News

Lottery FY transfer nearly $85M

With the Mississippi Lottery’s February transfer of $10,214,775.49, the total fiscal year-to-date transfer to the state reached $84,969,094.63. ...

March 13, 2024

Lifestyle

Big Dance without the COVID nightmare

By Steve Stricker Columnist And so, March Madness 2024 begins today the 13th for NCAA Basketball as the ...

March 13, 2024

Lifestyle

Tennis anyone?

‘My wife and I were both playing tennis at the time and when they built the clay courts ...

March 13, 2024

Lifestyle

Art show celebrates legacy of John P. Meek

City Grocery showcasing work of late artist From YAC In a harmonious blend of art and ambiance, City ...

March 13, 2024

Lifestyle

UM Music announces free March concerts

The University of Mississippi Music Department will present several free concerts this month. Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 ...

March 13, 2024

Lifestyle

The House Drummer

March 12, 2024

Lifestyle

Running for Honor

From Bruce Newman Law enforcement officers from local and regional agencies participated in the 8th annual United States ...

March 12, 2024

Lifestyle

“Come From Away”

The fantastic season of performing arts continued March 5 at the UM Ford Center with the Broadway musical ...

March 7, 2024

Lifestyle

Hunt celebrates 15 years with gifting initiative

Hunt, an integrated marketing firm specializing in full-scale creative campaigns and distribution, celebrates 15 years of business in ...

March 6, 2024

News

Crappie is third most popular freshwater fish

Prime spawning season starts in late March By James L. Cummins Conservation Corner Crappie are the third most ...

March 6, 2024

Lifestyle

MS Historical Society Teacher of the Year named

The Mississippi Historical Society held its annual meeting Feb. 22-23 in Oxford to honor its 2024 award winners, ...

March 6, 2024

Lifestyle

Vietnam Veterans Day date is significant

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) Celebrated every March 29, Vietnam Veterans Day is set aside as a ...

March 6, 2024

Lifestyle

For Heaven’s sake, please use soap

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist In the old sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel Air, the theme song sung ...

March 6, 2024

Lifestyle

Sunday visits at the cathedral with no doors

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Sundays are nothing like it used to be. As a child and ...

March 6, 2024

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield From Oxford’s first day in 1836, North Lamar has been the main drag. Southbound northerners ...

March 6, 2024

Lifestyle

Leap Year Babies

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi welcomed three Leap Year babies born Feb. 29.  Taquetra Carter of Oxford welcomed Khari ...

March 6, 2024

Lifestyle

Ole Miss honors 60th anniversary of ‘Freedom Summer’

A week dedicated to honoring the 60th anniversary of the “Mississippi Freedom Summer” features guest speakers, documentaries and ...

February 29, 2024

Arts

Inaugural ‘Casey Jones Blues Fest’ slated for March 23

On Saturday, March 23, the Water Valley Main Street Association will hold its first Casey Jones Blues Festival.   ...

February 28, 2024

Lifestyle

New Oxonians named Pantry’s ‘Volunteers of the Year’

José and Carmen Martin were named the 2023 Volunteers of the Year by the Oxford Pantry recently. The ...

February 28, 2024

Lifestyle

Let’s see health care as a civil right

Sandra C. Melvin Guest Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice ...

February 28, 2024

News

It’s time to modernize public notice rates in Mississippi

From the Mississippi Press Association Mississippi’s newspapers have been trusted with publishing legally required government notices for decades ...

February 28, 2024

Lifestyle

Leap Year gives extra day in 2024

Every four years most of the world gets an extra day to do whatever it is they do ...

February 28, 2024