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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Contributor Most old-school Oxford folks and former Ole Miss students need no caption for this ...

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Juxtaposing Faulkner

The juxtaposition of new condo construction on 16th Street with William Faulkner’s adjacent grave site in Oxford Memorial ...

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Good coffee, great conversations; just too short

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Last week I attended the Coffee and Conversations at the Chamber of ...

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Cofield’s Corner

Born in Oxford, Georgia Isaiah spent 30 years cooking for Ole Miss Chancellors J. D. Williams and Porter ...

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Cofield’s Corner

If I write longer than usual then the middle knuckle on my index finger hurts just a little. ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield The Alley is named for Mr. Herbert Wiley and his father-in-law Mr. Rob Boles, both ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield It’s just a small brick building set back from the street. I’m sure many out-of-towners ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield   With the 1949 filming of Intruder in the Dust there were movie stars on ...

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The secret life of Bobbie Gentry, pioneering artist behind ‘Ode to Billie Joe’

By Tara Murtha Rolling Stone Magazine/Aug. 21, 2017 How the singer-songwriter who knocked the Beatles out of the ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Oxford has produced many leaders, icons, and famous citizens. But some were…infamous! Motee Daniels led ...

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DAR chapter celebrating 125th anniversary

Contributed The women who gathered recently for High Tea at The Isom Place have not been seen in ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield The bell rang and we all spilled happily into the sunshine on the walk in ...

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This year’s Double Decker broke attendance records

People came from across the country – representing 35 states and totaling 50,300 attendees for Saturday alone – ...

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Seafood Queen: Sola chef first woman to win state seafood competition

Chef Erika Lipe, owner of Sola Oxford, was named the winner of the Mississippi Seafood Cookoff in Gulfport ...

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1788 book set math course for Americans

By Gene Hays MSgt. USMC (Ret) By 1785 Americans were ready for new math. In 1773, the sixth ...

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Nominations extended for ‘Citizen of the Year’ award

Hurry – you only have until Wednesday, May 8, to let county officials know who you think was ...

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House speaker: Voters may soon be able to vote on Medicaid expansion

JACKSON – Speaker Jason White has issued the following statement concerning Medicaid expansion: “Today, the Mississippi House of ...

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There are only two kinds of shootings

By Thomas L. Knapp On April 15, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary ...

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Room for one more classic car in driveway

By Steve Stricker Columnist Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, didn’t build his first car until 1896, ...

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Still holding hands and eating Mississippi catfish

By Les Ferguson Columnist If I’ve done the math right, it was 1983. We were oh-so-young, and so ...

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If you grow too fast, the moment won’t last

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route The Oxford Chamber of Commerce sent out an interesting email. “33 million ...

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Cofield’s Corner: One of Oxford’s finest moments

By John Cofield Most small towns mark their worth and validate their greatness by remembering and telling the ...

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