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Aldermen seeking information on options for Cedar Oaks

An item on the upcoming Oxford Board of Aldermen’s meeting agenda has caused a flurry of email chains ...

Lifestyle

Tom Franklin wins prestigious Harper Lee Award

Author, English professor to be honored in March at Alabama festival By Edwin Smith University communications Tom Franklin ...

Lifestyle

Old-time piano playing contest celebrates 50th anniversary

Contestants of all ages will be converging on Oxford to vie for trophies and cash prizes totaling a ...

Lifestyle

Mama was an angel then and now

By Judy Davis Guest Columnist You only have one Mama for close to a lifetime. My mother told ...

Holidays are rarely perfect days

Lifestyle

Broccoli and drumsticks in a cozy magazine

By Bonnie Brown Columnist In case you had any doubt about how many trips around the sun I’ve ...

News

MDOT: Roundabouts helping reduce crashes on Mississippi highways

https://pub.mdot.ms.gov/download/press%20releases/2024/February/US%2072%20Roundabout/RoundaboutVO.mp4   The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) continues to use roundabouts that improve traffic flow and reduce ...

Arts

Lunar New Year festivities now ongoing

Saturday kicked off the Lunar New Year, which marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar. The ...

News

Elko added to Chicago White Sox spring training roster

Birmingham Barons first baseman Tim Elko, who led Ole Miss to the 2022 College World Series national championship, ...

Lifestyle

Cold rain for the funeral of a warm hero

By Steve Stricker Columnist “CHARLESTON, MO  – Gertrude Cecilia Renaud Stricker, 95, died peacefully at 7:20 p.m. Feb. ...

Lifestyle

Acts of heroism on the battlefield

Black History Month Medal of Honor winners By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Oscar ...

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield She was the quintessential loving first-grade teacher.  Flora Mae McElreath Tucker lives in three generations ...

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Theatre Oxford celebrates 25th Ten-Minute Play Festival

Theatre Oxford celebrates 25th anniversary with plays, workshops, a raffle and a reading of late playwright Jim McCauley’s ...

Lifestyle

‘Fine dining?’ Nope – just good, award-winning food

By Robert St. John Since 1999 I have written every week in this space, a thousand words a ...

News

State auditor counter-sues Favre for TANF funds

State Auditor Shad White’s office has counter-sued Brett Favre for hundreds of thousands of welfare dollars. Last February, ...

News

Endowment honors benevolent spirit, provides student opportunities

UM journalism scholarship memorializes sister, highlights U.S. Constitution By Mary St. Knight When the late Evangeline Donald Harrison ...

Lifestyle

‘Pathways to Discover’ slated for St. Peter’s

By Julie Mabus A two-day retreat on Feb. 23-24 will mark the first of a series presented by ...

Lifestyle

Writer’s block, like ice, finally melted

By Ricky Swindle Muffler Shop Musings Howdy, friends! I’ve been suffering from writer’s block lately. I sit down ...

News

Commission OKs balcony, upgrades for Oxford Insurance

By Alyssa Schnugg Senior reporter The Oxford Insurance Agency building will be getting spruced up after the Oxford ...

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Lifestyle

RIP Dick Waterman, keeper of the blues and my favourite columnist

By Nik Dirga Contributor   Mississippi blues writer, photographer and keeper of the flame Dick Waterman has died, one of ...

Lifestyle

Portrait of the state focus of upcoming poetry event

News release Mississippi may bear the scars of a history of poverty and racial oppression but it is ...

Lifestyle

Old Man Winter not a stranger

By Jan Penton Miller It is so pleasant to have a change from our usual weather. Pleasant, that ...

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