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7 Funny Things Southerners Say About Cold Weather

Judging the weather based on numerical temperatures is boring. Besides, if it’s 35 or 40 degrees, who can tell the difference? Southerners love a...

UM Administrators Say Thank You to Donors

University of Mississippi Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter surprised a number of alumni and friends recently, when he called to personally thank them for their...

Ole Miss Spring 2016 Honor Roll Lists Now Available Online

Good morning, The University of Mississippi is offering a new online service that enables you to easily pull honor roll lists for your city/county/state. The database...

Matt Brown Shines on Field, in Classroom

Matthew Brown enrolled at the University of Mississippi both to carry on a family tradition and to play sports at an SEC university. Both his parents...

AT&T to Expand Fiber Network to 15,000-Plus Locations in Mississippi

On Friday, June 3 at 2:00 p.m. in Taylor, Mississippi, AT&T Mississippi president Mayo Flynt made an important announcement regarding advanced technology and infrastructure...

Dunagin: Echoes of 1959 in 2019?

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...

Ole Miss in Ethiopia: Economic Boom Spurs Entrepreneurship

On January 2015, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media sent ten students on a reporting trip to Ethiopia. These students compiled their...

Oxford Maker’s Market Returns for First Saturday of June

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...

Oxford Crime Report: Tuesday, June 2 – Embezzling, Grand Larceny

Oxford police responded to the following incidents: four suspicious activities, three alarms, two motorist assists, two embezzlements, two illegally parked cars, two 911 hang...

Celebrate National Doughnut Day Here in Oxford!

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...

Neely-Dorsey: Reminiscing on ‘Ode to Billy Joe’ and Its Mississippi Ties

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...