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Top Stories of 2017: Oxford Film Festival to Feature Four Mississippi-Based Films

The owner of a Natchez brothel and a Spanish potter in Yocona are among the subjects of four Mississippi-based films to be featured at...

"Perennials": How a Stargazer Lily Inspired Julie Cantrell's New Novel

Oxford author Julie Cantrell appeared on the USA Today Top 150 list, New York Times Bestseller list, and even on a bestseller list in...

Top Stories of 2017: Two Ole Miss Alumni Forge Bond in Faraway Yemen

“There’s a guy here who says he went to Ole Miss,” Mark said. Mark was a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employee stationed at the...

Top Stories of 2017: The Sistrunk Triplets Are Three of a Kind

By Christina Steube, Ole Miss News The University of Mississippi chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society inducted 270 new members Sunday (Oct. 29), including three juniors from the...

Top Stories of 2017: The Story Behind Beloved "Heart of Ole Miss" Poem

The man who penned “The Heart of Ole Miss,” the beloved and oft-quoted poem about the University of Mississippi, initially thought so little of...

Top Stories of 2017: Lawson Barrett's High-Flying Dream Comes True

For as long as he can remember, Lawson Barrett has wanted to fly jets. When he was in the seventh grade, he told his parents...

Burnett Leads the Way as Ole Miss Takes Down South Carolina on New Year's Eve

The Ole Miss men's basketball team closed out the 2017 calendar year and opened SEC play with a victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks...

UM Women's Team Drops Heartbreaker at Arkansas to Open Conference Play

Ole Miss women's basketball showed immense heart in erasing a 15-point deficit on the road, but the Rebels fell 73-72 to Arkansas in the...

Mississippi Quote of the Day: How Johnny Cash "Ruined" Marty Stuart's Mandolin

Famously down-to-earth and approachable, Marty Stuart is a consummate artist of the country music genre, but he has made his mark in Americana roots...

Top Stories of 2017: Chatting with the First Lady of Ole Miss

Sharon Vitter, the wife of University of Mississippi Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter, has a contagiously warm personality that makes everyone she meets feel important and...