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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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OHS Homecoming Week Begins with Parade Tonight

It’s homecoming week for the Oxford Chargers, as they will play host to Desoto Central Thursday night. The week's festivities begin tonight as the homecoming...

It’s the "Green Pumpkin," Duncan Gray!

Twenty-five years ago this year, Rev. Duncan Gray III started the pumpkin tradition to raise money for the youth group at Saint Peter’s Episcopal...

Oxford School District $38 Million Bond Referendum Passes with 83 Percent Vote

Oxford's answer to a $38 million Oxford School District bond referendum vote is “yes”. The district’s bond referendum to build a new elementary school,...

No Time 2 Cook Recipe of the Week: Pork Sliders with White BBQ Sauce

Our White BBQ Sauce goes way back in the life of No Time 2 Cook. My sister, Kay Patterson Olliver, designed the original recipe....

UM Offers Fall Rebel Quest Camp for First- through Sixth-Graders

University of Mississippi faculty and staff looking for activities for their school-aged children during the week of fall break have a new option this year...

North Mississippi VISTA Project Receives Seventh Year of Funding

The Corporation for National and Community Service has approved a $595,000 grant to fund the North Mississippi VISTA Project, housed in the University of...

Kimbrely Dandridge Credits BSU Experience with Enabling Her Success

As she painted the walls at an underfunded inner city school in Chicago on a Black Student Union service trip, then-University of Mississippi sophomore...

UM Engineering Faculty Collaborates on Deep-Space Communications

Three University of Mississippi engineering professors are collaborating with colleagues at Jackson State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to improve communications with deep-space...

Renowned Jazz Musician Engages UM Music Majors

Cyrus Chestnut, the kickoff performer in the 2017-18 Jazz Series at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, conducted a jazz clinic...

Journalism School Acquires Online Training Center

 The Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi soon will take over operation of the online journalism training center...
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