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Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

Automobile Family Devotes Decades to Serving Oxford

Frank Belk is the patriarch of a legendary Oxford automobile family. Frank's grandfather started out as a farmer and part-time blacksmith raising cotton in Taylor...

Great Live Music on Square is Family Affair

On Friday, the Oxford Downtown Council presented free live music from 6 to 8 p.m. by George McConnell on the Courthouse lawn. McConnell has been...

Photographer in Residence at UM Presents Jewels in the Delta

These two photos are of women from Al Steele's book, Jewels in the Delta. The deputy editor of Southern Living contacted Steele in January and asked if the...

Oxford History — Rebuilding From the Ashes of 1864

In 1864, long before little Billy Falkner could count his lucky stars for growing up in Oxford, Mississippi, there wasn't much under the stars...

Bramlett Elementary School Kindergarten Round-Up is April 15

Bramlett Elementary School invites all incoming Kindergarteners and parents to attend the Kindergarten Round-Up on Tuesday, April 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bramlett Elementary...

Delta Debutante Elizabeth Heiskell Is Planter's Daughter

A Delta debutante, a planter’s daughter from Rosedale who married a farmer – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus (Luke) Lamar II from Sumner, great-great-great grandson of...

A Runway of Hairy Beauties? You Be the Judge

Last night at the Oxford University Methodist Church a beauty pageant broke out at a drag show. Some of Oxford's ugliest cross-dressers painted on makeup,...

VIDEO>>How WIll You Handle Allergy Season

Now that spring is here. It is time for the flowers to start blooming and people to start dealing with the pollen in the...

He's the Man Behind His Woman In Amy Head Success Story

Harold Head started in the commercial and advertising photography business. His wife, Amy, was a former model and image consultant. When they blended their...

Wine Tip: Guenoc and Petit Verdot

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from author John Hailman’s book The Search for Good Wine which will be available for purchase September 2014...