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Hughes announces run for Lieutenant Governor
Jay Hughes, former alderman for the city of Oxford and current member of the state House of Representatives, announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor this ...
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Oxford High School student named winner in Mississippi spoken poetry contest
Oxford High School student Anna Claire Franklin was recently named Mississippi’s state champion in the Poetry Out Loud spoken word contest. Poetry Out Loud was ...
by Anna Guizerix, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 12:26 pm
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Mother of Mississippi teen who survived shaken baby syndrome hopes to flood him with cards on his 16th birthday
Logan Core, a teenager from Water Valley, has one wish – to receive birthday cards for his sixteenth birthday.
by Anna Guizerix, Thursday, April 12, 2018 11:09 am
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Mississippi wins grant to create writers trail
Mississippi is well known for its literary heritage, and thanks to a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the state will be ...
by Anna Guizerix, Friday, April 6, 2018 2:59 pm
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Black Panther novelist, Ole Miss alum Jesse J. Holland: ‘Journalists have to be great storytellers’
Jesse J. Holland, author of "Who is the Black Panther" returned to his alma mater Tuesday.
by Anna Guizerix, Wednesday, March 28, 2018 10:47 am
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As Mississippi National Guard members deploy to the Middle East, locals can provide support for their families
While these guardsmen are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, the loved ones left behind are making sacrifices as well.
by Anna Guizerix, Friday, March 16, 2018 8:54 am
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Mississippi high school students find their dream prom dresses at donated formalwear event
“Say Yes to the Dress” is the brainchild of Oxford High School girls’ fitness teacher Rose Hickey, who started the program as a way to ...
by Anna Guizerix, Friday, March 9, 2018 10:58 am
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Mississippi actress stars in her first lead role in a full-length feature film
The film, titled “Door in the Woods,” was shot in Mathus’ native Arkansas in late 2016. Filming lasted three weeks and the majority of scenes ...
by Anna Guizerix, Friday, February 2, 2018 12:33 pm
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Mississippi Gaming Commission shuts down Oxford restaurant’s weekly bingo night
The folks at Tallahatchie Gourmet in Oxford got a big surprise a couple weeks ago when a visit from the Mississippi Gaming Commission shut down ...
by Anna Guizerix, Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:07 am
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You might think bourbon is the South’s top spirit, but rum was here first
“When you think of the southern cocktail, most people think of brown liquor,” Milam said. “But in the colonial United States, rum was the foundational ...