JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - Thanks to a new state mandate Jones County Supervisors are trying to figure out what to do with the mental ill when they are arrested.

Board president Andy Dial said this is another unfunded mandate issued down from the federal and state government.

Dial says the state Department of Mental Health has issued another unfunded mandates that require jails to become certified to hold the mentally ill.

Dial said with the recent budget cuts the money just isn't there for the county to take on this responsibility.

JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - Buster the Talking School Bus spoke with South Jones Elementary School students Tuesday.

He presented his "Buster Says," school bus safety program. "Buster Says" Creator, Bryan Nash, said, "being a retired transportation director, one thing I found out was that we trained everyone in Alabama but the kids so I just thought...this would be a great way to train our kids. They remember Buster and remember the humor that goes along with..they're going to remember most of those rules."