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Summer internship at EAGLE has been a blast

Working as an intern for the Oxford EAGLE has really made this summer worthwhile. With school just around ...

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Say a prayer for the children tonight who lost parents in tragic plane crash

Say a prayer for the children tonight. They are going to need it, the 11 Oxford children who ...

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Keeping healthy involves tests that often seem like punishment

The letter that came in the mail said: “According to our records, it’s time for you to have ...

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The Vagabond Professor

By Jack Mayfield Last week, I wrote about an early professor, Edward C. Boynton, who came to the ...

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UM professor Boynton provided photos of Ole Miss

By Jack Mayfield Did you ever wonder what photographer took all of the antebellum photographs of the early ...

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Having a second look at Scotland, Amsterdam

By Joanne Wilkinson Mark and I spent the first five years of our married life living in Aberdeen, ...

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Who needs Pokémon when Mother Nature has her own amazing creatures

By Allen Brewer It’s been a few weeks since Pokémon Go has been released in America, and the ...

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Courthouse has always been ‘the hub and focus’

By Jack Mayfield In many of Faulkner’s novels, the Yoknapatawpha County Courthouse was considered the center of all ...

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Mechanical skills, sense of humor are often a good mix to have

By Steve Stricker God knew from my conception that I would always be financially challenged, gave me the ...

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Oxford memories: Running errands ‘uptown’

By Jack Mayfield My older sisters and I spent the first years of our life in the home ...

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A senior splash bash

If you can’t figure out what the heck that title means, let me enlighten you. Unless you’re searching ...

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Did Faulkner shoot his wife’s doctor after baby’s death?

By Jack Mayfield Starting today, we have people making their way to Oxford to learn more about our ...

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Keep cool while enjoying the summer

The hot and humid summer months are upon us, and sometimes we may forget to consume enough fluids ...

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Slightly used can be new to you

There are times when you want to blow some money, but you realize you don’t have much. Not ...

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Turn off the news and love your neighbor

On Facebook I saw a sign that read: “TURN OFF THE ‘NEWS’ AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.” Clearly this ...

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Faulkner’s description of the County Courthouse

By Jack Mayfield Next Sunday, July 17, marks the beginning of the 2016 edition of the Faulkner and ...

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Judge Longstreet and his final years in Oxford

By Jack Mayfield jlmayfield@dixie-net.com Last week I gave you a little historical information on the second president of ...

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Rental market is frustrating

As they say, the struggle is real. Today’s Oxford EAGLE has a story about the rental situation, which ...

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New State University at Oxford opens doors in 1848

In past columns I have written about the formation of the University of Mississippi and the man who ...

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A bucket list is a good thing to have throughout life

I have always had a bucket list, but it was always tucked away in my mind; probably not a ...

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Family strolls worthwhile

I wrote this in the 1980’s, misplaced it and recently discovered it. I believe this still applies today, maybe, ...

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Lamar as orator begins

Recently, I took a group of visitors to Oxford on a tour of the Lamar House Museum. When ...

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