Browse past news stories for Meridian High School in Meridian, MS.

• Tree lighting set for Tuesday (The Meridian Star)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:13:03 am
  Holiday songs from two choirs and interpretive dance will highlight the annual City of Meridian Tree Lighting ceremony scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Dumont Plaza.
• MFD Responds to Call (WTOK-TV Meridian)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:09:18 pm
  Firefighters were called out to a house near Meridian High School Wednesday morning.
• The Forgotten Epidemic (Boise Weekly)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:28:52 am
  Numbers of those infected with HIV are up, but no one seems to be talking about it any more. by Carissa Wolf The student commons area at Meridian High School more closely resembled the epicenter of a 1960s anti-war demonstration. Students ditched class en masse to protest. Their numbers rivaled the turnout at school pep rallies. They chanted. They waved condoms. Some displayed an articulation ...
• Southeast, Enterprise ‘Star Schools’ (The Meridian Star)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 05:27:33 am
  Schools in Mississippi are now being rated, not just against each other, but against all public schools nationwide, and 34 Mississippi schools received a top rating this year.
• MPS Working on Plan of Action (WTOK-TV Meridian)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 11:39:18 pm
  Meridian Public School District officials say there are many factors that go into its poor showing in the state's new accountability ratings.
• Knights named to All-Star squad (Palladium-Item)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:09:53 pm
  Caitlin Burroughs and Elizabeth Barker began their high school volleyball careers as unknowns.
• Technical academy opens doors on careers for prospective students (Herald & Review)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:50:02 am
  DECATUR - Aaron Damery wanted to attend the Decatur AreaTechnical Academy to learn about computers.
• Meridian Township to look at plan to close Haslett library (Lansing State Journal)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:03:53 am
  Township board members will get their first look at a plan to relocate the Haslett branch of the Capital Area District Library during their next meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 in the township board room, 5151 Marsh Road, Okemos. Township manager Gerald Richards said the plan would involve moving the Haslett branch, which currently operates in 3,500 square feet, into approximately 12,000 ...
• Cato native coaching at Albright (The Auburn Citizen)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 06:17:51 am
  AUBURN - Being fortunate. That's how Mike Hoyt describes his life path that led him to where he is today. But the 1987 Cato-Meridian High School graduate has also worked hard to earn all he's achieved.
• Sports summary (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 05:13:57 pm
  After a tryout Saturday, Alexis Bankson has earned a selection to the ICGSA North All-Star Volleyball team. Bankson will represent Churubusco High School at the 1A/2A North-South All-Star match on Sunday at Perry Meridian High School.
• Thomas Herbert Glidden (Hibbing Daily Tribune)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:04:36 am
  Thomas Herbert Glidden, 65, of Hibbing, died peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at his home in San Tan Valley, Ariz. He was born Jan. 22, 1944, in Aitkin, Minn., and moved with his family to Washington.
• PREP VOLLEYBALL: Long road ends at state for Meridian seniors (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:04:42 am
  As a three-sport athlete at Meridian High School senior Bree Park has had her fair share of success
• Meridian grad A.J. Storms gets Big Sky honors (Idaho Press-Tribune)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:19:00 am
  POCATELLO — Idaho State linebacker and Meridian High School graduate A.J. Storms was named the Big Sky Conference's co-defensive player of the week. Storms recorded 11 tackles — including one for a loss — and forced one fumble, as the Bengals almost upset No. 2 Montana. The Grizzlies won 12-10.
• MHS meets Ridgeland HS at academic competition (The Meridian Star)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:57:53 am
  Six Meridian High School students are in Clinton today competing in a statewide academic competition that includes 49 high schools. Matthew Ivey, John Maloney, Mary Frances Maranto, Sean Offenberger and Samra Ward are participating in the 27th annual Mississippi Academic Competition.
• Creative Donation (The Meridian Star)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 05:57:53 am
  Lisa Greb, director of public relations for JoAnn Fabric Stores based in Hudson, Ohio, left, watches as Ashley Dean, an EXPLORE teacher at Parkview Elementary School, Branda Kornegay, assistant principal at Meridian High School and LaVonda Germany, principal at Poplar Springs Elementary School, learn to use the Cricut cutting machine.
• East Mississippi splits with Jones County in basketball season openers (The Meridian Star)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:58:54 am
  SCOOBA — The East Mississippi basketball teams split with the defending state champions of Jones County in season-opening action Monday evening at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum on the Scooba campus.
• Bulldogs, other area teams playing in sectionals (Effingham Daily News)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 06:58:26 am
  St. Anthony High School returns to sectional play tonight, joining three other area volleyball teams still alive in the IHSA postseason.
• Jerome Hearn fondly remembered by family (The Meridian Star)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 05:42:23 am
  Family members of James Hearn fondly remember him as "fun," "loving" and "very giving." "He would give his last to whoever," said his sister, Dana Chapman.
• Meridian High class teaches on-the-job math skills (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 12:01:00 am
  LAUREL - People normally associate math classes with textbooks and solving problem after problem, bu
• WSDOT hosts meetings to discuss possible express toll lanes on I-405 and SR 167 (Washington State Department of Transportation)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 04:20:21 pm
  WSDOT invites residents and drivers to share their thoughts about the possibility of adding an additional lane on I-405 that, combined with the existing HOV lane, could operate as two express toll lanes.
• Two Students Expelled over Gun Incident (WTOK-TV Meridian)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 03:39:28 am
  The Meridian School Board voted Tuesday night to expel two students who allegedly had a gun or knowledge of a gun on campus at Meridian High School.
• Eagles slowed by illness at OHSL meet (The Auburn Citizen)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 08:02:53 am
  CATO - Five local teams were in the mix at the OHSL Cross Country Championships at Cato-Meridian High School on Saturday. Every runner finished the final race before the Section III competition with mud-splattered legs and most were encouraged about how they finished the season.
• 17-year-old arrested for gun charge at MHS (The Meridian Star)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 05:12:33 am
  Detectives with the Meridian Police Department arrested 17 year old Kmondrae Daevon Curry of Meridian Thursday in connection with the incident at Meridian High School where a gun was found in a student's vehicle.
• Meridian School Board to put $17 million bond on February ballot (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 12:41:39 am
  LAUREL - The Meridian School District is again asking voters to approve a bond to repair aging build
• Smith Signs With Chiefs (WTOK-TV Meridian)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 09:56:16 pm
  Former Meridian High and Alabama star Kenny Smith is back in the NFL
• Probe into gun at school continues (The Meridian Star)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 04:27:33 am
  Meridian Police Department officials said Wednesday afternoon the investigation of a gun being found in a vehicle on the campus of Meridian High School continues.
• Special price added to tonight’s performance (The Meridian Star)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 04:42:53 am
  Mississippi State University Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts wants as many students, faculty and staff as possible to take advantage of seeing a nationally touring stage production of a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird."
• Police Called to MHS over Weapon (WTOK-TV Meridian)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 09:54:18 pm
  Police were called to the campus of Meridian High School Monday morning, after a weapon was found in a vehicle.
• Eagles win at Liverpool (The Auburn Citizen)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 06:47:31 am
  The Jordan-Elbridge boys cross country team won the Liverpool Invitational Class C/D race on Saturday.
• Airman graduates basic training (The Meridian Star)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 03:57:43 am
  Air Force Airman 1st Class Larry S. Simpson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.