Special Learning Center wins Pepsi Refresh grant

Julie Smith/News Tribune Julia Lehman encourages Austin Carter to ride his tricycle on the Doodles playground at the Special Learning Center. A May graduate of Helias High School, Lehman volunteers twice a week at the school to help with the preschool-age children.

New UNC leader Ross built rep as solution finder

In 1999, N.C. Chief Justice Burley Mitchell needed a director for the state's court system, an unwieldy job balancing the needs of judges and other court officers in the state's 100 counties. He turned to Tom Ross.

New UNC president Ross is known as problem solver with open door

Tom Ross admits to some sleepless nights following his decision to leave his role as president of Davidson College to become president of the University of North Carolina system.

Local Parks: Reader response

Feedback from e-mails, letters, The Conversation forum and Facebook .

Autism Center of Tupelo gains ground in first year

TUPELO - The Autism Center of Tupelo is hitting its developmental milestones. The center began last fall with donated office space in Parkgate Plaza, very little money and a burning desire to fill a void in therapy options for families of children with autism in Tupelo and the surrounding areas.