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City to rename roads in honor of longtime sheriff

Oxford is recognizing the longest-tenured sheriff in Mississippi for his service to Lafayette County and Oxford communities. During ...

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Oxford Police Department partners with app focusing on community safety

The Oxford Police Department is continuing to evolve with technology and Monday’s announcement was another step in that ...

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Future Jackson Avenue hotel granted request by Planning Commission

A new Oxford hotel was granted a variance that will allow it to continue with plans to develop ...

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Wright Thompson to headline inaugural Willie Morris Writer’s Series

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics is hosting the first-ever Willie Morris Writer’s Series beginning next ...

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Brett Young to shoot music video at Ole Miss

Brett Young has become one of country music’s brightest new stars, but before that, he was a member ...

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OPD investigating fake Facebook profile impersonating officer

A Facebook account impersonating an Oxford Police officer is currently being investigated. The Oxford Police Department was recently ...

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Oxford’s Central Elementary School to change design in cost-cutting measure

In an attempt to cut costs and combat being over budget in specific projects, the Oxford School District ...

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Oxford amends sanitation bill for trash-only customers

Last year’s annexation of 10 square miles by the City of Oxford brought change for people who had ...

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New ordinance would allow craft beer stores to serve beer to shoppers

The ability to drink a beer while shopping in a local craft beer store could soon be a ...

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More University groups call for statue’s relocation

Hours after Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks made his first comments since Tuesday’s vote by the University’s Associated Student ...

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Oxford High School names STAR students, teachers

Eight of Oxford High School’s best and brightest were recognized for their scholastic achievements. The Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition ...

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Ole Miss Interim Chancellor gives first statement on statue vote

The Lyceum has released its first comments regarding the unanimous vote by the University’s Associated Student Body to ...

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Ole Miss ASB unanimously votes to relocate confederate statue

The first step in what could be a historical process was taken on Tuesday night. The Ole Miss ...

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City approves University’s request to close road, with stipulations

The University’s request to close Gertrude Ford Boulevard this summer for a construction project was granted by Oxford’s ...

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Lafayette County supervisors change policy following rally

In the wake of the pro-confederate rally, amongst others that resulted from it last month, the Lafayette County ...

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Oxford Police Department announces anti-littering campaign

A new campaign lead by the Oxford Police Department will educate the city about littering. The OPD is ...

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OHS students win regional science bowl competition

A team of Oxford High School students has advanced to the 2019 National Science Bowl finals this past ...

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Ole Miss requesting to close Gertrude Ford Blvd for a month this summer

Roads to get onto Ole Miss’ campus have been shrinking by the number over the past year and ...

Lafayette County election results: New leaders join incumbents, as key positions see fresh faces and familiar figures retain their seats.

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Candidates for 2019 state, local races finalized

The March 1 deadline has passed and the candidates for the 2019 election cycle are set for statewide ...

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City of Oxford to use new public notice signs

For those who have had a hard time seeing, or even finding, a public notice of a permit ...

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Man charged in fatal 2018 DUI wreck sentenced to 25 years

Just over a year after the fatal wreck in Lee County that took the life of an Oxford ...

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OHS students’ scores excel on national exam

Fifteen German students at Oxford High School placed above the 70th percentile on three levels of the National ...

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