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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

Do You Have A Guardian Angel? This HottyToddy.com Writer Had 2 From the Bronx

Commentary by Steve Vassallo, HottyToddy.com contributor. Whatever prompted me to write this article remains a mystery. The other morning at 2 a.m., I was wide awake...

Tupelo’s Furniture, Gift & Home Accessories Show is Back for a 5th Year

UPDATE: Senator Roger Wicker and Secretary of State Delbert Hoseman will speak on Friday at 6:00 p.m. at this fall's market! Tupelo’s Furniture, Gift &...

Oxford Middle Ready for Students in Old Oxford High

For those of us who graduated from Oxford High School in the last 40+ years, all attended the same school at 222 Bramlett Blvd....

First of Ongoing Series — What's New in Oxford

In the last year, Oxford and Ole Miss have grown at a dizzying pace. New businesses, real estate developments and city and county upgrades make...

"The Hollar" Being Filmed in Jackson Features Local Talent

Karen Lee Simmons of Jackson, Miss. (left), daughter of Jerry and Annette Lee of Oxford, and friends Finney Moore and Susie Puckett were on...

UM Alumni, Friends Commit $118 Million

With more than $118 million in private support, the University of Mississippi again experienced a record fundraising year, with alumni and friends helping advance...

Neilson's, South's Oldest Department Store, Renovates Inside

Neilson's Department Store, the South's oldest department store which opened in 1839, is rearranging its merchandise among its three floors. "We're always remodeling, always updating,"...

Dolly's Proud Peacocks — A Little-Known Faulkner Legacy

A remembrance by Faulkner authority and Oxford writer Larry Wells: In the 1970s, Lucille Ramey Faulkner kept peacocks. She was the wife of John Faulkner,...

Campus Special Benefits Oxford's Stomachs and More

It's no secret that Oxford and Ole Miss are as intertwined and connected as a college town and its university can be. But one...

Why Every Mississippian Should Cheer for Jackson

The City of Jackson has a variety of perceptions around the State of Mississippi. Some people focus on negative impressions of crime-ridden stories they...