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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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Ole Miss Students Petition to Move Student Section Due to Heat

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com The Ole Miss Rebels are four games into the 2018 football season, with the Rebels facing off the LSU Tigers Saturday...

Vassallo Q&A: Jay Hughes Looks Toward a Better Mississippi

Jay Hughes has more energy than any ten people I know. Anyone who lives in Oxford knows who Jay is. How so? Jay is...

Rocket Scientist, Entrepreneur to Speak Monday at UM Law School

The University of Mississippi School of Law will host Brian Stofiel, a rocket scientist and founder of Stofiel Aerospace, for a talk Monday (Sept....

Sarahfest Returns for Fourth Year

For the fourth year, Sarahfest, the annual arts and music festival organized by the University of Mississippi's Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies,...

Sheriff East Will be Remembered for Decades to Come

The funeral procession was the longest I've ever seen. I took some pictures, walked to my car in the back part of the North Oxford...

Video: SEC Nation Hits the Grove for Gameday

Video by Talbert Toole The Ole Miss Rebels take the gridiron against Alabama this evening inside the Vaught. SEC Nation picked this game to broadcast...

UM Student Pharmacist Begins Journey to Dream Career

What started out as a high school class assignment turned into a career path for Jackson native Tia Holloway. The University of Mississippi student's...

Moon of Saturn Topic for First Science Cafe of Fall Semester

The surprising discovery of liquid water on one of Saturn's moons is the topic for a monthly public science forum organized by the University...

UM Welcomes New and Returning Students for Fall Semester

The University of Mississippi enrolled 23,258 students across its six campuses for fall 2018 – fourth-highest enrollment in the university's history – while its...

Emmerich: The Sky-High Incarceration Rate in Mississippi

One of the most disturbing statistics for our country is the sky-high incarceration rate. America has by far the highest incarceration rates in the...
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