Southern Experience

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.

YBC Team Brews Premium Beer in Water Valley

It has been a labor of love for Amos Harvey. Love of Mississippi, and love of beer brewing. Now in its 5th month of...

Artifact Survived When the Country Village Mall Burned

You have to be ‘old’ Oxford –– from the 70′s and 80′s, and probably a drinker –– to have any clue at all as...

Oxford Building Boom Rocks As Community Grows With Ole Miss

The building boom in Oxford is reaching sonic dimensions.  The city issued building permits totaling nearly $65,000,000 during the last six months, and that is...

Pulpit Switch Advances Racial, Christian Harmony

Two Oxford ministers who share Monroe County roots will exchange pulpits at a traditional African-American and a white church during Black History Month on Feb. 16 Two...

VIDEO>>Frozen Water Pipes Demand Hot Response

It's going to be another cold one tonight. How can you help get your pipes through the freezing temperatures? Even our Oxford aldermen are aware...

‘House and Home’ Exhibit Opens at University Museum

Editor's Note: HottyToddy.com previously posted the flyer for this exhibit. Check it out by Clicking Here! Collection of artifacts and photographs offers a tour...

Saturday In Avent Park, I Think It Was the 4th of July

For the bicycle-riding kids of Oxford who grew up in the northeast slice of town, Avent Park can't help but hold a few Summer's worth...

Smoke in My Car, Salt on My Coat

Last week I took the icy (and at times unpaved) back roads of North Carolina and Virginia to collect oral histories about cured meat...

Hermitage Gardens – Assisted Living at its Best

No one looks forward to the time when they'll need extra care in living daily life. But it's an issue many can no longer...

Oxford Women Help Save 64 Children from Human Trafficking

Editor's Note: This is a follow-up to a story we ran on November 11, 2013 titled Local Women Raise Money to Rescue Children from...