The Meridian City Council approved a resolution Tuesday morning to amend the fiscal year 2026 budget in the amount of $75,000 in order to free up funds to pay Willis Engineering for a flood damage ...

Visit Meridian is excited to announce award recipients for the 2026-2027 Tourism Grant Program, a funding initiative designed to support local events, festivals, attractions, and community projects ...

Several projects are under construction at the Meridian Public Safety Training Facility as the facility seeks to continue to expand to provide more resources to area law enforcement, fire, emergency ...

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith visited Meridian Community College to get a closer look at specialized forensic training taking place at the MCC-Riley Workforce Development Center. During the visit, Sen.

The Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association and the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s plan to allow 300,000 metric tons of government-subsidized ground beef ...

The Salvation Army of Meridian welcomed Maj. Holly Needham as its new officer at a come-and-go reception Thursday. “I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve the people of Meridian and continue ...

The 1984 science fiction thriller “The Terminator” established James Cameron as a director, made Arnold Schwarzenegger bankable in Hollywood as a leading man, cost $6.4 million to make and grossed ...

When we talk about the cost of freedom, we often think of battlefields, military service, sacrifice, and the men and women who answered the call. But sometimes, the story of freedom can be found in ...

It is rather nice these days to answer the question, “Where are you from?” As I travel the state with storytelling art events that question is invariably asked. And when I answer, “Meridian,” I am ...

After what was described by several supervisors as a multi-year process, the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors approved purchasing insurance from VFIS in the amount of $125,230 for the county’s ...

The weekend of Aug. 15 and 16 was the James Chaney Day celebration with events at First Union Baptist Church and James Chaney Park, with one of the featured events being the formal ribbon cutting ...