With February nearly behind us and spring on the way, now is a good time to pause and review the good news of the last week.

Ferriday Upper Elementary School has received $80,000 to revamp the way the administrators and teachers think about education. The grant money will be used to hire social workers and eventually implement healthy living curriculum.

FUES is an academically struggling school, but this money will allow the school to address some of the issues currently hindering children from learning.

Another Ferriday school, Ferriday Junior High, will soon be getting the male role model its students need.

James Davis will take over as the school’s principal in March. Davis is ready to tackle discipline problems and become someone the students can look up to, he said.

A full slate of candidates have signed up for the year’s Adams County elections. Democracy is fueled by competition, and we are glad to see so many locals are concerned about our community. With the deadline to qualify approaching this week, the race for several offices look to be good ones.

The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration wrapped up this weekend after several days of interesting and informative sessions for the community. This event is an important one for our community, and it is good to see yet another successful year.

As we enter March, we are sure the news in the Miss-Lou will continue to be just as good.