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

From Doughboys to Digital: My Career Since Ole Miss

Although I hoped that one day I would return to Mississippi, when I graduated from Ole Miss in 1982, I wanted to go away...

Dallas: Just How Long Can Dan Stand?

This column originally appeared in the Mississippi Business Journal. Mississippi’s Board of Trustees for the Institutions of Higher Learning, IHL, wants all of the Dan...

Pedal for Patriots Raises Money for Navy SEALs

"I was given a tour of the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, California," Christian Fitzgerald, the brilliant mind behind Pedal for Patriots, said....

3 Unique Easter Ideas to Enjoy with Friends and Family

Easter is an ideal reminder that Spring has sprung. Creating colorful and vibrant eggs is a tradition most parents keep alive and many children...

Going ‘Krogering’ Will Soon be a Different Shopping Experience for Oxford Area

Before long when customers go "Krogering," they’re going to be doing it in a much larger and more versatile store. Construction on the new...

On Cooking Southern: Inspire Additional Holy Week Gratitude with Cake

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Go put your face on: Refers to the need to improve one’s outward appearance either emotionally (happy face) or physically (makeup),...

Heaton: Top 8 April Fool’s Day Pranks

April Fool's Day is a holiday of joy for pranksters and a day of dread for their targets, but some companies like to get...

Cofield on Oxford: The Run of the Place, Part XIII

An excerpt from the previous piece in this series, THE RUN OF THE PLACE, Part XII Turning to go, postponing the comfort of riding the...

Oxford’s Olden Days: Home Depicts Not So Glamorous Lifestyle of Old South

In the spring of 1979, during the sixteenth annual Oxford Pilgrimage, two homes were added to the list of homes to be viewed by...

Heaton: The Legend of Baseball’s Moonlight Battle

Evening of June 18, 1864. Petersburg, Virginia A full moon bathed the no-man’s land between the Union and Confederate lines in a bright blueish light....