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.

Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

‘A Mississippi Summer Night’ by Shane Brown

I love a Mississippi summer night. There are different views I get and different sounds I need and wanna feel that make my body and...

DeJournett: How I Fell in Love with Oxford 13 Years Ago

One of my now former students who is originally from up north recently posted something on Facebook speaking of how in the space of...

Oxford Stories: UM Student Fondly Recalls Her Experiences at Summer Camp

Nestled in the rolling hill country of Texas on the banks of the Guadalupe River is camp Waldemar, an all-girls camp founded in 1926....

Monday’s Top 7 Instagram Photos By HottyToddy.com

Summertime is in full swing, and landsharks have their fins up all over the world. Whether here in Oxford or in Paris, France, there...

Dunagin: A Dearth of Character in 2016 Presidential Election

An aging lawyer, once a well known Louisiana politician, put a Biblical spin on the presidential race that reflects my thoughts on the prospects...

MBA Students Join Local Business Consulting Program

The University of Mississippi's Master of Business Administration students will offer consulting expertise to local businesses beginning this fall through the UM Center for Innovation...

Breezy Blossoms Is More Than a Flower Shop

Breezy Blossoms, a full service florist located in Toccopola, Mississippi, opened shop almost a year and a half ago in January of 2015. Owner Kalee...

Chipotle Coming to Oxford as Told by the Manning Brothers

Mexican grill chain, Chipotle, is coming to Oxford this Fall and we could not be more excited! Here are the five stages we went...

Coopwood: Remembering a Champ

The death last week of former boxing Heavy Weight Champion, Muhammed Ali brought back many memories to Mississippians who had seen him fight and...

One Body Recovered in Copiah County Gravel-Pit Crisis

Along with help from emergency management agencies, Green Brothers Gravel Company located the body of one of the Copiah County miners trapped inside an...