The Mississippi Children's Museum will soon welcome its first traveling exhibit -- "Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites".

The exhibit features famous characters and iconic scene taken right out of the pages of seven celebrated children's books: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie", "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", "The Snowy Day", "Abuela", "Tuesday", and "Where’s Spot?".

Storyland's grand opening is Saturday, May 19. It will run through Aug. 26.

For more information, visit the Mississippi Children's Museum website.

The John Bell Williams Airport in Raymond and the Hinds Community College Aviation Department will host the 21st Annual Mississippi Afterburner Jet Rally Thursday-Saturday, May 3-5.

More than 75 remote-controlled jet pilots will participate in the event, flying their model turbine-powered jets at speeds of more than 200 mph. Flying will take place continuously from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. Admission is $5 per carload with concessions and spectator seating available... Read More

People who want to keep their marriages strong are invited to a seminar at Mississippi College with author and minister Gary Chapman on Sept. 8.

Chapman’s “A Growing Marriage” conference is designed to stimulate healthy marriages. The senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he believes that biblically based marriage enrichment is the key to saving thousands of marriages... Read More