Mississippi Edition

• Feb. 3: Earthquake Awareness
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 02/03/12
  MEMA spreads earthquake awareness; National Wear Red Day; Potential school district mergers; Movies with Anita
• Feb. 2: Lieutenant Governor's Agenda
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 02/02/12
  Tate Reeves joins live in the studio to discuss legislative agenda; Business Break explores how MS loses out in beer industry
• Feb. 1: Budget Recommendations
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 02/01/12
  Governor Bryant's recommendations for 2013 budget; Statewide nursing summit; GIVE Awards open for nominations
• Jan. 31: Final Fugitive Found
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 01/31/12
  Fugitive found; Stalking awareness; "Eat Healthy Mississippi"; Veteran drug court; Boys and Girls Clubs of the MS Delta
• Jan. 30: Charter School Debate II
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 01/30/12
  Experts discuss administration of potential charter schools; New Youtube developments; Thomas Hampson concert
• Friday, Jan. 27 To Drill?
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 01/27/12
  Today we talk offshore drilling, visit with CONTACT the Crisis Line, learn about Jewish cinema and more...
• Jan. 26: Charter School Debate I
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 01/26/10
  Experts discuss possibility of charter schools; Business Break examines economic impact of hospitals; AIDS in the South
• Jan. 24: Pardons in Legal Limbo
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 01/24/12
  Pardon hearing postponed; How to find tax relief; Pushing for state-funded preschool; Two perfect scores on the ACT
• Jan. 23: Gunn Picks New Leaders
  
  Excerpt () | Air date 01/23/12
  House committees announced; Everyday Technology; 2012 state health report card; Occupy Wall Street in MS

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.