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.

Michael Joe Cannon’s Legacy Becomes His Professional Passion

Some things are just meant to be, especially when legacies become more than simple traditions and traditions become a life’s passion. Michael Joe Cannon...

Ole Miss Student Has ‘Wild Idea’ for Club

Ole Miss is now home to a club that's for the birds -- literally. The Ole Miss Birders started introducing students to the birding...

Oxford Attorney Tom Freeland Dies at 59

Oxford attorney and HottyToddy.com contributor Tom Freeland, 59, died Feb. 21, 2015. Freeland received both his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Mississippi...

Alum Jeremy Rice Credits Professors with Helping Launch Him toward Success

Jeremy Rice has lots to smile about these days. Enjoying his 15th year in the U.S. Army, the University of Mississippi civil engineering alumnus leads the...

Barksdale Award Winners Eager to Experience Life in ‘the Margins’

Two University of Mississippi students have been chosen to pursue adventures in experimental learning in Uruguay and across North America. Joe Bell, a sophomore from...

UM Graduate Edmonds Launches Business to Help Impoverished Families

Many students dream of starting their own businesses after college, but some, such as University of Mississippi alumna Christen Edmonds, don’t waste time waiting...

Icy Weather Causes Friday Morning Chaos in Oxford

There were reports of black ice on the roads within Lafayette County and Oxford early this morning, yet University of Mississippi did its best...

OPD Mounted Patrol Returns from Mobile Mardi Gras School with Honors

There's more to learn at Mardi Gras than how to not embarrass yourself. Oxford Police Department took a few mounted patrol officers to the coast...

Stefan Moody Wins Ole Miss’ Hearts

Stefan Moody, a junior college transfer from Florida, has won over Rebels' hearts before the season's end. Callie Daniels is a staff writer for HottyToddy.com....

Gray Edmondson Selected as New Trustee on Oxford School Board

After reviewing numerous resumes and candidates, Mayor Pat Patterson and the Board of Aldermen selected Grady Edmondson to a five-year term as the new...