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HottyToddy.com is coming home.

We are grateful for the stewardship of Ole Miss Journalism and New Media in the operation of HottyToddy.com. HT will be offline as we...

Social Networking Concept Named UM Business’ Gillespie Winner

An academic social network that allows students to connect with other students in their classes took first place at the recent Gillespie Business Plan...

Lafayette County Keeping Close Watch on LTC Facilities

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Lafayette County has positive COVID-19 cases in two long-term care facilities; however, patients were only affected in one. Lafayette County Emergency Management...

Ford Center Announces 3 Shows Rescheduled for 2020-21 Season

The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that “Beautiful, The Carole King Musical”, “An Evening with Bruce Hornsby”...

COVID-19 Confirmed at Four Mississippi Mental Health Facilities

By Julie Whitehead Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting The Mississippi Department of Mental Health confirmed last Friday that 56 patients and an unknown number of staff...

YAC Looks for Community Support on Giving Tuesday

COVID-19 has created a crisis for local arts agencies with the closing of theaters, canceling of festivals, and shuttering of art spaces. These community...

Amateur Storm Spotters Use Facebook Page to Keep Community Informed

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Facing her fear of severe weather, Lacey Bishop knew the best way to combat her anxiety was to be one step...

Grant to Help Expand Environmental Studies Program

A University of Mississippi English professor will direct a multidisciplinary National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help further the university's interdisciplinary minor in environmental...

New Center to Engage Mississippi Communities as Research Partners

The University of Mississippi is home to a new center that aims to empower local communities to take charge of their community development, policy change...

UM Pharmacy Professor Awarded Grant to Study Neuroregeneration

Vitor H. Pomin, a professor at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has received a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders...

North Mississippi VISTA Project Seeks Applicants to Serve Communities

As physical distancing to reduce transmission of COVID-19 has transformed the way that Mississippians go to school, do business and care for their neighbors,...