Jerry Short returns to talk about the connections of Robert E. Lee and Martin L. King Jr., as both Southerners are celebrated on this day.   Dixie took a hit Sunday as both the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs fell in overtime in their respective conference championship games.  Plus, a 101-year-old Mississippi woman kills two deer with one shot.

The South has a half-dozen amazing, new boutique hotels offering lots of amenities.  We share the list of 2019 Southern Book Prize Finalists.  Also, the SEC Spotlight includes the decision of Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts to leave Tuscaloosa; and we hear Tennessee head basketball coach Rick Barnes discuss his No. 3 Volunteers.

Loretta Lynn is feeling better, and music maven Preshias Harris reports on the singing legend's progress and an upcoming tribute for the "Coal Miner's Daughter."  ACC insider Jonathan Leifheit discusses some intriguing games set for the start of the 2019 college football season.  Also, host Jon Rawl relays the news that although it is winter some snake species in the South don't hibernate – they brumate.