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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...

School of Nursing Preparing for Groundbreaking, Construction of Facility

By Annie Oeth UMMC communications University of Mississippi Medical Center leaders, faculty, staff and students are preparing for an event 75 years in the making: a...

Sunday Night Storm Knocks Down Six Trees in Lafayette County

Wind gusts during Sunday night’s storms in Lafayette County downed some trees and knocked out power for a few hundred county residents. According to the...

M Partner Celebrates Successes in Ecru and Pontotoc

Staff Report University of Mississippi A University of Mississippi community engagement program is celebrating its latest string of successes in two Pontotoc County towns. M Partner, a...

Ole Miss Men’s Basketball Receives 2023-24 SEC Home and Away Opponents

The Southeastern Conference announced their home and away designations for the 2023-24 men’s basketball season on Monday, giving Ole Miss their matchups for each...

7 University Presidents Have Left in the Last Year. Why is Turnover so High?

By Molly Minta Mississippi Today William LaForge — the former Delta State University president who was suddenly fired last summer — wants you to know this...

Hot and Mostly Dry Week Ahead for Oxford

Lafayette County is in for a hot, dry work week. Temperatures will be in the 90s today through Wednesday and then are expected to hit...

Alumnus’ Major Gift Supports Athletics

By Bill Dabney University of Mississippi When football players at the University of Mississippi leave the locker room for practice, they'll soon pass through...

Professor Leaves Legacy at UM Journalism School

By Jaylin R. Smith University of Mississippi Anyone who has come through the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media in the...

Sierra Cannon to Represent Oxford in 2023 Dance Like the Stars Fundraiser

When the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi asked Sierra Cannon to represent Oxford in this summer's Dance Like the Stars event, Cannon...

‘Music Man’ Marks Return of Summer Productions to Ford Center

By Edwin Smith University of Mississippi A classic Broadway musical about a heartless grifter who falls for a pretty small-town librarian is the first of a...