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TV and snow cream on the farm

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   A couple of weeks ago the legacy news organizations were telling ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield After the Civil War, freed black families started walking into town from county farms and ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Local lore says William Faulkner’s grandfather, J. W. T. “Young Colonel” Falkner, owned the first ...

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Special Christmas of ‘68 full of memories

By Gene Hays USMC (Ret) Christmas can be a depressing holiday if you are a man or woman, ...

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Babies become kings; one king became a baby

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I’ve come to realize I’m a junkie. It isn’t illicit drugs or alcohol ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield “I’ll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me…” I’ll pack the car, leave ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Mrs. Nina Goolsby, the long-serving editor of The Oxford Eagle, wore many hats. She worked ...

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Oxford writer publishes first novel

Allie Stuart “Al” Povall, the author of five nonfiction books, has written, and had published, his first novel, ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield This water-damaged print was found in the rubble of the 1986 Country Village Mall fire. ...

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Cofield’s Corner

I have never seen a football field get stormed that fast. Whoosh, and the green grass disappeared in ...

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No strangers at supper on Veterans Day

By Harold Brummett Star Denmark Route Everyone last week was talking about the election results. Some people are ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Decade after decade the Lyric Theater has stood sentinel over Van Buren Avenue. Through the ...

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Happy Birthday, Marine Corps

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret)   On Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, the U.S. Marine Corps celebrated its ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield   I have written about Angelo Mistilis more than once, and I plan to continue ...

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Book Review: ‘By the Fire We Carry’ by Rebecca Nagle

By Allen Boyer In “By the Fire We Carry,” Rebecca Nagle skillfully weaves together two narratives. One is ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield   A character if ever there was one, Will “Big E” Atkinson left a legacy ...

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A touching invention that changed transportation

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) When Sam was born, people wrote letters, and it was a letter ...

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Stearns to speak at Historical and Genealogical meeting

The quarterly meeting of the Historical and Genealogical Society will meet at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday Oct 20 ...

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Cofield’s Corner: Favorite townies remembered

My brother, Glenn Cofield, stated many times that what makes Oxford the special place it is can be ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield In the early 1960’s, the international pilgrimage to Oxford and Rowan Oak began. And with ...

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Purchase of Alaska shrewd move by U.S.

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield William Faulkner is not the only family member to write his name in the history ...

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