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Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

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....

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...

Ole Miss Alumna, Fashion Blogger Launches Successful Lifestyle Brand

By Hailey Cunningham Hottytoddy.com intern A scroll through Hunter Premo’s online blog or Instagram page will show a satisfying feed of warm and neutral colors with...

Ole Miss Alumna, Fashion Blogger Launches Successful Lifestyle Brand

By Hailey Cunningham Hottytoddy.com intern A scroll through Hunter Premo’s online blog or Instagram page will show a satisfying feed of warm and neutral colors with...

Bonnie Brown: An Ode to the Christmas Fruitcake

So what’s Christmas without a fruitcake? Oh, you don’t like fruitcake, you say! In the small town of Claxton, Georgia more than 4 million...

Bettye Galloway: The Last Time an Ole Miss Student was Seen at Sardis Lake

By Bettye Galloway for Hottytoddy.com Every student who has ever attended the University of Mississippi is unique in some way, but my favorite campus story...

Charlie Adams: LHS Teacher Paved the Way for Me to Become an Inspirational Speaker

If it had not been for a teacher at Lafayette High School, I don't think I would ever have stood up in front of...

Charlie Adams: The Day Billy Brewer Shook My Hand

I can still vividly remember Ole Miss football coach Billy Brewer coming across the room to shake my hand. The football banquet for the 1992...

Charlie Adams: The ‘O’ in Ole Miss Stands for Opportunity

Opportunity. That's what awaits every student who enters Ole Miss. A few years ago my family took this picture of me outside the Journalism...

VIDEO: Attending Ole Miss is a Family Tradition

*Editor's Note: This story was originally published in Oxford Stories By Chloe Baker cbbaker@go.olemiss.edu https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=205&v=CO1RLh-vu_w The van was packed with lawn chairs, tables, and Chick-fil-A chicken minis....