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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The China Connection in Greenville, Miss.

In a dandelion-laden plot of ground just off South Main Street rest the remnants of a dying culture. The headstones in this tiny cemetery share...

Low-Tech Santa Idea

Electronics have become a Christmas gift mainstay, but Santa at our house tells me he plans to introduce our six-year-old to where MP3s began. This...

Sign in Hernando, Mississippi: “Old Rye” For Medicinal Use

By: Tom Freeland, HottyToddy.com, Blogger Yes, I know it’s a label, not a sign. This was how your whiskey, bought from your friendly pharmacist, would...

Winter Institute Salutes Legacy of Nelson Mandela in Mississippi

“As we say here, a great tree has fallen.” – Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Millions of people around the world mourn the death and celebrate the life of...

Public Broadcasting Head Values Ole Miss Education

After a 27-year newspaper career, Ole Miss 1984 grad Ronnie Agnew joined Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) in August 2011 as the agency’s executive director. ...

New Community Church Opens in Oxford

Former college pastor transitions from current church to start a new one in hopes of changing heartbreaking census numbers. According to the 2010 census, about...

Annual Books and Bears Drive Scheduled

Event gives campus community a way to thank service workers OXFORD, Miss. – Many of them work the graveyard shift. From dusk to dawn, they...

‘The Nutcracker’ Takes Center Stage at Ford Center

Last performance of the year showcases professional dance company in the classic holiday ballet OXFORD, Miss. – Dance Alive National Ballet, a professional dance company from...

John Hailman’s From Midnight to Guntown: A Preacher in a Volvo

As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over thirty years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to...

Mississippi Transplant Gets “Merry Christmas” Lesson From Bama Scrooge

I was fifth in my line at the supermarket. I never use the self-checkout because I prefer to discuss my concerns with a real...
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