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Filmmakers, actors, directors to discuss films during Oxford Film Festival

The Oxford Film Festival is welcoming a “who’s who” among independent filmmakers for its 22nd annual event. The…

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Oxford artist receives MAC grant

Ruth Ann Locke, Oxford, MS, was awarded a $290 grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission. This grant was…

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Mississippi Makers challenge highlights locally-made products

The Mississippi Makers Challenge, an annual competition organized by the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, is currently underway, celebrating the state’s…

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Finding a rhythm makes days lovely

By Bonnie Brown Columnist “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”  While many attribute this…

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Remember what mom said about bad words

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I thought about starting this column with a dictionary definition of retarded,…

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Don’t lose your head on Valentine’s Day

By Steve Stricker Columnist Writing this on the birthday of my beautiful mother, Get, February 6th – my…

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Theatre Oxford to present annual Ten-Minute Play Festival

The annual 10-Minute Play Festival, featuring the winners of the 10-Minute Play contest and other finalists and brought…

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Gardening events popping up with spring around the corner

With spring just a hop, skip and a jump away, Master Gardener events and gardening activities around Lafayette…

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Age not slowing Bessie’s roll

By Bonnie Brown Columnist It’s hard to believe but our Honda CRV turned 17 this month!  Her name…

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Is cattle industry on the chopping block?

By Harold Brummett Star Denmark Route   Jimmy White sent me a text reminding me of the Lafayette…

Columnists

Feeling like a modern day dinosaur

By Les Ferguson, Jr.,  Columnist   Raising kids is hard. You might look at me and think, at…

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Twists, turns of a soap opera life

By Steve Stricker Columnist My column last week was about the procedure at new Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi,…

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Artists, community leaders meet with legislators to talk arts

As Mississippi kicks off Arts Week, the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council brought together artists, arts organizations and local legislators…

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield   In April 1956, while Faulkner was at home convalescing, Granddad decided to photograph Rowan…

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New pacemaker, minus one lead, is good

By Steve Stricker Columnist Dr. Mark Campbell, Autum, Derek, Dorothy (Oxford Stern Cardiovascular Clinic Staff), Vallery, Carlen, Katlan,…

Columnists

Don’t wait for gray hair to count your blessings

By Les Ferguson, Jr., Columnist   In 1967, I was 5 years old. I didn’t know much about…

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In Vegas, get the good mirror

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Many years ago, my husband was attending a conference in Las Vegas.  Naturally, I…

Arts

Proud Larry’s to host album release

Multi-award winning blues musician Watermelon Slim teamed up with HeavyDrunk recently at Dial Back Sound in Water Valley,…

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield She was an old Oxford grande dame. Mary Alice “Bebe” Tate worked on many committees…

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We are perishing for want of wondering

By T.J. Ray Columnist At odd moments of the day I wonder about wonder.  Lest you think me…

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Citizens need help after disasters

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Mother Nature is so unpredictable.  Just watch a couple of TV weather forecasters as…

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A thread connects each of our stories

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I thought about starting this column with the definition of a story,…