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Iconic restaurants come and go, but comeback sauce has endured 100 years

By Kara Kimbrough I don’t know about you, but when an iconic restaurant closes after decades of serving ...

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Know yourself first for a successful job offer

By Steve Stricker Columnist My perspective as assistant director of Ole Miss Career Services and teacher to get ...

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Ride-or-die friends can be quite rare

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist Last week I had lunch with an old friend. The operative word is ...

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Tragedy begat Father’s Day

By Jan Penton-Miller Columnist With Father’s Day approaching I found that the celebration of fathers only became an ...

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Summer is fleeting, have fun with your tootsie wootsie

By Bonnie Brown Columnist “In the good old summertime, In the good old summertime, Strollin’ through the shady ...

News

Running laps with a deceased armadillo

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Signs of the armadillo had been getting worse for weeks. The rooted ...

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Oxford has its recognized stable of writers and artists, unrivaled by other towns our size. Among ...

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Beach trip proves food doesn’t have to be fancy to be good

By Kara Kimbrough The past week was filled with dichotomies. I went from sampling what can only be ...

Lifestyle

Thankful for a brother and miles in the station wagon

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist My brother is three years younger than me. Physically, he is taller and ...

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Moving day made memorable by neighbors and St. Joseph

By Bonnie Brown Columnist According to the thermometer, and the thermostat, spring has sprung into summer. I used ...

Lifestyle

Kitten dropper left burden for others to bear

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route I do believe I killed the kitten. I am not sure, and ...

Lifestyle

Different strokes, different folks

By Jan Penton-Miller Columnist Does anyone like to wait? If so, I can’t relate to it because I’ve ...

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Allied invasion of Western Europe began 79 years ago

By Gene Hays MSgt. (Ret) USMC On June 6, 1944, D-Day-the Battle of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord, resulted ...

Lifestyle

Keep it simple

By Susan Mah “Keep it simple” is what my dad used to say and is essentially a theme ...

Lifestyle

Jimmy Buffett has the right idea about summer food

By Kara Kimbrough Food Columnist “Nibbling on sponge cake, watching the sun bake,” has to be one of ...

Lifestyle

A proud moment carrying the flag

By Jan Penton-Miller Columnist The sweet fragrance of gardenias from my neighbor’s yard wafted over the fence as ...

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Three strikes and you’re out from the friendly doctor

By Les Ferguson, Jr., Columnist Two weeks ago, I wrote in this space about a visit to the ...

Lifestyle

Gardening is more than planting and reaping

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Gardening brings to mind my friend Phillip who moved away years ago. ...

Lifestyle

From Mississippi to Israel ’23: A line in the sand (Part 2)

By Cara Scott, Grove City College (Penn.) ’24 (Ed. note: Oxford native Scott, a freelance writer on a ...

Lifestyle

Be mindful of the sacrifices, celebrate the privileges

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer. You may now wear your white ...

Lifestyle

A day that we honor the fallen

By Jan Penton-Miller Columnist Memorial Day this year is on Monday the 29th. The unofficial beginning of summer ...

Lifestyle

Bell bottoms, suspenders, and Geritol

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I’ve noticed that bell bottoms seem to be making a bit of a ...

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