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Double Decker 2025: A Celebration of Music, Art, and Community in the Heart of Oxford

Oxford’s Double Decker Festival brings two days of live music, art vendors, Southern food, and family fun to the Square.

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Simply the Best – What We Can Learn From the Leadership and Fire Within of Muffet McGraw

What will happen tonight has never happened before. The University of Notre Dame women's basketball team will take a 37-0 record into tonight's National Championship...

Sparky Reardon Retires at Festive Plein Air Event

On March 29, more than 350 individuals ponied up $100 each to pay tribute to Sparky Reardon who is retiring as Dean of Students...

VIDEO>>How to Prepare for a Tornado

Over the past couple of years, the Ole Miss campus and the town of Oxford has been threatened by tornados. Now that we've entered the...

View From a Double-Decker, Photos of an Oxford Day in the Sunshine

Friday was an idyllic day to be out in Oxford, with the sun shining and a light breeze rustling early spring buds and flowers. Perhaps...

Who is That Lady In the Photo? Scrapbook Memories

Editor's note: Frank Hurdle, HottyToddy.com blogger, shared this combination memory and history quiz with us. I've been cleaning up for the past few days, and...

Joe, the Sandwich Man, Established Fund For Students Working Way Through Ole Miss

We knew Joe Fenley as “the sandwich man.” The air cargo industry knew him as a giant among entrepreneurs. Grace Fenley, current Ole Miss business student,...

7 Drinks to get you in the Summer Spirit

We all know that in Mississippi, good eatin’ and good company are never hard to find. Fried Chicken, shrimp n’ grits, macaroni and cheese, biscuits...

Nelly Performs, Hotty Toddy Man Digs, Grove Bowl Concert

Friday night the Grove was packed and it wasn’t because of the beloved Ole Miss Rebels. Fans of another sort gathered for the Grove concert...

LOFT Opens to Big Crowds, Excited Shoppers

Ann Taylor’s LOFT opened today in Oxford and customers packed the new store. The location is next to Belk Department Store in the Galleria Shopping...

Self-Taught Artist Puts Life's Experiences Into Moving Paintings

Joe Wrenn, a self-taught African-American primitive artist and Charleston, Miss. native, was featured in his first solo exhibition hosted by the Charleston Arts and...