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King’s Tavern

King’s Tavern

Natchez is the oldest settled town on the river. King’s Tavern is the Oldest building in Natchez. Believers in ghosts say that..

May 13, 2013
Mississippi Deer Population

Mississippi Deer Population

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fishers estimates that 1.5 million deer live inside our state boundaries.  Only Texas and..

May 7, 2013
University Greys

University Greys

At the outbreak of the Civil War many students and faculty at the University of Mississippi quit and enlisted. Many formed into Company A,..

April 29, 2013
Faith Hill

Faith Hill

Faith Hill was born in 1967 in Jackson, but grew up down Hwy 49 in Star as an adopted child. She claims that seeing Elvis perform in..

April 23, 2013
Oldest Public School

Oldest Public School

Columbus is home to our oldest public school, Franklin Academy. It was founded in 1821.

April 17, 2013
“3 Doors Down”

“3 Doors Down”

The band “3 Doors Down” was formed in Escatawpa in 1994. Their debut album in 2000 went platinum six times, topping six million..

April 11, 2013
“First Monday”

“First Monday”

Northern Mississippi’s town of Ripley has one of the longer-standing commercial activities in the state. Each month on the weekend..

April 8, 2013
Veterans Memorial Stadium

Veterans Memorial Stadium

Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson no longer hosts SEC Football. For many years the stadium hosted SEC double-headers, as both Ole Miss..

April 4, 2013
Viking Range Corporation

Viking Range Corporation

Greenwood’s Viking Range Corporation, founded by Fred Carl, Jr., developed the first commercial range specifically designed,..

April 1, 2013
Tupelo Automobile Museum

Tupelo Automobile Museum

The Tupelo Automobile Museum features more than 100 classic cars including a rare Tucker.  Recently, a 1948 Tucker brought nearly three..

March 26, 2013
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John Hailman’s Wine Tips of the Week

Julius Caesar’s Favorite Roman Wine: Still Around?
Ancient Romans liked their wine. In Pompeii, their resort near Naples, there were more than 100 wine bars and 20 wine shops in a city of 20,000. We know this because a volcanic eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius suddenly buried the city under nine feet of ash in A.D. 79. Many Pompeians were buried alive at their tables, and thousands of large wine jugs, or amphorae, were preserved in place. Read More

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Mississippi Deer Population

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fishers estimates that 1.5 million deer live inside our state boundaries. Only Texas and Michigan support more deer than Mississippi.

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The Chickasaw –– Spartans of the Mississippi Valley

By: Jack Mayfield
Last week I wrote about the arrival of the Chickasaw Indians into this area of north Mississippi. If you will recall, there were two groups of Indians who made their way from the Northern Plains of the American Continent to the “Father of Great Waters” (later known as the Mississippi River) and then into the area that would become the states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Read More
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