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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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John Cofield's Oxford and Ole Miss: A Poor Man's Cemetery

Edward Boyer posted this on Facebook: "On a fall day in 1984, Rev. Houston - who worked as a gravedigger - took me around to...

Ole Miss Hosting PULSE Conference on Leadership This Weekend

A group of University of Mississippi sophomores kicked off 2018 this weekend by attending PULSE – Preparing Undergraduate Leaders, a Student Experience – a...

Nobel Laureate to Present Benefits of Early Childhood Education

Nobel Prize-winning economist James J. Heckman will present his research on how investments in quality early childhood education can yield exceptionally high economic returns at a...

Three UM Professors Honored with Research and Creative Achievement Awards

The University of Mississippi's College of Liberal Arts has presented its first-ever Research, Scholarship and Creative Achievement Awards to three outstanding faculty scholars.  The new...

Sidna Brower Mitchell: Meeting a History-Making Pilot

The pastor asked how many people remembered Chuck Yeager. Almost everyone raised a hand because I was in a congregation of older folks. Actually,...

Bonnie Brown: Regaining Optimism in a Troubled World

Perhaps it’s the cold weather and fewer daylight hours, or maybe it’s a stage of my life, but I’m feeling a bit down. I...

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...

Lafayette County Literacy Council to Host Kids' Trivia Sunday

The Lafayette County Literacy Council will host the inaugural Junior Genius Trivia event at Tallahatchie Gourmet on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2:30 p.m. With teams of up...

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...

Emmerich: State Lottery a Potential "Enterprise of Destruction"

As King Solomon proclaimed in Ecclesiastes, there is nothing new under the sun. Mississippi is thinking about a state lottery. This debate goes way...
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