February 2009

Two weeks ago Congress pushed the deadline for digital television conversion to June twelfth. But many Mississippi stations, including MPB, are still switching off their analog signals on the original deadline – Tuesday. MPB’s Cari Gervin has more.

More teenagers have babies in Mississippi than anywhere else in the nation. But as MPB's Lawayne Childrey reports some lawmakers are considering a bill that would let public schools teach students exactly where those babies come from.

When Governor Barbour hands out the lifetime achievement award for excellence in the arts later this month, he’ll give it to an artist who has spent seven decades working at his craft. MPB’s Ron Brown has the story.

In legal terms, it’s been all but a dull week for Mississippi. Apart from Jackson Mayor Frank Melton, Scruggs and Co continue to keep the courts busy. MPB’s Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford.

More than 43 civil rights era murders remain unsolved in Mississippi. MPB's Lawayne Childrey reports how federal and local officials are asking the public for help in solving these crimes from the past.

More than 4000 Mississippi women die of heart disease every year, making it the leading cause of death for women in the state. In today's health report---- how to improve the heart health of Mississippi women. Stephen Koranda has more.

Jackson quilt maker and artist Gwen Magee is featured in a new article published by Quilters Home magazine. But a controversy has developed over the article, and the subject matter depicted on her quilts.
MPB’s Ron Brown has the story.

A federal judge could decide this morning wether or not to revoke bond for Jackson Mayor Frank Melton. MPB's Lawayne Childrey.

MPB’s Sandra Knispel was in federal court in Aberdeen yesterday where the fallen "king of torts" – Dick Scruggs -- pleaded guilty a second time. But that’s not the end of the judicial bribery scandal.