Mississippi Edition

• Friday, May 17th:
  
  Excerpt (24:14) | Air date 05/17/13
  The NAACP will hold their Annual Meeting in Jackson for the first time in 30 years, we talk with NAACP National President, Ben Jealous. Also, Gulf residents are participating in a new Hands Across the Sand program.
• Wednesday, May 15th:
  
  Excerpt (24:43) | Air date 05/15/13
  On this episode of Mississippi Edition, find out how new Medicaid developments could impact Mississippi. Then, more on why educators want kids to keep reading this summer. Plus, the Natchez Trace Parkway turns 75.
• Monday, May 13th:
  
  Excerpt (24:15) | Air date 05/13/13
  How soon might you see Plan B emergency contraception in front of the pharmacy counter? What the State's leading mosquito expert says about this year's West Nile season and Everyday Technology.
• Thursday, May 9th:
  
  Excerpt (24:48) | Air date 05/09/13
  Find out why the family of a murdered Mississippi man wants the FBI to get involved. Then, which of your Home Town Boys could be one step closer to a championship this weekend? Also, this week's Book Club.
• Wednesday, May 8th:
  
  Excerpt (24:48) | Air date 05/08/13
  On this episode of Mississippi Edition, new leadership for several Mississippi cities is on the horizon. We'll hear from the Stennis Institute's Dr. Marty Wiseman.
• Monday, May 6th:
  
  Excerpt (24:48) | Air date 05/06/13
  On this episode of Mississippi Editon, could the State of Mississippi be killing the wrong man? Also, why state officials say the public shouldn't worry about lower-than-expected tax collections. Plus, Everyday Technology weekly report.
• Friday, May 5th:
  
  Excerpt (24:48) | Air date 05/03/13
  On this episode of Mississippi Edition, he ricin letters case is headed to the Grand Jury. Then, how one agency is raising awareness of child mental illness. Also, find out why one Mississippi teen is going to New York.
• Thursday, May 2nd
  
  Excerpt (24:45) | Air date 05/02/13
  Could a scheduled execution be delayed? Plus, seeing the gun that killed Medgar Evers and the weekly Book Club
• Wednesday, May 1st:
  
  Excerpt (23:48) | Air date 05/01/13
  On this episode of Mississippi Edition, can the state salvage a troubled college savings program? We'll hear from State leaders. Plus, More than 60 years after his death, find out why a Mississippi soldier is finall being laid to rest.

Meet Karen Brown

Karen Brown, as you can probably tell by listening to her, is not from around these parts.  Born and raised in New Jersey, Karen made her first foray into radio news in South Dakota where she lived for 17 years following college and graduate school.  A ten-year stay in west central Illinois and a job co-hosting a morning news/talk radio program followed. Then it was on to Columbus, Mississippi for a year before settling in the Jackson area in the summer of 2007.   

Karen hosts “Mississippi Edition” and “Morning Edition” on MPB but she has worn many a hat in the past, including theatre director and manager, newspaper columnist, theatre critic, PR consultant and freelance writer.  She is the proud mother of two remarkable boys, Casey (15) and Jesse (14).  While Karen has embraced most of the attributes of southern living with great enthusiasm, she is a hold-out on one definitive serving of Southern cuisine – grits.   She’s not fixin’ to eat them anytime soon.  Bless her heart.