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Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ Star Who Filmed in Mississippi, Dies at 86

Patrick Stewart, known for Star Trek and X-Men, died at 86. His Mississippi connections included filming Logan and narrating a Delta State planetarium show.
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Mississippi Blood Services Inventory at Emergency Crisis Level

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com The Mississippi Blood Services (MBS), a not-for-profit blood service founded in 1979, is currently at an emergency inventory level for blood...

Charlie Adams: Honoring the Late Michael Rubenstein, a Mississippi Sportscaster

Having been born in Oxford, graduated from Lafayette High School and Ole Miss, and having had family all over the state, I am very...

UM Professor Receives Competitive NIH Award, Peer-reviewed Journal Cover

The fall semester was kind to University of Mississippi researcher Saumen Chakraborty, who received a National Institutes of Health award and earned the cover of a scientific...

UM Researchers Uncover Brain Science Behind Impulsivity

Researchers in the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi have discovered an anatomical link in the human brain associated with impulsivity. "Impulsivity is the...

Recent UM Graduate to Return Home After Contracting Autoimmune Disease in Thailand

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com Caroline Bradner, a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi, will soon be on her way back to the United States...

Mississippi Ranked 8th Most Affected State by the Government Shutdown

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com In a recent analysis by WalletHub—a personal finance website—Mississippi was ranked 8th most affected state by the current partial government shutdown...

Oxford Man Charged With Shooting at Family Members

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com An Oxford man was arrested on New Year's Eve after firing a gun around family members. According to the Oxford Police Department,...

Salter: Mississippi’s Congressional Clout will be Tested, Realigned in the 116th Congress (HED)

During the 2018 federal election cycle, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other national news organizations examined the question of what they...

Boyer: Best 10 Books of 2018

Out of the books reviewed this year on HottyToddy.com, book editor Allen Boyer revisits the 10 most memorable – five novels and five works...

Bonnie Brown: Being Conscious of an Opportunity for a Fresh Start

Welcome January 2019! A new year, a new beginning. A re-set, if you will. We treat this new day in the New Year as the...
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