Oxford, Water Valley take part in Football Fest
Oxford Middle School’s Fall Football Fest turned out to be a positive for both the seventh and eighth graders on the field Saturday. Five other schools joined Oxford in the tournament held at Ole Miss’ Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
The games were used to help teams work on fundamentals and fine tune offensive and defensive systems. Water Valley, Charleston, Center Hill, Grenada and Pontotoc played in the inaugural event. (more…) (August 29, 2011, Page 2B)
Jobs’ move sparks memories of barrel of Apples
Remember your first Apple computer? Or was it, by then, called a Mac? Perhaps your first Apple product had the “i” in front of it, as in iMac, iPod, iPhone or iPad? Editor Don Whitten, after learning of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ stepping down, recalls his first Apple computer from nearly three decades ago. (August 29, 2011, Page 4A)
Blue Devils pound Yalobusha County rival
BLOG — Water Valley scored early and often in its 63-0 win over Yalobusha County rival Coffeeville on Friday night. (more…) (August 27, 2011)
Commodores rout Greenwood 42-0
BLOG – A 28-point second quarter paced Lafayette in its 42-0 win over Greenwood on Friday night. (more…) (August 27, 2011)
Dean, Chargers topple Tigers
CHARLESTON — Oxford’s football game at Charleston Friday night had the makings of a shootout early on, but as the game wore on so did the Chargers on the Tigers.
Oxford eventually withstood the early flurry of scoring to top the Tigers 38-25.
(more…) (August 26, 2011)
The burning of Oxford
Columnist and local historian Jack Lamar Mayfield takes us back to 1864 when Gen. Smith ordered Oxford be burned to the ground during the Civil War. (August 26, 2011, Page 2B)
The state of Michigan is shaped like a what?!
Columnist Susan Boehm takes readers back to the summer of 1954 when she and her family vacationed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. (August 26, 2011, Page 1B)
Pair of pioneer cabins form unique abode
Patricia Brown Young died in 2007, but her middle daughter has seen to it that one of her favorite pet projects will endure for coming generations. Debra Young takes EAGLE readers into her mother’s restored log cabin, named “Simple Gifts.” (August 26, 2011, Page 1B)
UM feels growing pains
A large incoming freshman class keep University of Mississippi and police officials hopping during the first week of classes. (August 26, 2011, Page 1A)
Missing man found
The Panola County Sheriff’s Department announced that Ricky Russell of Murphy Ridge Road has been found. Russell, who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease, was found early Friday morning and is “OK.” (August 26, 2011, Page 2A)
