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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...

Letter to the Editor: Banning Kratom Will Do More Harm than Good

By Christina Dent Ridgeland, MS christina@enditforgood.com What in the world is Kratom and why is it in the news? The answers to these questions and how we respond...

Oxford’s Baptist Fund Earns More Than $10.1M

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The $30-plus million investment from the sale of Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi has earned more than $10 million since 2012. On Tuesday,...

Trump Hailed This State’s Prison Reforms as a National Model — but the Numbers Reflect a Grim Reality

Editor's Note: This article was produced in partnership with the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting...

Aldermen Add E-Cigs, Vape Pens to Smoking Ban Ordinance

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com In 30 days, vaping or using electronic cigarettes will not be allowed inside public buildings or outside in any Oxford park...

Baptist North Mississippi Wins Quality Award for Sepsis Initiative

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi recently won Baptist Memorial Health Care’s President’s Quality Award for its sepsis quality initiative. The award is the health care system’s...

Oxford Considers Ban on Kratom Products

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Oxford leaders are considering a proposed ban on products sold containing Kratom, a tree from Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain...

Cleveland: On the Great Willye B. White

This past weekend brought a drive through the Delta on a road not traveled in recent years. We were headed north U.S. 49 East...

Ole Miss Softball Garners Four Spots in the 2019 All-SEC Teams

By Adam Brown Sports Editor adam.brown@hottytoddy.com The SEC softball tournament begins on Wednesday, and the league office announced its 2019 All-SEC Teams which included four Ole Miss...

MS Ranked 5th Worst State for Working Mothers

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com Source: WalletHub Mississippi was recently ranked No. 47 in the country for being one of the worst states regarding working mothers, according...

Video: Plein Air’s Future to Incorporate Yoga Studio, Grocery Store

Mary Arden Guyton Journalism Student maguyton@go.olemiss.edu *Editor's Note: This story was originally published on Oxford Stories Leighton Wilkie McCool is from a seventh generation Ole Miss family but...