The remains of Jimmie “Jay” Lee, a University of Mississippi student who disappeared nearly three years ago, have been confirmed to be recovered, according to both Oxford police and Carroll County deputies. This marks a significant development in a case that...
The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour kicks off its 2025 spring season on Thursday, Feb. 6. at 6 pm at the Powerhouse Arts Center. Guests for the Feb. 6 season premiere will include Memphis poet Maria Zoccola, country songwriter Amber Rae Dunn and Oxford-based blues singer,...
By Stephen Griffin, Magnolia Tribune In his book The World’s Largest Man: A Memoir, noted author and Mississippi native Harrison Scott Key gives a sibylline definition of the South. “The South is a strange place,” he writes, “one that can’t be fit inside a movie, a...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune State Representative Andy Stepp has passed away at the age of 66. His cause of death has not yet been released. Stepp, a pharmacist in Bruce, won the House District 23 seat representing parts of Calhoun, Lafayette,...
By: Parrish Alford, Magnolia Tribune Jaxson Dart’s regular season performance made him the best college football player in Mississippi. Now he has the “receipt,” as the young folks say. Dart, the Ole Miss quarterback, was named the winner of the C Spire...
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune Despite being one of the originators of rock ‘n’ roll — coming up alongside megastars Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Chet Atkins in the 1950s — the closest Cordell Jackson ever got to mainstream success came in a...
