Ditch and Tim are joined by Andreas Johansson, owner of the Mid-South Monarchs, a new minor league hockey team that is set to debut at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, in October 2026.

Ditch and Tim are joined by Andreas Johansson, owner of the <a href="https://midsouthprohockey.com/">Mid-South Monarchs</a>, a new minor league hockey team that is set to debut at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, in October 2026.

Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Tim talk about the issues and with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country. 

Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Tim talk about the issues and with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country.&nbsp;

Memphis Morning News With Ditch & Tim

Start your day with the news you need from Memphis and the Mid-South.  Hosts, Ditch& Tim Van Horn engage you with compelling commentary on the issues and speaks with those close to the issues. 

Start your day with the news you need from Memphis and the Mid-South.  Hosts, Ditch&amp; Tim Van Horn engage you with compelling commentary on the issues and speaks with those close to the issues.

Ditch & Tim

LOCAL SPORTS | Andreas Johansson: All Hail The Mid-South Monarchs!!

A brother and sister were trying to make a few extra bucks in a Boston, MA neighborhood when two suspects approached them with a gun and stole the cash drawer with about $50 bucks. 

A brother and sister were trying to make a few extra bucks in a Boston, MA neighborhood when two suspects approached them with a gun and stole the cash drawer with about $50 bucks.&nbsp;

CRIME | LEMONADE STAND ROBBED AT GUNPOINT

Congressman David Kustoff says a bill passed in the US Senate under reconciliation to pay border patrol and ICE and will be sent to the House for a vote this week.  

Federal debt has surpassed the size of the U.S. economy and more voters are starting to show real concern.  Mr. Kustoff says he's hearing more and more concerns about the national debt than he used to and people are truly worried about the mounting debt. 

Congressman David Kustoff says a bill passed in the US Senate under reconciliation to pay border patrol and ICE and will be sent to the House for a vote this week.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Federal debt has surpassed the size of the U.S. economy and more voters are starting to show real concern.&nbsp; Mr. Kustoff says he's hearing more and more concerns about the national debt than he used to and people are truly worried about the mounting debt.&nbsp;

POLITICS  | NY Is Eliminating Mother / Father From State Records

Cheif economist at Heritage Foundation, EJ Antoni says that the good news in the economic numbers that is not being discusssed, is the government jobs number.  

"You have to go back to 1966 to find a time when there are fewer fedral bureaucrats than there are today. Six decades of growth (federal jobs) this President has been able to undo".

According to the numbers, on average one federal job created, requires about 80 private sector jobs to fund. 

Cheif economist at Heritage Foundation, EJ Antoni says that the good news in the economic numbers that is not being discusssed, is the government jobs number.&nbsp;&nbsp;
"You have to go back to 1966 to find a time when there are fewer fedral bureaucrats than there are today. Six decades of growth (federal jobs) this President has been able to undo".
According to the numbers, on average one federal job created, requires about 80 private sector jobs to fund.&nbsp;

LOCAL SPORTS | Andreas Johansson: All Hail The Mid-South Monarchs!!

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