Choosing what to display in the index page

Hi,

I’m quite new to word press. I am a graphic designer and currently converting my portfolio site to wordpress blog system.

My question is that is there anyway to control what to display in the index page? I have 3 sections in my site (news, work, press) and I want to display one latest entry from each section in the index page. Is it possible at all? Any suggestions or thoughts wuld be highly appreciated! Thanks bunch in advance.

Agent D