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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.
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IKEA workers in Ga., Va., and Md. are enjoying their union membership

Leaders of the Swedish firm IKEA thought coming to the U.S. South would be a perfect marriage. They could take advantage of a cheap, docile...

Rebels Receive Postseason Honors

Kennedy named SEC Coach of the Year. From Ole Miss Sports Information Desk The postseason honors have begun to roll in for the Ole Miss Rebels,...

Key Field

In Meridian, the airport is named Key Field.  The name was derived from a pair of brothers who ran a flying school there.  In...

What’s Happening Down the Road in Water Valley?

Just about every time I've eaten pizza with pineapples, I've wondered how such a combination was ever discovered. Who is the twisted genius who...

The Organization of Lafayette County –– February 9, 1836

Lafayette County, Mississippi was given its charter by the state of Mississippi on February 9, 1836.  The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek in 1832 between...

Sorry, Eudora

For short stories, I prefer Flannery O'Connor By Emily Gatlin emilygatlin@bellsouth.net My forty-eighth printing paperback copy of Flannery O'Connor's The Complete Stories knocked me right out of...

Intruder in the Dust

In 1949, Oxford was abuzz as the cast and crew for the filming of Intruder in the Dust came to town. Veteran character actor Porter...

Law Students Conducting Delta Focus Groups Over Break

Focus groups to examine food economy issues in the MS Delta By Allison Korn, University of Mississippi Law School aekorn@olemiss.edu The Transactional Legal Clinic at UM Law...

Triplette to Appear on QVC Sunday, March 17

Network will feature author and HottyToddy.com recipe blogger Wimmer Cookbooks Company has just produced a soft-cover, perfect-bound edition of Gimme Some Sugar, Darlin’, by Laurance...

Daddies/Daughters Have a Ball

Chick-fil-A Princess Ball draws a packed house The Princess Ball hosted by Chick-fil-A at the Oxford Conference Center on March 7 attracted a larger crowd...
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