Southern Stuff

13 Southern Sayings the Rest of America Doesn’t Understand

Conversations south of the Mason-Dixon line will befuddle anyone not born there. We chose 13 of the most ridiculous Southern sayings — and tried to explain them.

Hotty Toddy News Services - December 12, 2024

OXCM, Partners Host Inaugural Farmers Market Field Trip Workshop

The Oxford Community Market joins farmers' markets from across Mississippi and the country in celebrating National Farmers Week 2022 Aug. 7-13, 2022. This week...

Oxonians Know When Sno Biz Opens, Summer is Around the Corner

Across the nation, folks wait for whether groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow to know when winter is over and spring has begun. In...

Allen Boyer: ‘The Life of William Faulkner,’ by Carl Rollyson

By Allen Boyer The Harris tweed jacket, the one that William Faulkner wore in 1929 for the cover photo of “The Sound and the Fury,”...

‘Photos from Possum Town’ Discussion at Overby Center

From 1920 to 1960, O.N. Pruitt photographed his fellow citizens -- both Black and white -- in Columbus, Mississippi, surrounding northeast Mississippi and Alabama.

Organic Gardening Topic of Next Master Gardeners Spring Lecture Series

Lafayette County Master Gardeners announce the second in its series of spring gardening lectures.

Deadline to Register for Spring Master Gardener Class is Monday

An online course for Master Gardener certification will be offered this spring by the Mississippi State University Extension Service.

Northern vs Southern Winter Trends

By Erin Foley HottyToddy Fashion Contributor Now that I am back home in Boston for the holidays, I'm starting to notice the fashion differences, as well...

Going Gourmet at the Egg Bowl

By: Lauren Lucas IMC Student With college football nearing its regular-season climax, Ole Miss fans are gearing up for this year's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State...

Oxford’s 2nd Renaissance

By Larry Wells HottyToddy.com contributor https://vimeo.com/627013932 My memoir “In Faulkner’s Shadow” is about my courtship and marriage to Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of William Faulkner; but...

What Not To Do – Grove Edition

Brandon Mason, owner of the tailgating vendor Take It to the Grove, says “there’s no wrong way to Grove - it’s you, it’s your family, it’s your friends. Doing it wrong would be not coming at all.”