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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.

Cleanse Your Book Palate

Try recent releases from Jojo Moyes and Davy Rothbart By Emily Gatlin emilygatlin@bellsouth.net After my recent Gillian Flynn bender (Gone Girl was so nuts, I had to...

Andy Mullins Announces June 30 Retirement

Praised as teacher, historian, author, counselor and untiring advocate for improving education. By: Mitchell Diggs, University Communications After nearly two decades at the University of Mississippi...

From “Casablanca on the Mississippi” to “City of the Dead”

(To the left is Court Square in downtown Memphis, "the epicenter of the Memphis relief effort" during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. –...

Rebels Open 2013 Baseball Season On Friday

It’s been eight months since Ole Miss baseball had its 2012 season come to an end when TCU of the Mountain West Conference eliminated...

Vicksburg National Cemetery

Vicksburg National Cemetery has approximately 17,000 Civil War graves. Of that number, only 4,000 have names; the other 13,000 are unknown soldiers.  Three Confederates...

Ole Miss Head Coach Hugh Freeze Shows Himself to be a Master Recruiter

A Look at How Hugh Freeze Landed A Historic Class in 2013. Seph Anderson, Sportswriter to The South, focuses his sports writing and photography skills...

Violent Tornado Strikes USM, South Mississippi on Sunday

A violent tornado caused major damage to the University of Southern Mississippi campus and to the city of Hattiesburg on Sunday evening. The damage...

Setting the Table for Sustainable Living in Mississippi

Fourth annual conference brings 'heavy hitters' to Oxford to address field-to-table issues, March 1-3 By Tad Wilkes tad.wilkes@hottytoddy.com How Mississippians grow, access, and prepare food will be...

Pinch Me Red & Blue

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...

Confederate Battle Flag Flies Briefly at Mississippi State Supreme Court

Reported by Michael Harrelson, editor, HottyToddy.com  michael.harrelson@hottytoddy.com A mistake by an employee during the replacement of a Mississippi state flag that had been torn by the...