• Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy begins budget discussion
  A House budget unveiled yesterday by Speaker Billy McCoy would fully fund education and state employees health insurance while using some of Governor Haley Barbour's spending suggestions for Medicaid and prisons. It's a plan that would also increase fees by 17.6 million dollars. Speaker McCoy says he realizes the proposal will face debate and discussion in the political process. (0:33)
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  The Mississippi President of the American Federation of Teachers, Mary Ann Graczyk was pleased with the speaker's proposal. (0:25)
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• Speaker McCoy launches budget discussion
  Enthusiastic house members and spectators cheered Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy as he presented his plan for addressing the state's budget problems. Wayne Sorge was at the capitol for the news conference. (1:55)
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• Investigators are searching for a white van in connection with the missing Yazoo County family
  Department of Public Safety Spokesman Warren Strain declined to say how investigators received the information, but says the van was seen in the vicinity of the Hargon residence and seen speeding away from the Vaughan area on the day of the disappearance.

  Strain says the focus of the investigation is shifting from a missing persons case to a criminal investigation. The Hargon family has been missing since Valentines Day. (0:29)
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• Law officials in Mississippi are joining forces to fight illegal drug use
  Federal, state and local law enforcement officials have teamed up in "Operation Clean Sweep" to help fight Mississippi's war on drugs. During a 20-day drug sweep earlier this month in Hinds and Warren counties, law officers made a total of 165 arrests, 121 of which were drug related.

  U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton says this is just the initial phase of an effort to attack the demand for illegal drugs. (0:42)
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  Uniformed and undercover officers were used to help make Mississippi's streets free from drugs. The majority of the drug possession cases will be prosecuted by the district attorneys in Hinds and Warren counties. Faye Peterson is the Hinds County D.A. (0:20)
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• Law enforcement officials join forces to reduce demand for illegal drugs
  Law enforcement officials from the federal to the local level have teamed up to help make Mississippi’s streets free from drugs. Teresa Collier reports this morning on a major drug operation that netted a number of arrests. (1:44)
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• Commentaries - Rachel Motakhaveri (1:58)
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• Knock Out roses
  Southern Gardening Radio from the Mississippi State University Extension Service serves lawn and garden enthusiasts Monday through Friday with timely information presented in a 2-minute format.

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