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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...

Spring Into Shape with Oxford’s Plethora of Fitness Options

Many Oxford fitness experts are offering tips and tricks on how to get swimsuit ready before summer, and with so many places in town...

Vassallo: Greatest MLB Catchers by Franchise

This past week I received a call from brother George who was commenting on an article he had seen recently which summarized the greatest...

Deep South Daily Honors Oxford as Writer’s Town with Video

Small-town Oxford is known for award-winning restaurants, amazing culture and the University of Mississippi, and these amazing qualities bring people to town looking to...

Cleveland Remembers Alcorn State’s Davey Whitney

This would have been March, 1974. Mississippi Coliseum was so packed the fire marshalls had locked the doors. If Jackson State defeated Alcorn State,...

Oxford Districts Perform above Average on First Literacy-Based Promotion Assessment

The test scores are back from Mississippi's first statewide reading assessment required for promotion to fourth grade, and the two Oxford school districts are...

Oxford Crime Report: Friday – Sunday, May 8 – 10

Oxford police responded to the following incidents: 14 alarms, 13 disturbances, nine suspicious activities, nine noise violations, seven fire department assists, four welfare concerns,...

Mitchell: ‘Racist’ Defines an Attitude; Racism is an Inheritance

People know what “sexist” means. A sexist believes people of the opposite gender are inferior. A policy or law is sexist it if is...

10 Square Video: Why John McMillan Loves Oxford

The latest 10 Square video by Derek Brown features Rock Solid Pen Co. pen maker John McMillan, who loves Oxford because of his family...

Ole Miss Rallies Late to Sweep MSU

Trailing by five runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Ole Miss baseball team rallied to tie the game, forcing...

One Last ‘Hotty Toddy’ in the Tad Smith Coliseum

The graduating class of 2015 from the School of Liberal Arts cheered one last time in the Tad Smith Coliseum yesterday. The Hotty Toddy cheer...