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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...

Oxford Man Charged With Burglary

An Oxford man was arrested recently for allegedly breaking into a home. On July 24, the Oxford Police Department responded to a residence off of...

UM Law School Alumnus Gives Back to School’s Clinical Programs

By Mary Stanton Knight University of Mississippi Bobby Wood was married with a baby in his final year of law school at the University of Mississippi...

Alumni-Driven Nonprofit Aims to Help ‘Unplug’ Mississippi Youth

By Clara Turnage University of Mississippi Three University of Mississippi alumni families are kicking off a new nonprofit to limit social media exposure for children and...

Heat to Affect Oxford

The dog days of summer continue throughout the region, with hot, humid weather remaining in the forecast as we head into the final weekend...

Rowdy Neshoba County Fair Attendees Show Bitter Race for Governor is Officially in Full Swing

By Taylor Vance Mississippi Today The sheer intensity of crowd interaction at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday largely overshadowed the traditional stump speeches from...

Tony Pederson Named Senior National Fellow at Overby Center

By R.J. Morgan Overby Center Tony Pederson, a career journalist, editor and journalism professor, has been named senior national fellow of the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and...

Their Families Said They Needed Treatment – Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.

By Isabelle Taft, Mollie Simon, ProPublica and Agnel Philip, ProPublica Mississippi Today This article contains detailed descriptions of mental illness and suicide. If you or someone...

Candidate Town Hall Set

A town hall meeting sponsored by North Central Mississippi Realtors will be held from 5:30 to 7p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Oxford Conference...

State Senate candidate admittedly voted outside her home precinct. Some say she broke the law

By Taylor Vance Mississippi Today A Republican candidate for the state Legislature might have publicly admitted to skirting the state’s election laws by voting in...

How the heated governor’s race debate came together quickly at the 1995 Neshoba County Fair

By Bobby Harrison Mississippi Today Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and his Democratic opponent Brandon Presley still have time to agree to debate during this week’s Neshoba...