http://www.meridianstar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:26:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_327012649.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_327012649.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:07:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_326010713.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_326010713.html Downtown Meridian's Union Station meeting room was packed beyond capacity Thursday night as more than 200 residents came to hear arguments for both sides of the downtown hotel controversy. The debate centers around competing proposals for downtown hotels designed to complement the conference facilities at the Mississippi State University-Riley Center for the performing arts. HRI Properties' Threefoot hotel proposal would transform the deteriorating Threefoot building into a Courtyard by Marriott hotel. Lala Enterprises' proposal would demolish several buildings downtown and erect a brand new Hyatt Place hotel and banquet hall. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_325000145.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_325000145.html Just under a year after becoming owner of the Meridian NBC affiliate WGBC-TV, former Texas TV head Mike Reed has secured the local FOX affiliation as well as renewed its NBC affiliation for another term. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:18:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_324111311.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_324111311.html For November 20th Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:23:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_324001724.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_324001724.html Officials with Yates Construction Company said Tuesday it may take a week or more to determine exactly what caused a structural collapse Monday morning that injured seven workers. One person was pinned under the debris when at about 10 a.m. a portion of the Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center Medical Towers project being built at 16th Street and 22nd Avenue fell in while workers were pouring concrete onto the second level. Five of those workers were members of a concrete finishing subcontractor while two others were Yates employees. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_323163429.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_323163429.html Aruba police pursue new evidence in Holloway case Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_323000147.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_323000147.html Seven men working on a construction crew Monday morning were injured when the second level floor of a structure collapsed. One of the workers was pinned under the debris. The pinned victim and another man, who worked for Yates Construction Company in charge of the work site, were transported to a Meridian hospital to be treated with what was categorized as non-life threatening injuries. The other five men were treated at the scene for cuts and bruises. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:21:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_322113319.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_322113319.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:15:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_322111917.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_322111917.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_322002242.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_322002242.html WASHINGTON (AP) — So your member of Congress has declared a first-come, first-served policy on handing out hard-to-get tickets to Barack Obama’s presidential swearing-in. Sounds fair enough. But in a town where ‘‘yes’’ can mean ‘‘no’’ and the definition of ‘‘is’’ has been rhetorically spun, ‘‘first’’ does not necessarily mean No. 1 in line. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_321015407.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_321015407.html Local hotel magnate Abdul Lala has given the City of Meridian a choice — but he hasn't made it an easy one. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_320013507.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_320013507.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_319004403.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_319004403.html The sounds of Christmas flowed through Bonita Lakes Mall Thursday as a chorus of second-graders from Lamar School performed holiday favorites such as "Up On the Housetop" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." It was the perfect scenario for an occasion dedicated to making sure that Christmas will be merry for local children. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_318003833.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_318003833.html Just before the city council has to make its final decision on the Threefoot Hotel Project, local hotelier Abdul Lala, president of Lala Enterprises and owner of 12 hotels in Mississippi and Alabama, has stepped in and effectively told the city, "Hey, wait a minute! I've got another idea." Lala wants to build a $30 million dollar new Hyatt Place franchise hotel and banquet hall on the west side of 23rd Avenue, across the street from the Kress building. The hotel would be all new construction and would require the demolition of several buildings on the two blocks between 23rd and 25th avenues and Fifth and Sixth streets. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_317155914.html http://www.meridianstar.com/homepage/local_story_317155914.html