Southern Experience

Clarksdale Author to Publicly Debut New Book at Cutrer Mansion Ahead of Juke Joint Festival

Author Chilly Billy Howell debuts his new book at Cutrer Mansion in Clarksdale ahead of Juke Joint Festival opening night.

Mississippi Man Featured on Fox with Love from Above

A Mississippi man was featured Monday morning on Fox & Friends with a shoutout from 14,000 feet above the ground. Alex Coker of Hernando, a...

The Way I See it: Keeping It Simple by Martin E. Willoughby

In my professional life, I regularly help organizations streamline their businesses and focus on what really matters. One of my clients used to frequently...

Mississippi, South Carolina Students Ship off to South Korea This Summer

Bruce Case has founded the 2015 Young People's Delegation to South Korea: Parallels of Justice; Pathways of Peace, a program benefitting students from Mississippi...

Vassallo: It’s Never Too Late to Appreciate Country Classics

Through the years great country vocalists have teamed up to release many classic songs. Being raised in Nashville I never appreciated the country music scene...

Cofield on Oxford — The Second Time Around

They weren't buying many photographs during The Great Depression. The Cofields got by on vouchers from Ole Miss and the little cash business that...

A Young Ron Shapiro Talks Art Films, Porn, Bands and the Hoka Theatre

Inside one of my boxes of treasures I found a newsprint student magazine from 1981 called "The Ole Miss Magazine." It featured a number...

Mitchell: Information Sellers Still in Search of a Way to Get Paid

Twenty-seven cents. That’s what a newspaper in Canada has decided to charge per story for viewers who visit its digital edition and scroll around for...

Bethel Baptist Church Hosts Inaugural Easter Egg Hunt

Bethel Baptist Church in Oxford held its inaugural Easter Egg hunt Saturday morning to celebrate Easter weekend. The sun was bright and the wind...

UM Electrical Engineering Alumnus Named Gates Cambridge Scholar

A University of Mississippi electrical engineering alumnus is among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Chiedozie “Dozie” Ibekwe is the second UM graduate to...

UM Named Top 20 in Higher Ed Crowdfunding

The University of Mississippi has been nationally recognized among the top 20 crowdfunding programs in higher education by Evertrue, a social donor management platform. Crowdfunding encourages...