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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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DUI, Disturbing the Peace and More in Today's Crime Report

Oxford police responded to the following calls: 911 hang up, 12 alarms, six ambulance assist, animal complaint, auto-larceny, four careless driving, civil matter, code enforcement,...

Visit Oxford Reveals 2018 Double Decker Arts Festival Music Lineup, Artwork

Visit Oxford unveiled the poster artwork and the music headliner for the 23rd Double Decker Arts Festival in a press conference Thursday. Sarah Kathryn Dossett's...

Oxford Film Festival 2018: The Year of the Woman

Oxford Film Festival started its 15th year of movies, panels and awards Wednesday, and this year, the ladies are running the show. "Everyone has a...

The 7 Most Famous Field Managers in New York Yankees History

The key word in the title is "famous" as opposed to successful. The Bronx Bombers have won 27 World Series with the second place...

The "Indomitable" Wiley Martin to Come to Campus Friday

Wiley Martin refused to allow cerebral palsy to keep him wheelchair-bound. Instead, he walked across the Ole Miss campus during his tenure on metal...

UM Pharmacy Faculty Create Podcast to Inspire Pharmacists

In the first few weeks of 2018, a small group of faculty from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy launched "PharmacyForward," a podcast featuring...

UM Applied Sciences Doctoral Student, Faculty Featured in TEDx

The University of Mississippi School of Applied Sciences was well-represented at the recent TEDxUniversityofMississippi event at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing...

UM Student Discovers Potentially New Tarantula Species

A shiny cobalt blue gleamed in the beam of a flashlight sweeping through the evening darkness of the tangled rainforest in Guyana. Holding the flashlight, University...

Conservator Completes Work on Three Marble Busts at UM Museum

Amy Jones Abbe, one of the country's most respected conservators of Greek and Roman sculpture, enjoyed a brief residency at the University of Mississippi...

Ford Center Hosts 'Sense and Sensibility' Tuesday Night

The University of Mississippi's Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts will host the acclaimed Aquila Theatre company Tuesday (Feb. 13) evening as...
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