Southern Bancorp is rolling out a new quarterly publication, Mission News, which reports on the bank's community impact. In this issue: How Southern Bancorp helped the Clarksdale, Miss. Municipal School District become one of five districts nationwide selected for a $10 million U.S. Department of Education Race to the Top grant; the revitalization and entrepreneurship initiatives enacted by Southern Bancorp and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Helena, Ark.; and a financing effort that helped a local coffee shop expand while giving new life to a historic 1890's-era building.