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"Every extra pound of bodyweight on your upper body puts four pounds of pressure on your knee. That can lead to arthritis then on top of that there's high blood pressure there's diabetes there's stroke, heart disease it’s all associated with being overweight."

Americans produce  an extra 25 million tons of household trash annually between Thanksgiving and New Years Day.

A Mississippi congressman says he's concerned if no deal is made on the fiscal cliff, Mississippians will feel the effects. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports lawmakers have only days left to iron out a plan to avoid the cliff.

Time is running out for Mississippians hoping to owe less in taxes by donating to charities.

Since adopting the rehabilitation program  last year Clinton police officials say they have seen only a one percent rate of repeat offenders.

Mississippians are taking time to remember the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting.

"I really believe that our nation is in mourning. I think that this horrific act of violence has affected everybody and not just one community. We began to grope and look for something to stand on some light"

Fears over tighter gun control measures have Mississippi firearm enthusiasts snatching up semi-automatic rifles.

"20 of our babies went to school last Friday and never came home at all, But left their blood instead upon those academic walls."

Mississippi clergy in Jackson are praying for schools in the state and across the country. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports, the pastors want to help residents cope with the recent Connecticut shooting.

"We regularly conduct drills and training exercises and all of our faculty have undergone online training and crisis management through FEMA. We have a number of  measures are planned to take place this next year as part of a grant for crisis management."

"It’s much harder for industry to locate in an area which doesn't meet the standard. And the reason is they have to a higher control and they have to offset the emissions from within the industry before they can locate in a county."

A federal Judge is currently deciding whether two schools in the Delta will finally be desegregated.

Mississippi lawmakers are beginning talks on whether to expand the Medicaid program to cover 300 thousand low-income residents. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports...