http://www.meridianstar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 15 May 2009 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_135140557.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_135140557.html Tue, 05 May 2009 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_125214649.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_125214649.html With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Percy Bland will be the Democratic nominee for mayor and will face Cheri Barry in the general election as he claims 1,955 votes, or 62 percent of the vote. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_113141044.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_113141044.html Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:12:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_103145321.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_103145321.html Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_088001616.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_088001616.html Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_086233918.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_086233918.html It was strange, and at the same time strangely reassuring, to see so many big, strapping police officers become emotional to the point of speechlessness over something that is good and deserved of one of their own. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_081002112.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_081002112.html Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_074003205.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_074003205.html A mad craving for pancakes had workers at a Meridian restaurant flipping like crazy Saturday morning and volunteers of a children's organization smiling. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_072235557.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_072235557.html A state-of-the-art facility with more room to better serve patients are among Vital Care of Meridian's offerings at its new location. Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_067000430.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_067000430.html Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_066002126.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_066002126.html Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_060004648.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_060004648.html Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_057000548.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_057000548.html State Rep. Billy Nicholson of Little Rock has changed parties and is now a Republican rather than a Democrat, the Mississippi Republican Party announced Wednesday. Nicholson, 61, has served in the Mississippi State House of Representatives since 2000. With Nicholson's switch, there are now 49 Republicans and 73 Democrats in the House. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_056003249.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_056003249.html A Meridian woman has been charged with an unusual criminal offense involving her then unborn child. Meridian Police Department Capt. James Sharpe, commander of the MPD's Investigative Division, said Veronica Gale Chaney, 26, of 3012 11th St., has been charged with inflicting death or injury to an embryo or fetus. This charge carries with it a $5,000 fine and a maximum of 20 years in prison. In a press release Tuesday, Sharpe said Chaney allegedly drank an assortment of dangerous substances in attempts to end her pregnancy. "We're not going to release the exact items she ingested," said Sharpe. "But we will say the things she did take were from normal household cleaning items and other substances found in every home." Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:11:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_055001205.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_055001205.html JACKSON(AP) — Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy says the state should take all the money that’s available to it under the federal stimulus package. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has said repeatedly over the past two weeks that Mississippi might reject some of the money for unemployment benefits. Barbour says he doesn’t want Mississippi to be forced to offer compensation to people looking for part-time work.