McLaurin News

Forrest County Deputy Coroner Jonathan Nobles said Rashad Shepherd, 21, of the McLaurin area died when his vehicle struck a tree at about 6 p.m. Monday.

Teacher Roberta Olmstead helps Josie Stephens, 11, present her portion of a painting of the ocean to the class.

It was an appropriate clothing choice for the third grader Tuesday, the day of her school's awards day program.

Starting in August, many public school children will board the bus for a school closer to home, and every student will return to the same campus for longer than a two-year-run. After years of thought, thousands spent on a study, several months of debate and a few weeks of planning, the Natchez-Adams School Board decided Thursday to transition to ... (more)

By 8 a.m. today, bathroom breaks will be had, pencils will be sharpened and young minds will hopefully be ripe for reasoning.