To Kill a Mockingbird

Latest on book controversy in Biloxi

A recent uproar has surfaced about the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” being removed from reading lists and it’s causing some controversy in the community. Today, the Biloxi Public School Board held their monthly meeting and discussed the current situation…

Biloxi superintendent on “To Kill a Mockingbird” banning

Biloxi Junior High School is in the center of controversy over claims that school administrators have removed “To Kill a Mockingbird" from the book shelves. The Biloxi Public Schools Superintendent is denying the banning rumors, but does confirm the Pulitzer…

“To Kill a Mockingbird” pulled from curriculum in Biloxi

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is being removed from a junior-high reading list in a Mississippi school district. Biloxi administrators pulled the novel from the eighth-grade curriculum this week. School Board Vice President Kenny Holloway says the district received complaints that…

Harper Lee Passes Away at age 89

Multiple sources from her hometown have confirmed Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee has passed away. Lee is best known for her novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” written in 1961. The author’s death comes six months after she had released…

'Go Set a Watchman' Hit Shelves Today

The much anticipated new novel ‘Go Set a Watchman’ by Harper Lee hit store shelves today. The book is set about 20 years after the events of Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning Novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’