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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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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Larry Brown was one in a million. He struggled to graduate from Lafayette High due ...

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Civil rights pioneer McLemore shares Freedom Summer truth

By Sid Salter Columnist Think about a powerful public speaker with the clarity and power of a Barack ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield There are three towns in Lafayette County — Oxford, Abbeville and Taylor. All three have ...

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Cofield’s Corner

The late Rusty Faulkner, the oldest grandson of William Faulkner’s younger brother, John Faulkner, was privy to first-hand ...

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Network debut set for MSU Films’ documentary ‘9/20’

By MSU Communications Nine days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks rocked the nation, Mississippi State hosted one ...

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Keep an open mind about our wee town

By Steve Stricker Columnist Welcome back Ole Miss Students and a special welcome to new students; you have ...

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Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield For a few years, we had the run of the place. The Square was a ...

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Aussie kiss and kindness still brings tears

By Steve Stricker Columnist   PTSD? First flight out of Southern Missouri, first jet flight St. Louis to ...

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