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7 Funny Things Southerners Say About Cold Weather

Judging the weather based on numerical temperatures is boring. Besides, if it’s 35 or 40 degrees, who can tell the difference? Southerners love a...

Oxford Mayor Says Data Proves Face Coverings Work

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill says data provides proof that requiring face coverings helps to slow down the spread of COVID-19. On Tuesday,...

More Than 110 Oxford Businesses Receive PPP Loans

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com More than 110 Oxford businesses received loans of more than $150,000 under the national Paycheck Protection Program, aimed at helping businesses...

Hit-and-Run Wreck Kills Child, Suspect Still At-Large

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of a child Tuesday night. According to MHP, at 10:23 p.m.,...

Oxford Film Festival Presents 11th Weekly Film Fest

The Oxford Film Festival’s 11th Weekly Virtual Film Fest, Virtual Art House and OFF to the DRIVE IN films are highlighted by politics, activism,...

Professor Named Pharmacy Administration Chair

Dr. Yi Yang, a University of Mississippi professor of pharmacy administration, has been named chair of the Department of Pharmacy Administration at the School...

UM BioMolecular Sciences Chair Receives AACP Graduate Education Award

Kristie Willett, chair of the Department of BioMolecular Sciences at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been named the inaugural recipient...

UM Graduate Student Honored for Health Analytics Work

Seungho Ryu, a University of Mississippi doctoral student in health and kinesiology, has been named the 2020 Measurement and Evaluation Graduate Student of the...

UM Senior Wins Top College Journalism Honors

A University of Mississippi senior, who is spending his summer reporting for News 21 – an award-winning investigative reporting project from the Cronkite School...

Boys & Girls Club Announces Celebrity Dancers for Annual Fundraiser

Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi is once again asking local celebrities to put on their dancing shoes to raise funds for the...

UM English Professor Receives Fellowship to Support Queer Literary Festival

Beth Ann Fennelly, associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi and Mississippi's poet laureate, has been honored as a poets laureate fellow...