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Lafayette County and Mississippi leaders need to take a good look at Harmontown. Residents used to have two ... Read more
Lafayette County and Mississippi leaders need to take a good look at Harmontown. Residents used to have two ... Read more
“Stop, don’t touch, run away, tell a grown-up.” That’s the message children are taught for when they find ... Read more
By Don Whitten C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum opened in 1966 as Rebel Coliseum and, no, yours truly was ... Read more
WATER VALLEY — Garry Hervey, 63, died Friday, Jan. 15, 2016,, at his residence in Water Valley. Funeral ... Read more
Northwest community college announces president’s list The president’s list for the fall 2015 semester at Northwest Mississippi Community ... Read more
OXFORD — John Kevin Canterbury, 47, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–North Mississippi in Oxford, ... Read more
Saint Leo has secured a location just off Oxford’s central square at 1101 Jackson Avenue East. Set to ... Read more
Prescribed burning will start on federal lands this month. While the smoke can agitate allergies, asthma and even ... Read more
In less than four years, AT&T employees provided students with 1 million hours of mentoring, here in Mississippi ... Read more
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet issued the following statement after the announcement of the presidential ... Read more
Think back to how Oxford and Lafayette County looked 100 years ago. There were dirt roads, buggies, a ... Read more
By T.J. Ray My memory of the time is stark. It was near noon, and I was teaching ... Read more
Harmontown Water Association issued a boil water alert for customers who receive their drinking water from their water ... Read more
The Mississippi State Department of Health is offering free radon test kits while supplies last this month during ... Read more
The class is set for the 2016 class of Leadership Mississippi, an annual program put together by the ... Read more
—Wednesday Oxford Police Department Reports 4 alarms 1 careless driving 3 welfare concerns 1 noise violation 2 disturbances ... Read more
OXFORD — Winnie F. McCaskill, 83, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at her home in Oxford. A memorial ... Read more
Local artists were given the chance this year to submit a masterpiece to be named the “official artwork” ... Read more
**Update** Classes resume at SPHS; officials find no evidence of threat At approximately 7:45 a.m., South Panola High ... Read more
Cannon Motors of Mississippi has purchased Chandler Nissan, making it the company’s second dealership in Oxford and twelfth ... Read more
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported this week the state’s first case of influenza. The individual with ... Read more
In celebratory recognition of MLK Day 2016, The Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network, The Mississippi Delta Service Corps of ... Read more