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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...

COVID-19 Claims the Life of Ole Miss Professor

University of Mississippi's Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Noel Wilken announced that COVID-19 claimed the life of an Ole Miss professor...

Twelve Oaks Subdivision Hosts Social Distance Zoo

By DeAndria Turner for Hottytoddy.com dtturne2@go.olemiss.edu The Twelve Oaks subdivision recently put on a "social distancing zoo" to cheer up children in the neighborhood and encourage exercise....

Seeking a Friend for the Pandemic

Chris Offutt hails from the mountains of eastern Kentucky, which he describes as pragmatic world where all animals have a purpose and the motto...

UM Graduate Student Lends a Green Thumb for Families in Need

Students at Oxford's Bramlett Elementary School and the University of Mississippi's Willie Price Lab School have been learning to grow fresh greens and herbs...

OPD Responds to Viral Sunbathing Photo

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The Oxford Police Department fell under fire on social media recently for its reaction to a photo that went viral on...

Tupelo Business Man Beats COVID-19 After Skiing Trip

By Jeff Roberson Hottytoddy.com contributor robersonjeff0630@gmail.com Dan Ballard and his wife, Sandra, took their family on a trip in mid-March. It’s the type of extended excursion they...

VIDEO: Students Express Themselves Through Quarantine Vlogs

By Michael Fagans Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism mfagans@olemiss.edu As a first assignment ‘back’ to (online) class, I asked the students in my Journalism Innovation course to...

Reeves Extends Shelter-in-Place Order 1 Week; Reduces Some Restrictions

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Gov. Tate Reeves has extended Mississippi's Shelter-in-Place order for another week; however, the extension loosens up some guidelines for "non-essential" businesses...

VIDEO: Time Difference Affects Students During COVID-19

Story by Madeleine Nolan Broadcast journalism student mlnolan1@go.olemiss.edu Two students from Ole Miss discuss the problems they have been having with the time zone change being...