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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.

Ole Miss Family, Friends, Fans Honor Park Coleman Stevens

  Family, friends, fans and players joined together to honor the life of Park Coleman Stevens during funeral services on Saturday at Mt Vernon Church in...

Some Thoughts on the Open Carry Statute and Law Enforcement Discretion

Here’s some notes on that open carry statute. As I understand the law prior to passage:  It was (and is) a crime to carry a...

Guy Bush

Babe Ruth hit his final two home runs, numbers 713 and 714, off the "Mississippi Mudcat" in 1935.  "Mudcat" was Guy Bush from Aberdeen....

Hong Kong’s Foreign Domestic Workers Struggle For Ordinary Life

By Joe Atkins, HottyToddy.com blogger My recent trip to Hong Kong and Beijing came at a time full of news for those cities and the...

Celebrating Faulkner With Art by Boyd Saunders in Southside Gallery

Boyd Saunders to exhibit etchings, works on paper at Southside Gallery celebrating William Faulkner’s novel, The Sound and the Fury and novella, Spotted Horses during...

Charlaine Harris

Tunica native, Charlaine Harris, is best known for her series, The Southern Vampire Mysteries. The series inspired the HBO series True Blood.

What Lafayette Co. Boy Scout Camp Could Do For Your Kid

Oxford Scouts are working hard for their merit badges, as Camp Yocona is open for its 66th year of summer sessions. Last week I drove...

Hard-Boiled Humidity

Art Shirley graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1984 with a BA in Art. While at Ole Miss, Art drew the daily comic strip...

Call Me Mayor: Now the Hard Part Begins

I gave politics a try when I sought the Democratic Party nomination for Governor in 2011. It was a two-year effort and was both...

Been There. Done That. And Can Still Get The T-Shirt!

For 20 or so incoming classes of Ole Miss freshman, it wasn't long before their moms were washing these on the weekends. Both Oxford...