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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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Austin's Shoes Offers Hard-to-Find Brands and Styles

Known as a footwear fixture for many years in Corinth, Austin's Shoes has opened a new location in Oxford. The Oxford store, located at 2202...

Careless Driving, Embezzlement, and More in Today's Crime Report

Oxford police responded to the following calls:  Two alarms, animal complaint, auto-burglary, burglary-building, careless driving, two disturbing the peace, embezzlement, false pretense, fire department...

Steve Vassallo: The 10 Greatest U.S. Presidents

With President Donald Trump's first State of the Union Address just a week away, I reached out to my inner circle of historians to...

UM Alumna Christina Tompkins Returns to Ford Center with 'The Sound of Music'

The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi is hosting the national tour of "The Sound of Music"...

Auto-Burglary, Credit Card Fraud, and More in Today's Crime Report

Oxford police responded to the following calls: Four alarms, two auto-burglary, four careless driving, credit card fraud, three disturbing the peace, false pretense, fire department...

Mitchell: Funding Plan Eases Problems for Lawmakers, Not for Schools

A modified method of distributing state revenue to local public school districts will have little impact on school quality. Indeed, the Mississippi Uniform Per Student...

Alarms, DUI's, and More in Today's Crime Report

Oxford police responded to the following calls: Nine alarms, two ambulance assist, animal complaint, four careless driving, two civil matters, nine disturbances, four domestic disturbances,...

Lafayette County Supervisors Approve First-Ever Zoning Ordinance

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved their first-ever county zoning ordinance Thursday after hearing the public's final comments during a recessed meeting. "This has...

Plein Air: Livin' the Good Life in a Modern-Day Mayberry

HottyToddy.com’s Steve Vassallo recently visited with Campbell McCool, owner/developer for Plein Air in Taylor. As development continues to expand, Taylor is becoming "the talk...

Annexation: City of Oxford Could be Expanded to Include Additional 12 Square Miles

As Oxford continues to grow, the city limits may soon be expanded. Mike Slaughter of Slaughter and Associates, an urban planning consulting firm, presented an...
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