http://www.meridianstar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:21:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_320042210.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_320042210.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_274004459.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_274004459.html Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:51:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_229235155.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_229235155.html Rush Foundation Hospital has been named a top performer in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Premier healthcare alliance value-based purchasing (VBP) project that rewards hospitals for delivering high quality care in five clinical areas. Based on fourth-year results from the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) project, Rush Foundation Hospital received top performer awards in clinical areas of heart failure and hip/knee replacement and recognition attainment in the areas of heart attack, CABG, and pneumonia. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_215002820.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_215002820.html Fri, 15 May 2009 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_135003142.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_135003142.html Tue, 12 May 2009 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_132225810.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_132225810.html Two Meridian people have been arrested and charged in connection with recent armed robbery incidents. Kenneth B. Fleming, 17, and Titanna Tinsley, 22, have been charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault offenses in the incidents. Fleming is charged with a Friday night incident in which he allegedly robbed a man while the victim sat in his vehicle in the 1300 block of 24th Street shortly before midnight. Fleming is said to have taken an undetermined amount of cash from the victim. Meridian Police Department Capt. James Sharpe, commander of the MPD's Investigative Division, said when the victim tried to flee in his car, Fleming fired several shots from a handgun. The victim was not hit and made good his escape. "After officers located the victim and obtained description of the suspect, a man fitting the victim's description was chased and captured by officers of the Patrol Division," said Sharpe. "This person turned out to be Fleming." While still in custody detectives received and developed information that led to Fleming being charged with four additional counts of armed robbery stemming from an incident reported in the early morning hours Friday. Thu, 07 May 2009 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_127001844.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_127001844.html David Sharp, director of the Lauderdale County Emergency Management Agency in Meridian, said late Wednesday afternoon although there were some warnings and watches throughout the area Wednesday with an approaching line of thunderstorms, he didn't really see anything that would've been a serious threat. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_079170732.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_079170732.html Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_078005053.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_078005053.html Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_072003348.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_072003348.html During the grand opening of the N.E.W. Call Center in Tupelo in January of last year, the company's vice president, Ray Zukowski, leaned over to Gov. Haley Barbour and whispered. He asked if there was another good location in Mississippi to build another call center. Barbour handed Zukowski a note with the word, "Meridian," written on it. That note turned out to be the seed for a call center that on an overcast, blustery morning Thursday celebrated its own grand opening. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_037004440.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_037004440.html Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_037003455.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_037003455.html Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_034000510.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_034000510.html The Lauderdale County School District recently announced that Northeast Middle School has been awarded a $26,000 Physical Education grant which is sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation to establish the Project Fit America youth fitness initiative statewide. The award comes less than a year after the school received $38,845 in grants from the same organization for a walking track on the north end of the campus. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:25:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_361002600.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_361002600.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:56:00 +0000 http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_331145645.html http://www.meridianstar.com/localscores/local_story_331145645.html I knew my mother and sister would have a feast prepared, as I pulled into the driveway of my mother’s home just ahead of a cloud of dust created by what was left of my 1966 Plymouth. But I was too exited to eat. It was the day I been had looking forward to since I first met her at Delta State. The day I brought Pat home to meet the family was here.