Mornings with Richard Cross

7:35 a.m. - Dr. Katherine Pannel - DO & Medical Director, Right Track Medical Group

Topic: Saturday is International Overdose Awareness Day, her thoughts surrounding the drug addiction and overdose conversation, any stories and/or statistics from MS that she has, etc.

8:05 a.m. - Kennie Prince - Author and Former Game Warden

Topic: His book, The Poacher's Nightmare: Stories of an Undercover Game Warden.

Kennie Prince began working with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Conservation as a fisheries technician in 1983 and became a game warden in 1986.

He spent the last years of his career in special operations doing undercover work.

8:35 a.m. - Dixon Williams - SuperTalk MS Sports Director

Topic: Preview of weekend sports, biggest sports news of the week, etc.

7:20 a.m. - Fred Shanks - MS House of Representatives, Dist. 60 (Rankin County) Chair, House Rules Committee

Topic: A status report on how local law enforcement and training centers are addressing the newly pass (and signed into law) HB 691 to address updating training to law enforcement officers. Also, if an initiative bill is not passed in the second year of a four-year term, what are the political consequences to re-election?

8:05 am -?Ricky Mathews?-?SuperTalk?MS Host, Coast Vue &?SuperTalk?Outdoors

Topic: His recent censorship on Facebook over a comment that he made on Robert Kennedy Jr.’s speech. We also want his thoughts on Zuckerburg coming out and saying that Biden officials pressured Meta to censor content. We also want to discuss the today being the 19th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

7:05 a.m. - Neal Mead - Senior Associate AD for Event Management, Ole Miss

Topic: The upcoming concert on August 30th at Ole Miss to kickoff Football. Neal has been overseeing the planning for this concert. https://www.supertalk.fm/country-music-star-brett-young-to-headline-concert-ahead-of-ole-miss-football-season/

Tickets: https://olemisssports.com/sports/2018/7/20/tickets

7:35 am - Mike Chaney - Commissioner, MS Insurance Department & State Fire Marshal

Topic: Fire risks, Firemen, Rates & the potential to turn MS Insurance Commissioner into an appointed position.

8:05 a.m. - Don Redman - Spokesman, AAA Mississippi

Topic: Where gas prices are currently and where they look like they are headed leading into the Labor Day weekend, also what AAA thinks this travel weekend will look like.

7:35 a.m. - Haley Barbour - 63rd Governor of Mississippi

Topic: Thoughts on the Presidential election as tensions continue to build in DC and across the U.S.

8:05 a.m. - Steve Grantham Jr. - President at J&R Restaurant Group which owns & operates 9 Outback Steakhouses in Mississippi & West Tennessee

8:05 a.m. - Liza Cirlot Looser - CEO, The Cirlot Agency

Topic: The upcoming 2024 family business symposium at Ole Miss. https://business.olemiss.edu/event/cie-family-business-symposium/

7:20 a.m. – Brad White – Executive Director, MS Department of Transportation

Topic: Update from MDOT, laying the groundwork for a serious discussion in the 2025 session on a permanent source of funding for the transportation needs in Mississippi.

8:35 a.m. – J.T. Mitchell – News Director, SuperTalk MS News

Topic: The week in the news and some of the biggest headlines of the week.

7:35 a.m. - Jim Leggette - Lecturer of Economics, Mississippi State University

Topic: How will VP Harris’ economic policies continue to affect the American economy during inflationary times.

8:05 a.m. - Marty Stuart - Musician

Topic: His Congress of Country Music and the recent announcement of their partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. https://www.supertalk.fm/marty-stuarts-congress-of-country-music-to-partner-with-country-music-hall-of-fame/

8:35 a.m. - Dixon Williams - SuperTalk MS Sports Director

Topic: Preview of weekend sports, biggest sports news of the week, etc.

6:50 a.m. – Lisa Klutts – Executive Director, West Point Clay County Community Growth Alliance

7:05 a.m. – Jon Turner – Director, Marketing & Public Relations 4County EPA

7:35 a.m. – Angela Turner-Ford – MS Senate, Dist. 16 (Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, and Oktibbeha Counties) Chair, Senate Drug Policy Cmte. & Vice-Chair, Executive Contingent Fund

8:05 a.m. – Deborah Mansfield – Board Member, Black Prairie Blues Museum & Artist

8:20 a.m. – Joe Max Higgins – CEO, Golden Triangle Development Link

7:20 a.m. – Burl Cain – Commissioner, MS Department of Corrections

Topic: Update from the Department of Corrections, the status of the DOJ demands, looking ahead to the 2025 legislation session, and a discussion about whether inmates’ behaviors have changed over the decades he has been in corrections.

8:05 a.m. – Dr. Lance Evans – Superintendent, MS Department of Education

Topic: His new role at MDE and the start of the school year.

7:35 a.m. - Rodney Hall - Rep. MS House Dist. 20|Vice-Chair, Military Affairs Committee

Topic: His thoughts on whether the completed Harris VP ticket will change or sway any North MS swing voters and the first night of the DNC Convention.

8:05 a.m. - Ricky Flynt - Executive Director - MS Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund

Topic: Update from the Executive Director of the MS Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund

6:05 a.m. - Welcome & Designation Day Segment

6:20 a.m. - MS Lottery Segment

6:35 a.m. - Lynn Fitch - MS Attorney General

6:50 a.m. - Lynn Fitch - MS Attorney General

7:20 a.m. - Nicole Akins-Boyd - MS Senator, District 9 (Lafayette & Panola Counties) - Chair of Senate Universities & Colleges Cmte. & Vice-Chair of Senate Medicaid Cmte.

7:35 a.m. - Teresa Renkenberger - Founder, Shower Power & Mary Ann Kirby - Director of Operations - Shower Power

8:05 a.m. - Kim Dillon - President & CEO - SuperTalk MS Media & Ashley Fortenberry - COO & General Counsel - SuperTalk MS Media

8:20 a.m. - Dr. LouAnn Woodward - Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs & Dean of School of Medicine at UMMC

8:35 a.m. - Robyn Tannehill - Mayor, Oxford