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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.

WMC Weather Road Show To Visit University Thursday

Memphis television station WMC-5 will bring its Weather Road Show to the University of Mississippi on Thursday (April 6) to educate the university and...

Ole Miss Baseball's Greatest Of All Time: Winners Announced

Over the past three weeks, HottyToddy.com has released their picks for the greatest Ole Miss Baseball players of all time. Broken down into three categories...

Wicker To Speak At New Lafayette County Republican Club April 18

New Republican Club Launches in Lafayette County Sen. Wicker, Republican Alderman Candidates Featured Speakers A new community group officially allied with the Republican National Committee has...

Vehicle Burglary, Embezzlement And More In Today's Crime Report

Oxford police responded to the following calls: Malicious mischief, motorist assist, three suspicious activity, two reported DUIs, two civil matters, vehicle burglary, five alarms,...

Minor Chose To Tell Mississippi’s Story, And Tell It Well

The phone rang. “Chah-lie? Bill Minor. Listen. You got that all wrong.” This is my 31st year. Back in 1986, when I asked colleagues around the state...

MSPA State Convention Welcomes 600 Young Journalists To Campus

The Mississippi Scholastic Press Association (MSPA) State Convention hosted a crowd of almost 600 young journalists from over 30 different schools and 54 different...

ProMatura Teams Up Nationally To Help Foster Children In Lafayette County

ProMatura, a global market and research firm that was founded in Oxford over 30 years ago, expanded their reach even further Friday, March 31. ProMatura has...

UM English Major Wins Prize At Southern Literary Festival

Page Lagarde has always aspired to write professionally. Still, the University of Mississippi junior wasn't expecting her first entry in a prestigious regional competition...

Veteran Journalist Otis Sanford To Sign "From Boss Crump To King Willie" Tonight At Square Books

Panola County native and Ole Miss graduate Otis Sanford will discuss and sign his new book, "From Boss Crump to King Willie: How Race...

Um School Of Pharmacy To Begin Primaquine Study

  The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy Research Clinic is looking for students and residents of the Oxford/Lafayette community to participate in a clinical...