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Once a year, a vintage aircraft drops gallons of rose petals from the sky to remind the living that their dead soldiers aren’t forgotten. MPB’s Sandra Knispel files this report from Pontotoc’s Petals for Patriots.

Community leaders are hoping a fiber other than cotton will bring jobs to the Delta. MPB’s Cari Gervin has the details on what could be the state’s newest cash crop – bamboo.

In between cookouts and swimming, communities across the state took time on Memorial Day to remember the soldiers who gave their lives for their country. MPB’s Cari Gervin has more.

3,400 Mississippi soldiers are now at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg preparing to head to Iraq – most for a second time. MPB’s Cari Gervin reports.

Today more than 3,000 Mississippi soldiers deployed to Camp Shelby on their way to Iraq. MPB’s Cari Gervin reports.