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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.

Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

I Won the Lottery! Now What?

Well, it was $25 from a scratch off ticket I bought when I was recently in Georgia, but it’s something! When that Megamillions jackpot was...

St. Peter's Cemetery Is Resting Place of Greats

Bluebirds still swoop through the old cedars, and deer and silver fox roam the ancient boxwoods. Quiet, except for the owls calling in the...

Hollywood Feed Taking Small-Store Feel to National Level

An executive who cut his teeth in corporate America grows disillusioned with big-box stores and buys a local mom-and-pop with the goal of growing...

Coopwood, Bryant Help Diggers Unearth History in MS Delta

A few days ago, Scott Coopwood, Ole Miss graduate and publisher of Delta Magazine and Delta Business Journal, spent a day with the cast...

Meek-Duvall-Doty House Was William Faulkner's First Home

The Meek-Duvall-Doty House at 803 University Avenue was the first home of William Faulkner and his bride Estelle Oldham Franklin. They rented a portion...

CJ Stewart: A Wounded Warrior on a Mission

On June 15, 2010, dawned no different than any other day for 21-year-old CJ Stewart, U.S. Army medic. His platoon manned a small outpost...

Sweet Magnolia Ice Cream Company

All Hugh Balthrop wanted to do was keep smiles on his kids’ faces, so he started making homemade ice cream. Before he knew it, he...

Neilson's Has Anchored Square for 175 Years

This revealing turn-of-the-century shot depicts wagons in front of the Courthouse and Neilson's Department Store. Neilson's has anchored the Oxford Courthouse Square for 175...

Ear Infections: When to Consider Ear Tubes (Infographic)

This week's surprising health numbers are 3/6 and 4/12 When an infant has an ear infection, it can be hard to recognize. You watch for a...

John Hailman's From Midnight to Guntown: Another Aberdeen Soap Opera

As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over thirty years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to...