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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.

Q&A: The Spring's Busiest Lady in Oxford

Pam Swain flies under the radar most of the year, but in the spring months, her visibility is everywhere. HottyToddy.com’s Steve Vassallo caught up...

Salter: Special Election Offers Mississippi Democrats a Shot at the Alabama Senate “Miracle”

Mississippi Democrats are hoping for a repeat of the political “miracle” that handed their counterparts in Alabama a U.S. Senate seat last December. Alabama voters...

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour heads to the Delta for Juke Joint Festival

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour returns to the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Friday, April 13. The show will begin at 6 p.m. at...

Schedule of Events for the North Mississippi Classic

We're only days away from the PGA's Web.com Tour arrival at the Oxford Country Club commencing with the Pro Am on Wednesday, April 18. The...

Color Guard Auditions Set for Northwest

Auditions for the Northwest Mississippi Community College Color Guard will be held Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Band Hall, located...

School of Engineering to Host 2018 Honors Banquet

The School of Engineering hosts its annual Engineering Banquet this year honoring Albert L. Hilliard for Engineer of Distinction and Jeff W. Rish, III...

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 'Cinderella' Debuts at The Ford Center

<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "Cinderella" is the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of...

Knowing One's Status: National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day

According to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death for those who are infected with HIV. With...

Mitchell: State’s K-12 Teachers Seem to Have Other Priorities

The last mass protest by Mississippi teachers was in 1985. This year, with summer approaching and the Legislature adjourned, there’s no sense that state...

VIDEO: Jessica Jordan Wins Annual Ole Miss Idol

Jessica Jordan won the Ole Miss Student Activities Association’s annual singing competition, Ole Miss Idol, on Wednesday. Jordan’s performance of Jennifer Hudson’s rendition of “And...