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Oxford students chosen for All-State Elementary Honor Choir

Five students from Central Elementary School and Oxford Intermediate School recently participated in the 2023 Mississippi All-State Elementary ...

News

How to have hordes of happy hummingbirds

By Bob Brzuszek MSU Extension Service It’s time once again to clean those hummingbird feeders and cook up ...

Columns

Forever thankful for mean parents

By Les Ferguson, Jr. My parents were mean. I know I’m not the only person who has ever ...

Garden/Outdoors

Boggy areas have good plant potential

By Felder Rushing Choosing and growing plants in normal conditions is challenging enough to hobby gardeners and home ...

Columnists

Will inflation spur elimination of grocery tax?

By Sid Salter STARKVILLE — François-Marie Arouet – known by his literary nom de plume Voltaire – was ...

Columnists

Dishes for Irish approval on St. Patrick’s Day

By Kara Kimbrough Not since I learned that spaghetti and meatballs are an urban myth – the two ...

News

Best of Oxford Nominations now open for 2023

It’s time again to celebrate local businesses by nominating them for the Best of Oxford 2023. Last year ...

Lifestyle

Warmer spring weather is active fire ant season

Mississippi Extension Service Fire ants are the most common insect pests of home lawns. They occur in practically ...

Columnists

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield When you stand at the intersection of South Lamar and University Avenue, you are at ...

Columns

Need ideas for the Big Game? Look here!

By Kara Kimbrough As host or guest, it’s time to get ready for the biggest football game of ...

Columns

Hosemann expected to take primary fight to McDaniel

By Sid Salter Back in 2014, Mississippi politicos underestimated Tea Party zealot State Sen. Chris McDaniel and it ...

Columns

Different art sales are examples of service avenues

By Wayne Andrews The past weekend’s three arts sales approached how the arts impact the  community. The Powerhouse ...

Columns

Filing things the old fashioned way

By Jan Penton-Miller On this beautiful sunshiny day I think I will take Missy, my faithful dachshund, on ...

Lifestyle

A man and his crosses

Retired telephone employee Charles (Charlie) Slaughter spends his time crafting wooden crosses for his loved ones and has ...

Events

Music lineup released for 2023 Double Decker Arts Festival

The Double Decker Arts Festival released its 2023 music lineup on Thursday which features county singer Ashley McBryde, ...

Opinion

Cofield’s Corner: Remembering Kiamie’s

By John Cofield Alex Kiamie, Sr. made his way from Lebanon to Oxford in 1952, living his version ...

Lifestyle

Piecemakers Quilt Guild hold first meeting of new year

Tucked inside First Presbyterian Church’s fellowship hall every second Saturday morning of the month, a group of ladies ...

Oxford

Cofield’s Corner: Some heady Oxford days happened in 1949 and 1950

By John Cofield Some heady Oxford days happened in 1949 and ’50. Intruder in the Dust was being ...

Oxford

Dallas pastor Jeffress will speak at a major Christian event in Oxford

Organizers of what is being billed as a major Christian event in Oxford, have announced that nationally- followed ...

Food

Chick-fil-A opens after more than four months of renovation

Oxford’s Chick-fil-A officially reopened its doors Thursday morning after more than four months of much-needed renovation. Chick-fil-A goers, ...

Columnists

Cofield’s connection to The Eagle begins again, New weekly feature Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield When Grandad Cofield, the Colonel as they called him, brought the family to town in ...

Events

Mississippi-born producer Sam Haskell and actor Tom Everett Scott talk “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas”

Mississippi native and Ole Miss graduate Sam Haskell continues to create magic alongside the most iconic female country ...

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