Southern Experience

Heaton: 10 Essential Tips for Moving to the South

Embrace Southern hospitality with these essential tips on traditions, food, and customs to help you settle into your new home.

Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

Mississippi Humanities Council Honors Oxford Author Alysia Burton Steele

Destiny Docu-Series: Alysia Burton Steele from Redd Pen Media on Vimeo. As reported by HottyToddy.com on Monday, Mississippi Humanities Council recently announced the recipients...

Oxford Stories: UM Football Player Balances Sports and Academia

Derrick Jones, a junior wide receiver from Eupora, is a tall, fast, and energetic wide out who signed to play football at Ole Miss...

OLHS and Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library Team to Fight Illiteracy

The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library along with OLHS join forces once a month to instill in the local children the respect that...

Wounded Warriors of MS Donates Hams to Veterans for Christmas

Wounded Warriors of Mississippi, a nonprofit organization, donated 26 hams to veterans at their Christmas party this year. Founded and directed by Cheryl Bruce, WW...

Mitchell: Being America Is Hard, And Not Getting Any Easier

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have to wait for Christmas to get her gift. Donald Trump has been her Santa. He’s outrageous, so he commands all...

Heaton: 12 Southern Expressions for Feeling Blue

The source of the word “blue” for sadness is unknown, but it is a figure of speech common in cultures around the world. Southern Sayings...

Vassallo: What Christmas Means to Me

I recently asked two of my closest friends, Hoppy Langley and Jim Carroll, this question with their well-thought out answers below. Before we...

Neely-Dorsey: A Simply Southern Holiday Season

The holiday season is upon us and the celebrations have begun! Though many people still have large family gatherings for the holidays, they are...

8 Top Google Searches Made by Mississippians in 2015

Estately.com, a real-estate website, discovered the top google searches of all 50 U.S. states in 2015. From scandals to music, celebrity deaths to politics,...

Oxford Stories: University Staff and Community Help Students Prepare for Finals

The entire university is preparing for finals week and the main library on campus has extended its hours to help overwhelmed students. The J.D. Williams...