Sandra Knispel

  • Pre-sentencing Letters in Scruggs Case Plead for Leniency

    Thursday, June 26, 2008
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    Five reporters and one blogger filed court motions to gain access to the pre-sentencing letters written on behalf of defendants Dick and Zach Scruggs and their former law partner Sidney Backstrom in their judicial bribery case. MPB's Sandra Knispel was one of those six who spent the day sifting through nearly 450 letters at the federal courthouse in Oxford.

  • Following Scruggs

    Monday, June 23, 2008
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    This Friday, Dick Scruggs and his former law partner are scheduled to be sentenced for their role in conspiring to bribe a judge. From the moment the story broke in late November to their guilty pleas in March, both online blogs and the mainstream media have been tracing the story. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports.

  • PTSD

    Monday, June 09, 2008
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    Experts estimate that up to 20 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq, develop post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD for short. As MPB's Sandra Knispel reports, it leaves many, not just disabled but destitute as well.

  • Ole Miss Ready for Presidential Debate

    Thursday, June 05, 2008
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    Preparations for the first presidential debate, which will be hosted by the University of Mississippi on September 26, are well under way. Yesterday, members of the Washington, D.C.-based Commission on Presidential Debates traveled to Oxford to meet with media representatives. MPB's Sandra Knispel was there.

  • UM Going Green

    Monday, June 02, 2008
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    With gas prices continuing to climb, the idea of energy conservation is making a comeback. While the state lags far behind on this front, the University of Mississippi is the first school here to sign on to the American College and University Presidents. Climate Commitment. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford.

  • Voter ID

    Friday, May 30, 2008
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    It now lies in the hands of Mississippi legislators to decide if voters have to show their IDs at the poll or not. On Wednesday, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling that would have forced Mississippians to register party alliance to vote in primaries and show a government-issued I. D. when voting. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports.

  • Teens Mentoring Teens

    Monday, May 19, 2008
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    This fall, one school district in the Delta is going to try a novel mentoring program that's shown success at schools across the state line in Memphis. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from the small Delta town of Shelby, just south of Clarksdale.

  • Vice President Cheney Rallies Party Support in 1st District

    Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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    Voters in north Mississippi are heading back to the polls today for a special runoff election to decide who will represent the state's first Congressional district in Washington. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports on some last-minute campaigning.

  • Ole Miss Journalism School Faces Controversy

    Monday, May 12, 2008
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    Secrecy can be an essential part of business transactions. But in the case of the yet-to-be-formed School of Journalism at the University of Mississippi -- that very secrecy threatened to undermine the plans for the school before it even got started. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford.

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Thursday, May 08, 2008
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    In our health news this morning, MPB's Sandra Knispel reports on the crippling effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Mississippi's soldiers returning from war.

  • Delta Health Forum

    Thursday, May 01, 2008
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    The Mississippi Delta is one of the deadliest places in the nation. In this mostly rural area, life expectancy is significantly lower than most of the country -- while infant mortality rates rival that of developing nations. In today's Health News, MPB's Sandra Knispel reports on an initiative that is trying to change that.

  • Journalistic Objectivity - Myth or Reality

    Friday, April 25, 2008
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    When should a journalist relinquish the claim to objectivity and what exactly is an alternative newspaper? MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from the University of Mississippi's journalism week.

  • Health Report on Victims of Sexual Abuse

    Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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    Last year, Mississippi authorities received more than 18-thousand reports of alleged child abuse. 13 children in this state died as a result. In today's Health News, MPB's Sandra Knispel takes a look at child abuse in Mississippi.

  • Congressional Candidates Childers and Davis Debate Troop Withdrawal

    Friday, April 18, 2008
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    The Democratic and Republican Congressional candidates, vying to fill the unexpired term of former Congressman Roger Wicker, faced off at the Overby Center at the University of Mississippi yesterday. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports.

  • Judge Rules in Favor of Sanctions in Scruggs Civil Suit

    Thursday, April 17, 2008
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    Sanctions are on the horizon in the civil case of Jones v. Scruggs. That's the legal fees dispute over an insurance settlement with State Farm. MPB's Sandra Knispel has more from Oxford.

  • Scruggs Civil Suit

    Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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    In Lafayette Circuit Court yesterday the civil case of Jones versus Scruggs continued. That's the original case in which Timothy Balducci, Dick Scruggs and others tried to bribe Judge Henry Lackey. MPB's Sandra Knispel has more.

  • Mississippi and the Death Penalty

    Monday, April 07, 2008
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    Opinion polls show that in the last five years the number of people who believe in capital punishment has decreased by nearly ten percent. Right now, public support for the death penalty hovers slightly above 60 percent. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports from Oxford on a panel discussion on the death penalty at the University Of Mississippi School Of Law on Friday.

  • ADHD Cases Ranks MS in Top Ten

    Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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    In today's Health News: Mississippi ranks tenth nationwide in the number of people diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. But as MPB's Sandra Knispel reports, experts don't know why.

  • ADHD Cases Ranks MS in Top Ten

    Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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    In today's Health News: Mississippi ranks tenth nationwide in the number of people diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. But as MPB's Sandra Knispel reports, experts don't know why.

  • New UM School of Law Counts on Scruggs Donation

    Monday, March 31, 2008
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    The University of Mississippi will have a new 50-million-dollar law school in the fall of 2010. The groundbreaking ceremony was Saturday. MPB's Sandra Knispel reports on what's going to happen to the millions pledged by the Scruggs family.