• Amber Breland of Vicksburg has received a $1,500 scholarship through the Scholarships for Military Children Program. She attends Hinds Community College and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, band and color guard. She is the daughter of Randy and Marianne Breland.

• Students who were named recipients of $1,500 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships were Allison East of Vicksburg High, Miranda Shugars of Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science and Ann Avery Burrell of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland.