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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.

Museum Summer Camps Offer Unique Opportunities

The one-week camps run Mondays through Fridays during June and July OXFORD, Miss. – Museum summer camps at Ole Miss offer children opportunities to explore...

Would Rebels Benefit by 9th SEC Conference Game?

Last week the SEC coaches voted 13-1 against adding a ninth conference football game on the schedule, which would have eliminated one non-conference game....

Dutchman on a Pizza Mission

In a college town where pizza joints are abundant, Dennis and Mary Vanoostendrop have developed quite a customer base at their 6 N Tubbs...

B & B Cafe, 1962

The African-American-owned B & B Cafe was tucked away in an alley just off the northwest corner of the Square. This is one of...

Environmental Agency Fails To Enforce Rules At Front Door

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, charged with protecting natural resources including water quality, has failed to police its front yard at the North...

Henry Signs ‘The Election’ Today

Oxford writer will be at Off Square books. The storyline of The Election by Michael Henry goes something like this: While Yaloquena County D.A. Willie...

Mullets and Majesty: Ole Miss in the Mid-’80s

'Video yearbook' depicts Oxford and Ole Miss of yore A loose documentary of sorts is available on that magical repository known as YouTube, showing what...

Plein Air: Painting the Mississippi Landscape

Southside features landscape paintings curated by Philip R. Jackson. A collection of plein air landscape paintings will be on display at Southside Gallery from June...

Interview With A TV Addict

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...

A Lot Can Happen in Fifty Years

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Jackson, Mississippi, Woolworth lunch counter sit-in, the day that produced one of the most powerful images...