By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Crank up: To start something or turn it higher. Usually refers to a motor of some sort, such as...
One year ago, the Ole Miss Rebels through 10 games were 7-3, having scored 345 points and had yielded 250. Missouri and Mississippi State awaited, two...
James Woodson — Rape On Monday, Oct. 27, investigators of the Oxford police department arrested James Randall Woodson, 41 of Ridgeland, for rape. James Randall Woodson...
The Board of Aldermen stated that all Uber drives in Oxford not in compliance with the city code will be arrested and their vehicles towed. Oxford...
Oxford Police Department responded to the following incidents: six suspicious persons, five larcenies, three alarm calls, three motorist assists, two welfare concerns, two ambulance assists, two...
Sunday evening, May 26, 1982 At Ole Miss, classes were out and the campus deserted. I don’t recall why my friend, Claudette, and I were still...
The City of Jackson has a variety of perceptions around the State of Mississippi. Some people focus on negative impressions of crime-ridden stories they hear or...
It is easy to be lulled to sleep when driving up Highway 61 across the Delta, its rows of cotton and soybeans stretching endlessly to the...
One thing that might have flustered the University of Mississippi journalism community more than anything in my book UNDER FIRE AT OLE MISS is perhaps...
The town of Louisville, Miss. was badly damaged by two tornadoes that leveled the town on Monday, April 28. Louisville was one of the 16 Mississippi...