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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...

Black History Month, Part 2: A Cavalcade of Memorable Films Covering the African-American Experience

In addition to February being Black History Month, it's also the recognized as 100th anniversary of the birth of black cinema. 2009 was a milestone...

Ole Miss Looks for Season Sweep Against MSU in Starkvegas

The Ole Miss basketball team returns to the court Thursday night as they travel down to Starkville to take on in-state rival Mississippi State....

The History of Chocolate: from Cacao Pod to Creamy Bar

It’s no coincidence that February is both Heart Health Month and National Chocolate Lovers Month. After all, chocolate has been stimulating hearts and minds,...

On Cooking Southern: All You Need is Love…and Chocolate

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Up one side and down the other: Descriptive phrase pertaining to how extensively one has explored or considered a situation or...

Oxford’s Olden Days: The Oxford-University Depot

Last year, the Oxford Lafayette County Heritage Foundation dedicated a Historical Marker on the site of the renovated Oxford-University Depot. The marker was donated by...

Oxford Crime Report: Tuesday, February 17

Decarlos Curtis-Burglary On Tuesday, February 17, the Oxford police department arrested Decarlos Curtis, 27 years of age from Charleston, Mississippi, for burglary of a...

Southern Halo: Home is Where the Music Is

The Mississippi Delta is known for producing some great musical talent, from Blues to Country, from Jazz to R&B; diversity and originality overflow like...

Cleveland: Magnolia State Basketballers Hoping for Gillom, Howell Trophies

After a watershed Mississippi college football season, what in the world could our basketball teams provide for an encore? Quite a bit, as it turns...

Oxford Garden Club Fundraiser Offers Variety of Crafty Vendors Thursday

The Oxford Garden Club is having their first biennial fundraiser event this Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Oxford Conference Center. Beginning at 10 a.m., guests...

Adams: How One of Our Most Treasured Holidays is Connected to My Grandelicate’s House

As many of you know, I am originally from Mississippi. I was born in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1962 and over the years made many...