Carrollton News

Elizabeth Spencer of Carrollton wrote about race, politics and gender in the 1940s and 1950s.

The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters celebrated its 30th anniversary along with its current class of honorees at an awards ceremony and banquet Saturday at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel.

The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters will honor several literary, musical and visual artists this weekend, with Lifetime Achievement Awards going to author Elizabeth Spencer and portrait artist Marshall Bouldin III.

Authorities say a 9-year-old boy died Saturday after apparently darting into the path of a truck while driving a child-sized ATV near Morgan City.

For the sixth consecutive year, Ole Miss will host the Southern Foodways Symposium.

The head of the U.S. Episcopal Church is making a visit to Mississippi. The Most Rev.

Despite doom and gloom predictions, Greenwood businesses are selling more this year than last.