Southern Experience

Ferguson: A Life Lesson from a Former Sailor

A former sailor reflects on Navy service, world travel, heartbreak, discipline, and learning to see every person’s God-given value.

Dunlap: A Sketch and a Memory of Robert F. Kennedy at Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson

Internationally-known and University of Mississippi alum, William Dunlap, sketched the above image of Robert F. Kennedy in 1967 when he was visiting Mississippi. Below...

Sidna Brower Mitchell: Ole Miss Benefited from the New Deal

Recently I read in the Ole Miss Alumni Review that the University has plans for a multimillion-dollar baseball project. That reminded me of a...

Southern Stories Abound in Local Publication: Oxford SO & SO

The South is home to natural storytellers with Oxford being home to Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner. Naturally there are several publications chronicling Southern...

PMQ’s Daniel Lee Perea- Renaissance Man

Originally from Northern Ohio, Daniel Lee Perea attended high school in Phil Campbell, Alabama. After working for several years in various factories in and...

Airbnb Prices Rise for the Football Weekends in Oxford

Online rental service, Airbnb.com, is a way for travelers to find a room to stay in towns for vacation, conferences or just a night...

Mitchell: It’s OK for Little Kids to Sit Around and Wonder

Quiz: Parent One has little kids who often complain of being bored. Parent Two has little kids who are active, involved in everything, have...

EatingOxford: Mesquite Chop House Offers Four-Course Wine Dinner June 30

This Thursday, June 30, at 7:00 p.m., Mesquite Chop House, located at 1001 East Jackson Avenue, is hosting a four-course Wine Dinner. Each course is...

Vassallo: Stephanie Storey’s Soaring Success…The Rest of the “Story”

HottyToddy.com: Stephanie, it has now been several weeks since your book signing session in Oxford. How are the sales going? Stephanie Storey: Oil and Marble...

Photographer Danny Dickey Captures Beauty of Oxford in Summertime

The hobby photographer, Danny Dickey of Tupelo, has once again taken lovely pictures of Oxford amidst sweltering temperatures this summer. If y'all ever need...

Top Headlines: John Cofield’s Oxford & Ole Miss: 1946 Aerial View of the Square w/Historic Commentary

In 1946, when The Oxford Eagle's Phil Mullen took this aerial photograph of the Square and the view looking into the hills north toward...