I’ve been writing about Mississippi politics since 1959 when I was assigned by a Jackson newspaper to cover the Democratic primary race for governor. It was...
On January 2015, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media sent ten students on a reporting trip to Ethiopia. These students compiled their stories and...
Weather permitting, the Oxford Maker’s Market will be on the courthouse lawn on Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For June, the market...
Oxford police responded to the following incidents: four suspicious activities, three alarms, two motorist assists, two embezzlements, two illegally parked cars, two 911 hang up calls,...
Do-Nut Worry, Be Happy! Today is National Doughnut Day. Doughnuts Do Good National Doughnut Day started in 1938 as a fundraiser by The Salvation Army in...
It was the 3rd of June, another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day… I absolutely loved the book and movie Ode to Billy Joe adapted from song “Ode...
Way back in the fall of 1967, I was hangin’ out at the Galtney Center (former Ole Miss Student Union) humming the lyrics of Bobbie Gentry’s...
The Meek School of Journalism and New Media students recently embarked on a study abroad reporting trip to Namibia and Zimbabwe with assistant dean Charlie Mitchell...
If you’ve ever shopped at Oxford Flea, the Oxford City Market, Mid-Town Farmer’s Market or Oxford Maker’s Market, you’ve undoubtedly tried Mugg Cakes. Owned by the...
Oxford is a well-known literature scene, thanks to its native son William Faulkner, and now it has further implemented its status with addition of two new...