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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...

Magazine Association Establishes Endowment to Assist UM Students

The Association of Magazine Media has awarded a $25,000 endowment to the University of Mississippi's Magazine Innovation Center to launch a fund that will...

Oxford Woman Teaches Toddlers to Just Keep Swimming

Video courtesy of Rachel Rowe By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com The art of swimming is no easy task. But with the help of Oxford resident Jala...

Downtown Summer Fest Sales Coincide with Sale Tax Free Weekend

By Alyssa Schnugg Staff writer alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com With the Mississippi sales tax holiday this weekend, the Oxford Square Alliance is encouraging shoppers to visit local retailers to their...

Mississippi Bartenders Battle Mixology Reputations at the Iron Bartender Contest

Shake, swirl and strain. These are the steps most bartenders live by in the restaurant industry. Now, bartenders from across north Mississippi will put...

7 Move-In "Must Haves" For Every Ole Miss Apartment

By Savannah Woods HottyToddy.com Contributor With a rush of students flooding back to Oxford, move in is quickly approaching. U-Haul trucks are booked and the local...

Commodores Football Prepares to Bounce Back this Season

Video by Talbert Toole By Adam Brown Sports Editor adam.brown@hottytoddy.com. The Lafayette High School Commodores open the 2018 football season at William L. Buford Stadium against Cleveland Central...

Hyde-Smith: Mississippians Need a Reformed, Solvent Flood Insurance Program

By U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) In the middle of hurricane season, the federal government is again days away from allowing the National Flood Insurance...

Code Enforcement Officers Integral in Keeping Oxford Beautiful

By Alyssa Schnugg Staff writer alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com During the summer months, Oxford Code Enforcement Officers Johnny Sossaman and Jeff Edge spend a lot of time watching the grass...

On Cooking Southern: A Groggy Night Inspires End-Of-Summer Cocktails

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Tom and Jerry: A grog of powdered sugar, beaten egg yolks and whites, whiskey and hot milk, seasoned with nutmeg. Dates...

Galloway: Faulkner's Small World

By Bettye H. Galloway Hottytoddy.com contributor Oxford in the early 1950s was not a typical small southern town. Of course, we had some lovely old homes,...