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By John Cofield Decade after decade the Lyric Theater has stood sentinel over Van Buren Avenue. Through the ...

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DAR collecting tattered flags for retirement ceremony

If your American flag has become old, faded, tattered, or otherwise in need of retirement, there are now ...

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Dr. L.C. Dorsey: Reaching for the Moon of Justice

By Barbara Phillips Special to the EAGLE Dr. L.C. Dorsey was a Mississippi civil rights legend whose brown ...

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By John Cofield   A character if ever there was one, Will “Big E” Atkinson left a legacy ...

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A touching invention that changed transportation

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) When Sam was born, people wrote letters, and it was a letter ...

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Cofield’s Corner: Isabel and Leonard Levy

By John Cofield Isabel and Leonard Levy were among the first Jewish business owners to call Oxford home. ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield In the early 1960’s, the international pilgrimage to Oxford and Rowan Oak began. And with ...

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Ghost tour offers unique glimpse into Oxford’s history

For Jennifer Vesey, history and the supernatural go hand-in-hand. A year after moving to Oxford, she realized that ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield William Faulkner is not the only family member to write his name in the history ...

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Constitution Week Proclamation Signed

Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill began this week with recognition of Constitution Week in the United States, signing a ...

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Hear the inspiring story behind ‘Sound of Hope’ at free event

Bishop W.C. Martin, the inspiration for Angel Studio’s latest film “Sound of Hope,” will be in Oxford this ...

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Cofield’s Corner

The late Rusty Faulkner, the oldest grandson of William Faulkner’s younger brother, John Faulkner, was privy to first-hand ...

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Network debut set for MSU Films’ documentary ‘9/20’

By MSU Communications Nine days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks rocked the nation, Mississippi State hosted one ...

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Cofield’s Corner

At 2:00 p.m. the businesses of the Oxford Courthouse Square locked their doors. The hearse carrying William Faulkner ...

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Remembering 1980 hostage crisis

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) The leader of Iran’s royal family, named Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, was ...

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Cofield’s Corner

The oil painting of Oxford’s only Nobel laureate hanging about the fireplace in the parlor at Rowan Oak ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Contributor Most old-school Oxford folks and former Ole Miss students need no caption for this ...

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Cofield’s Corner

It was late 1952 when Bill and Emma Sue Tucker started building their restaurant at the corner of ...

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Cofield’s Corner

If I write longer than usual then the middle knuckle on my index finger hurts just a little. ...

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The ‘Many Lives of Andrew Young’ exhibit opens at UM Library

By Ian Sparks Eagle intern   The J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi opened its new ...

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Traveling exhibit details life of diplomat, civil rights icon

A traveling exhibit will showcase the achievements and contributions of Andrew Young, the first African American U.S. ambassador ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield It’s just a small brick building set back from the street. I’m sure many out-of-towners ...

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