Sandra Knispel

When Dick Scruggs and his law partner Sidney Backstrom pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to bribe a judge, prosecutors already warned of more legal action to come. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford.

With the Democratic primary race still hotly contested, Hillary Clinton's daughter Chelsea embarked on a last-minute tour of the Magnolia state yesterday. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford.

With both Clintons currently campaigning in the Magnolia state, the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi hosted a panel discussion yesterday with three stand-in speakers representing Senators John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford.

Abstinence is the message most teenagers in Mississippi hear when it comes to sex. At the same time the poorest state in the nation continues to struggle with the highest teen pregnancy rates. As MPB's Sandra Knispel reports, social and religious interests clash when it comes to preventing teenage pregnancies here in the Bible belt.

Yesterday was the second and last day of pre-trial motions in the criminal case against Dick Scruggs, his son Zach and law partner Sidney Backstrom who stand accused of trying to bribe Circuit Judge Henry Lackey. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford.

In the Dick Scruggs criminal case in which he, his son Zach, and law partner Sidney Backstrom are accused of trying to bribe a judge, the defense filed seven pre-trial motions Monday. MPB's Sandra Knispel spoke to Don Mason, associate director of the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi, about the motion to dismiss the case.

Autism has become the fastest-growing developmental disorder in this country. Yet in Mississippi private insurance carriers often deny coverage to autistic children, leaving most without access to expensive but necessary therapy. MPB's Sandra Knispel has more in today's health news.

This morning, trial lawyer Dick Scruggs will have to give a deposition in a lawsuit involving Mississippi's Attorney General. MPB's Sandra Knispel has more from Oxford.

Dick Scruggs's defense lawyer accused investigators in federal court in Oxford yesterday of having quote "recklessly and deliberately misrepresented evidence to the court in order to be allowed to wiretap the defendants without probable cause". MPB's Sandra Knispel reports. *In another motion, Judge Biggers sided with the defense's request for more time to prepare and moved the start of the trial from originally February 25th to March 31st.