridian this week to speak out against what she referred to as womb-lynching - or what most people know as abortion.

Meridian police responded to the scene of an apparent homicide Friday around 11 a.m. A body was found in a vehicle in the 2300 block of 25th Avenue.

In a press release just issued, officials at the Meridian Police Department said investigators with the Meridian Police Department Criminal Investigation Division have identified the victim as 29-year old Jerome Hearn, of Meridian.

Meridian Mayor Cheri Barry announced Thursday that finances are down significantly from last year.

MERIDIAN - A Meridian couple has been charged with child abuse. Lauderdale County Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun says 26-year-old Jessica Reed and 23-year-old Michael Reed are each charged with two counts of child neglect and abuse.

The sessions in the symposium are aimed to improve under-performing schools. Teachers agree that they will also help individual students as well.

Investigators with the Meridian Police Department juvenile division say they hope concerned citizens may have information about 16-year-old Frankwin Denise Wilson.

Meridian Police continue the search for one or more suspects responsible for the shooting at a local nightclub that sent one man to the hospital suffering from a single gunshot wound shortly after midnight on Saturday.

One of the most cherished items in my possession is a postcard that was sent from Mississippi to the Upper West Side of Manhattan in June 1964.

Current Conditions available on our Weather Page . Font Size: Meridian Radio Legend Eddie Smith has died.

Members of the Meridian fire and police departments Sunday night were called to the scene of a fire inside the Sonny Montgomery Student Center on the campus of Meridian Community College.

By Jennifer Jacob Brown jbrown@themeridianstar.com As Mississippi's Attorney General, part of Jim Hood's job is to help push legislation that makes it harder for criminals to commit crimes and easier for victims to get help.