Southern Experience

Ferguson: Get Out of the Boat

A personal reflection on stepping into a new season of life and the courage it takes to get out of the boat.
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Mississippi Has Proud Irish Heritage

Editor's note: Rankin Sherling has a PhD. in History from Queens University in Canada, but he is a Mississippi native and University of Mississippi...

The Oxford Brick and Tile Co. Left Lasting Impression

Today's Oxford, Mississippi History Lesson: The Oxford Brick and Tile Company Located all around Oxford are bricks that look a little different than the rest....

Swag Society Sets Women's Clothing Standard

A new boutique, which opened in December, consistently faces the challenge of setting itself apart from the multitude of other Oxford stores.  Although, through its...

Unfolding in Front of Us: The Photography of Mike Stanton

Photographer Mike Stanton appreciates the now. In his late 20s, Mike Stanton suffered a protracted illness, and upon recovering he decided to take a trip...

Angelo & the Rattlesnake

One night when I was young, the Cofields went to Angelo's for dinner. When we were walking up to the register Dad told me...

Is It Spring Yet? — We Hope So

Is it spring yet? A little chilly today, but there have been promising signs of sunnier days, pretty flowers, and uncovered toes. The temperatures are...

The Delta's Newspapers Tell Region's Unique History

You can’t get more Southern than Mississippi, and no place in the Magnolia State evokes more Southern heritage and culture than the Delta. It...

Terrorist Attack in China Causes Heartache at Ole Miss

  Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 recently disappeared over the South China Sea, carrying 239 passengers, 152 from China. On March 1, fewer than seven days earlier,...

Area Churches Kick Off Lenten Luncheon Series

Dr. David Beckley, president of Rust College in Holly Springs and an Ole Miss graduate, was the first speaker in the 2014 Lenton Luncheon...

Ruth & Jimmie's Given New Life as Premier Event Space, Downtown Abbe

Remember Ruth and Jimmie's Sporting Goods and Cafe in Abbeville, Miss.? They had a 12-stool lunch counter, banana pudding on Saturdays, and the best...
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