Revered Attorney and Professor Charles Walker Honored

Former students endow scholarship fund in mentor's name

OXFORD, Miss. – A stickler for grammar, a lover of clever songwriting and a “natural explainer,” Charles Walker has had a vast impact on the University of Mississippi, Oxford and Lafayette County. Walker is known by many as one of two things: a favorite professor or the attorney and mediator to whom clients and realRead the story …

Mississippi Business Journal: Former Oxford Restaurant Owner Starts Again

Four decades after he watched his family’s Oxford restaurant burn to the ground, Jim Seay is back again in the restaurant business. His return to the industry was almost accidental. Seay owns an investment property firm called Diversified Investments in Hernando. His idea to open a restaurant came when one of the company’s properties, aRead the story …

Clarksdale Press Register: UM Alum Opens Art Gallery

UM alum Bradley Gordon is one of two artists to open galleries in Clarksdale. Read the story.