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.

Dont Make Your July 4th Holiday a Tragedy to Remember

As we prepare to celebrate our nations birthday on the Fourth of July on Friday, safety should be top-of-mind. Fireworks are an Oxford tradition and...

Wedding Business Becomes Big Business at Elegant Plein Air

Campbell McCool never envisioned himself in the wedding business, or anything close to it. But as a serial entrepreneur who has started multiple companies,...

Fall 2014 Symposium Speaker Spotlight: Marcie Cohen Ferris

We’re hosting our 17th annual Southern Foodways Symposium where we pose the question: “Who is Welcome at the Welcome Table?” October 23-26 in Oxford, Mississippi. Between...

Ole Miss Education Grants Support Delta Students

In an effort to address the challenges of poverty and educational inequity plaguing some Mississippi schools, the University of Mississippi’s Division of Outreach and...

Happy Independence Day from Oxford and YAC

America is turning 238 years old this Friday and Oxford and the YAC  have big plans to celebrate. For those who count Thursday as the...

Is the Shaw House Haunted?

Here's John Cofield's take and John knows a thing or two about growing up in Oxford: "It was a well known FACT that when you...

Can Medication Help With Your Child’s Autism?

“I’m at my wit’s end.” Many parents of children with autism have uttered these words when faced with challenging symptoms. Some children are prone to self-injury...

Hobby Lobby and Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (including the one in Mississippi)

By Tom Freeland, HottyToddy.com Blogger I have read most of Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in the Hobby Lobby case and some of the majority opinion, and the upshot seem...

The Mississippi Boy Who Went Home With the Armadillo

I've only been to Austin, Texas once, in 1998. Austin was, to me, a Mecca, home, of course, of Willie Nelson, but more importantly...

The Amazing Story of the Man Who Could Not be Broken

I saw where recently they named the grand marshal for the 126 Rose Parade in Pasadena and, oh, what a life story this man...