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Ferguson: No Snow in a Mississippi Christmas

Mississippi may lack snow, but Christmas traditions, humor, faith, and gratitude make the season meaningful and full of joy.

Coopwood, Bryant Help Diggers Unearth History in MS Delta

A few days ago, Scott Coopwood, Ole Miss graduate and publisher of Delta Magazine and Delta Business Journal, spent a day with the cast...

Alderman Trashes Twitter Trending Rumor

  One of the hottest trending subjects on Twitter in recent days was speculation that Oxford would be opening a strip club in the aftermath...

Isom Place Is Oxford Treasure, Site of Ole Miss Charter Signing

Isom Place, located at 1003 Jefferson Avenue, is one of Oxford’s oldest and most historic homes. Although some say the greek-revival Southern mansion was built...

UM Journalism Professor, Student Join Engineers in Togo, Africa

Trading the winter weather in Oxford for the extreme heat of West Africa, Dr. Nancy Dupont and freshman journalism major Sudu Upadhyay are spending...

Wine Tip: Serving Wine Is Not Brain Surgery

The other night, at what passes for a reasonably good restaurant, my wife and I ordered a simple bottle of white wine.  The waitress,...

Before There Was Cold Beer There Was the B & B Cafe

The African-American-owned B & B Cafe was tucked away in an alley just off the northwest corner of the Square. The picture below, taken in...

Tips on Staying Positive when Things are Falling Apart

One of the ways we keep a positive attitude is learning how to deal with unexpected curve balls without freaking out! I was doing a...

Who Remembers the Rebel Deli?

My parents have always told stories about amazing Oxford restaurants that are no longer around. Among those, Mr. Gatti's Pizza, the Kreme Kup and,...

Hollywood, Pols, Media Get Failing Grades From Persons With Disabilities

Last week the world discovered that cops and firefighters arrested in New York for fraudulently seeking Social Security disability benefits were faking fallout from...

HottyToddy Hometown: Bruce, Mississippi

HISTORY OF BRUCE, MISSISSIPPI Bruce became a town on Sept. 22, 1928, by the designation of Gov. Theo G. Bilbo. The population was 618. The...