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.

1960s Night Life In Oxford Was Bright

This photograph is taken by Steven Gates, facing North Lamar from the balcony of the Courthouse. This is a busy night-time Oxford scene when there...

High School Traffic A Challenge But New Roads May Resolve Congestion

New roads are being considered to relieve traffic congestion problems near the new Oxford High School. Early morning traffic to and from the new Oxford...

Four Simple Steps To Get You Back to Sleep Fast

We’ve all been there. You are wide awake at 3 a.m., your mind racing with a rising sense of panic about the difficult day...

Wicker: Obama Budget Would Drive Debt to $25 Trillion

Hopes were quickly dashed that President Obama's Fiscal Year 2015 budget would offer a responsible blueprint for economic growth and deficit reduction. Instead,...

Northwest offers LPN TO RN Track This Fall

Beginning in the 2014 fall semester, the Northwest Mississippi Community College Division of Nursing will offer a Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) to Registered Nursing...

OSD Announces Oxford Elementary Principal for 2014-2015 School Year

The Oxford School District (OSD) announces Mary Ruth Wright as the new principal to lead Oxford Elementary School for the 2014-2015 school year. Wright is...

Oxford Ranked ONLY 3rd Among Mississippi Cities – Guess Who Beat Us…

Well, Mississippians, the votes are in! Movoto,  an online real estate brokerage based in San Mateo, Ca., ranked the 10 Best Places in Mississippi. How...

Master Gardeners Visiting Oxford in May for State Conference

Spring and the gardening season are just around the corner, even if it seems like they will never arrive. For the Master Gardeners in...

In the News at UM: Kappa Delta Accepts Black Member

In news out of the University of Mississippi today the Daily Mississippian reports that Bianca Abney of Big Point, Miss. is the first African...

Ole Miss Students Pick Projects for a Greener Campus

Spring 2014 marks the second project cycle for the Green Fund, money available to facilitate green projects on campus. The UM Green Initiative needs...