Southern Experience

Double Decker 2025: A Celebration of Music, Art, and Community in the Heart of Oxford

Oxford’s Double Decker Festival brings two days of live music, art vendors, Southern food, and family fun to the Square.

UM United Way Donations Needed

As the University of Mississippi‘s 2015-16 United Way campaign nears its end, coordinators are urging employees to substantially increase the size of their donations. So far,...

Christmas At Cotton Plant Is World’s Largest Inflatable Light Display

Christmas in Cotton Plant is like no other. Located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, over 500 inflatables are displayed for the public to see every...

MassageXcellence Helps Children Enjoy Christmas Through Toys for Tots

He was 10 years old, old enough to know there was no Santa, because no matter how good he was he still did not...

Adams: The Ultimate Example of Team

One of the main requests I get from meeting players or organizational leaders is to speak with an emphasis on team. For various reasons...

OLHS Promotes Pups to Angels

OLHS director, Jennifer Petermann, and president, Cyd Dunlap, recognize success when they see it, and last year’s Pet Angel Tree program absolutely qualifies as...

Park: Christmas Card Sparks Revulsion, but Author Asks: How Much Am I to Blame?

When I first saw the Christmas card sent out this year by Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, a sense of instant revulsion and disgust pulsed...

Oxford Stories: The Unseen Side of Ole Miss Game Day

There is one small football tradition at Ole Miss that often goes unrecognized. Each game day, a group of 10-15 students bail on the...

Vassallo: Bill Helms, a World-Traveling Ole Miss Engineer

Bill Helms and his wife Mary have lived a most interesting life. They have demonstrated what an educational experience at Ole Miss can translate...

‘Living Out Loud with Alley and Amanda’ Podcast Special Guests: Cathy Maner and Mary Brantley Nalley

Today’s special Christmas podcast features Cathy Maner and Mary Brantley Nalley. Alley and Amanda said, "When we think about how God orchestrated this episode, the...

Worlds Apart, Oxford Couple Continually Beat the Odds

Cancer and retirement are obstacles – one a curse; the other a blessing – but neither of which are able to keep a transplanted...