Join host Walt Grayson on Mississippi Roads each week for a tour around the Magnolia State.  From the hot spots to the hidden gems; Mississippi Roads searches out what makes Mississippi such a great place to visit and live.
Host Walt Grayson

Some of the highlights of the upcoming season include: 

• a trip to Horn Island along the Mississippi Gulf coast to evaluate the damage done by Hurricane Katrina
• a tour of Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company in Kiln
• we travel up to Merigold in the delta to pay tribute to Johnny Dorr the first Ag-aviation flight instructor in the United States
• we head to downtown Jackson for Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade and meet the head Sweet Potato Queen Jill Conner Browne
• meet Hattiesburg resident Jack Lucas; the youngest Marine to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
• we travel to Starkville and look at the revitalization of a neighborhood now known as the “Cotton District”
• and we make our way south to Liberty and visit a couple that specializes in making hand-chopped bowls. 

Horn Island after Katrina	Johnny Dorr, the first Ag-aviation flight instructor in the United States
President Harry S. Truman and Jack Lucas, the youngest Marine to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
Cotton District in Starkville	Karen & Robbie Robertson, Berry Creek Bowls

These stories and many more come your way on an all new season of Mississippi Roads.

Mississippi Roads airs Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. on Mississippi Public Broadcasting Television.

For more information, contact Key Ivy at 601-432-6565 or 1-800-922-9698. Email at key.ivy@mpbonline.org