spot_img
spot_img

Southern Experience

Ferguson: Dear Beckham

A heartfelt Christmas reflection reminding us that the season’s real magic comes from generosity, kindness, and becoming joy for others.

Cofield on Oxford — The Run of the Place, Part VI

  As with the great old families of Oxford, each generation leaves its mark with the birth of the next. Among the family who felt William...

Solemn Images by Sharon Hays of Oxford's Honored War Dead on Memorial Day

Yesterday, Memorial Day, was celebrated in different ways in Oxford and around the nation. For some, it was little more than a day off and...

Consider the Sandwich

Earlier this week, we made the case for barbecue as a food group over on the Garden & Gun blog. With Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, we’ve...

Meet an Oxford Entrepreneur With Ole Miss Roots, Missy Hopkins

  When Missy Hopkins was a student at Ole Miss majoring in Marketing and enjoying the fellowship at the Kappa house, she never envisioned that...

Will 1969 Repeat Itself This Year With Football Glory?

Commentary by Steve Vassallo I was prompted to write this piece because 45 years ago was the last "complete" summer that I was able to spend...

Test Your Barbecue IQ

Spring brings the start of barbecue season, but your New Year’s resolution was to eat healthy all year long. Must you politely decline that...

B.B. King’s last Indianola homecoming concert, Sunday 5/25/14

He will be playing for free in the afternoon in the park.  The festival closer at Club Ebony will be a show with Bobby...

Cofield on Oxford — The "Colonel" And The General

My old grandfather Cofield was a true-to-life character. He came to Oxford in 1928, from Georgia. And, because during the Civil War the Union Army...

Meet the New NWCC Ranger Cheerleaders

Twenty-three students at Northwest Mississippi Community College have been selected as Ranger cheerleaders for the 2014-2015 season, according to Liesl Mote, cheer sponsor. Tryouts were held in...

Rethink Mississippi: A Look at Changing the Perception of the State

Like many native Mississippians, Jake McGraw loves the Magnolia State. But unlike many 26-year-old recent college graduates, McGraw specifically set his sights on living in...