Southern Experience

Theatre Oxford to Perform Their First Musical

Theatre Oxford’s musical comedy explores love and relationships from first dates to funerals in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.

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Tom Rieland: Six Years of Adventure at Ole Miss

My career detour to Ole Miss came at the ripe age of 27 when a former news colleague called asking if I would consider...

Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference at UM Starts July 19

The University of Mississippi will host its annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference July 19-23 bringing scholars from all over the country to Oxford to discuss “Faulkner...

Jerry Mitchell: John Grisham on College, Lawmaking & ‘A Time to Kill’

Grisham coming to Jackson: On August 22, John Grisham will speak at the first Mississippi Book Festival, to be held at the state Capitol....

Feltenstien’s Uncommon Wisdom: When Was The Last Time You Were Trampled & Wounded?

The Quiet Mornings I like the quiet mornings When the waves have washed the footprints from the shore, When even the gulls are just beginning to stir And...

Vassallo Receives Autographed Plaque for Story on NY Yankees Pitcher Don Larsen, Perfect Game

On March 2, Oxonian Steve Vassallo published a column about his childhood experience watching New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitch the only perfect...

Grant Daniels to Cover Sports for HottyToddy.com

Oxford High Schooler Grant Daniels knows sports and how to get people hyped up about them. That’s why he will serve as HottyToddy.com’s official...

Ellwood City Ledger: Howard ‘Larry’ Gerlach Survived the Beirut Bombing

On Oct. 23, 1983, Howard "Larry" Gerlach was in the Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, when suicide bombers detonated a truck bomb that killed...

Southern Foodways: Georgia Fuzz: Weather, Workers, and the World’s Peach Paradise

Part I. Nick Strickland lives in a double wide trailer on the outskirts of Fort Valley, Georgia. It’s a hot June day, and he’s wearing...

OHS Marine Corps Junior ROTC Honors Javeria Williams

The 2015 Oxford High School (OHS) Marine Corps Junior ROTC Cadet of the Year is incoming OHS sophomore and Marine Corps Junior ROTC Cadet...

Mitchell: Churches Have Nothing to Fear from Same-Gender Ruling

Faced with racially integrating their swimming pools in the 1960s, many Mississippi cities locked the gates. Some mayors trumped up excuses, such as a need...