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Auto · OxfordBy Steve Stricker Columnist Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, didn’t build his first car until 1896, eleven years after Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz developed the first gasoline-powered automobile. Then in 1921, Canadian Alfred Munro designed the first automatic transmission using compressed air, and in the 1930’s General Motors produced the first automatic transmission using hydraulic fluid. Gong from no God to God (BC to AD), walkin…See the Story
Room for one more classic car in driveway - The Oxford Eagle
Oxford, Mississippi · OxfordBy Les Ferguson Columnist If I’ve done the math right, it was 1983. We were oh-so-young, and so was the World Catfish Festival in Belzoni. The annual event was only six years old, and Belzoni was a tiny delta town. Current statistics show that the city has a population under 2,000. If it was more significant in 1983, it wasn’t by much. As I said, my now wife and I were very young and with her parents. I only remember a few specifics of what the…See the Story
Still holding hands and eating Mississippi catfish - The Oxford Eagle
Oxford, Mississippi · OxfordBy Bonnie Brown Columnist Tom and I attended an event recently and were talking with friends about our lives as retirees. We were talking about how many things have changed now in the various professions. The work world has embraced all the technology and evolved into something quite different from what we were accustomed to. I mentioned that where we were once participants in the parade, we are now watching the parade pass by. And that’s n…See the Story
Give yourself permission to do as you wish - The Oxford Eagle
Oxford, Mississippi · OxfordAttorney J. Rhea Tannehill Jr., of Oxford, has been elected to serve as president-elect designee of the Mississippi Bar. His term as president-elect will begin at the 2024 Annual Meeting in July. He will be the 120th president of The Mississippi Bar, which is composed of nearly 9,000 active members who are licensed to practice law in Mississippi. Tannehill has been practicing law in Oxford since he graduated from the University of Mississippi Sc…See the Story
Rhea Tannehill elected to serve as president-elect designee of the Mississippi Bar - The Oxford Eagle
Oxford, Mississippi · OxfordOn April 9, 2024, the Oxford Police Department responded to a residence for a standby-escort while the caller retrieved property. The caller noticed that some property and currency was missing. After investigation, Tonya Murphree, 56, of Oxford was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny. Murphree was taken before a Municipal Court judge for her initial bond hearing and issued a $7,500 bond. The post OPD charges local woman with grand larceny ap…See the Story
OPD charges local woman with grand larceny - The Oxford Eagle
Oxford, Mississippi · OxfordBy Colleen Sewell and Jayson Kern UM Journalism Students Few things get an Ole Miss fan arguing faster than a discussion of the team’s mascot. Over the past 20-plus years, the University of Mississippi has had three official mascots. Almost all of them have garnered both positive and negative reactions – including Colonel Reb, which was the official sideline mascot from 1979 until 2003. In 2010 the university replaced him with a new on-field m…See the Story
Ole Miss mascot still confuses some staff, students - The Oxford Eagle
Oxford, Mississippi · OxfordNicholas Porter with the L.O.U. Barksdale Boys & Girls Club of Oxford was recently awarded the Mississippi Part-Time Professional of the Year. He was honored at the Boys & Girls Club Professional Association Magnolia Chapter All-Staff Conference held April 13 in Philadelphia where he was presented with the award. The mission of the Professional Association is to serve as the voice of all Boys & Girls Club career professionals throughout the Boys…See the Story
