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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...

Center For the Study of Southern Culture Hires First Woman Director

For only the fourth time in the 40-year history of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, a new director will take the...

The Mass Media Wars Surrounding the ‘Unplanned’ Movie on Abortion

By Terry Mattingly Columnist lists@tmatt.net If "Unplanned" was an ordinary movie, its creators would be busy right now studying second-week box office numbers while starting negotiations...

Water Valley Daycare Under Fire After Video Release

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com A video released recently by an Oxford couple has brought a Water Valley daycare under fire for allegations of abuse by...

Cleveland On the Changes in Sports

So many things I never expected see, hear or write when I started writing about sports more than half a century ago. Here is...

Waffle House Tweets Heard Around the World

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com What started out as a fun conversation between the mayor of Oxford and a UM professor over Oxford getting a Waffle...

Velesha Williams: A Black Woman Can Win Mississippi

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com Nine Democratic candidates are vying to be elected Mississippi's next governor with hopes to turn the state blue. One of the...

Officials Battling Unsanitary Living Conditions at Beech Bluff in Harmontown

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The words Beech Bluff Resort might conjure up images of bungalows located a few yards from white sandy beaches with aqua-colored...

Local Crawfish Vendors Thrive in Oxford

Story by Paris Payne and Jyesha Johnson Broadcast journalism students Crawfish season is finally here and many vendors in Oxford are preparing for the increase of...

Diamond Rebels Climb to No. 11 in D1 Baseball Polls

By Adam Brown Sports Editor adam.brown@hottytoddy.com The Ole Miss Rebels baseball team jumped up seven spots to No. 11 in D1 Baseball.com ranks after sweeping the Florida...