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‘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 ...

February 6, 2024

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, ...

February 5, 2024

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 ...

February 4, 2024

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 ...

January 31, 2024

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 ...

January 31, 2024

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 ...

January 31, 2024

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January 29, 2024

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 ...

January 29, 2024

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 ...

January 25, 2024

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 ...

January 24, 2024

Lifestyle

Day trip to Booker and Phillips like old times

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route A trip long planned was unexpectedly postponed so I took advantage of ...

January 24, 2024

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Today’s coffee clubbers can be found at the Beacon and at the old Lindsey’s Chevron, ...

January 24, 2024

News

Oxford alderman candidate Plunk seeks to promote jobs, housing

Ed. Note: This is the third of a series allowing candidates for the Alderman At-Large seat to discuss ...

January 17, 2024

Lifestyle

The hero of Midway remembered

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) Norman Jack “Dusty” Kleiss was born on March 7, 1916, in Coffeyville, ...

January 17, 2024

Lifestyle

Legislature opens door for Medicaid discussions

By Sid Salter Columnist After the 2023 statewide elections – in which the fiscal plight of Mississippi’s hospitals ...

January 17, 2024

Lifestyle

Wm. Stanley’s bottle far from humble start

By Bonnie Brown Columnist So, do you have your own Stanley tumbler with lid and straw?  In case ...

January 17, 2024

News

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield — There was a blacksmith here in Oxford named Mr. Hall, who had a shop ...

January 17, 2024

Lifestyle

Cakes fit for a king

By Robert St. John Food Columnist It’s king cake season. Those four words don’t carry a lot of ...

January 15, 2024

News

Long-time supporter Tommy Smith retires from EDF board

Tommy Smith has stepped down from the executive committee of the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation (EDF) after ...

January 11, 2024

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield While any family tree has a Nobel Prize winner in all caps, the trunk William ...

January 10, 2024

Lifestyle

Mourning, but also celebrating a victory

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist My beloved mother, Marjorie Irene Stonesifer Ferguson, passed away a week ago yesterday. ...

January 10, 2024

Lifestyle

Leaving Oxford better remains mayor’s driving force

By Robyn Tannehill Oxford mayor Happy New Year! For the past six and a half years, it has ...

January 10, 2024