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Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

Colorful Beads, Smiling Faces Create Warm Atmosphere at Annual Mardi Gras Parade

St. Peter's Episcopal Church held its annual Mardi Gras Parade Tuesday where dozens of parishioners and children braved the cold winter temperatures and walked...

Charlie Adams: Meeting “Heart of Dixie” Stars Phoebe Cates and Ally Sheedy

Like you, I have had many experiences not far from the 4 Corners in Oxford. Back in the late '70s when I was at Lafayette...

Turkey Harvest Reporting Begins This Spring

Mississippi hunters who bag a gobbler this spring will be more engaged than ever in ensuring the future of Mississippi’s turkey flock. Beginning with the...

Charlie Adams: Meeting John Walton of “The Waltons” at The Hoka

To be honest, I never imagined I would meet John Walton — the Dad of The Waltons — at The Hoka in Oxford. At...

Galloway: A Place of Peace and Small Happenings

There really is such a place, but when you leave to live the rest of your life in the tangle of a city, it...

Lafayette County Master Gardeners Announce Spring Schedule

By Anna Grace Usery Editor-in-Chief anna.grace.usery@hottytoddy.com Though many of the Lafayette County Master Gardeners began their gardening careers out of necessity, many say they couldn’t give it...

Wonderbird Owners Set to Open Region’s First Gin Distillery

By Anna Grace Usery Editor-in-Chief anna.grace.usery@hottytoddy.com Wonderbird—Mississippi’s first grain-to-glass gin distillery which we first reported on last June—has spread her wings and is almost prepared for flight....

Kiln Shine Distillery Owner Brings Oxford to the Gulf Coast

By Alexander Learned Hottytoddy.com intern In the Mississippi Gulf Coast town of Kiln, a certain individual has solved the elusive mystery of time travel. No, Matt...

Instagram Famous Family Makes Stop at Ole Miss During RV Tour

By Carson McKinney Hottytoddy.com intern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NCvct2gD4 A pair of four-legged Instagram celebrities gained some new followers when they visited Ole Miss’s Kappa Delta house on Wednesday. Ralphie and...

Kiln Shine Distillery Owner Brings Oxford to the Gulf Coast

By Alexander Learned Hottytoddy.com intern In the Mississippi Gulf Coast town of Kiln, a certain individual has solved the elusive mystery of time travel. No, Matt...