News

UM journalism alum Donica Phifer named managing editor of the Oxford Eagle

University of Mississippi alumna Donica Phifer has been named managing editor of The Oxford Eagle. Phifer, 31, joined ...

News

SEC releases Lady Rebels hoops conference schedule

OXFORD, Miss. – The Southeastern Conference office released the 2018 women’s basketball SEC schedule on Tuesday afternoon. The ...

News

Nearly 100 homes for Oxford’s workforce planned

A public-private partnership was recently awarded $15,000,000 in competitive funding to construct 96 new townhomes that will be ...

News

State symbols don’t have to go on the ballot

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Defenders of the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag have a ready-made argument ...

News

Fast food worker is fighting back after being fat-shamed

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — First, she was shocked and hurt. Then she became angry. Jessica Pruitt knows she’s ...

Events

Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan to speak in Oxford

Marion Blumenthal Lazan spent most of her childhood living in fear during the Holocaust. Today, she shares her ...

Education

Lindsey Abernathy named Associate Director of Sustainability at Ole Miss

By Michael Newsom University of Mississippi OXFORD — The University Mississippi Office of Sustainability, which is a catalyst for ...

News

96 affordable houses planned for Oxford

A public-private partnership was recently awarded $15,000,000 in competitive funding to construct 96 new townhomes which will be ...

Oxford

The 12 Myths of Addiction—Myth #1: Addiction doesn’t happen to good people

By Lucy Schultze Oxford Treatment Center Why do people get hooked on drugs or alcohol? Because they’re just ...

Oxford

Addiction happens to good people, too (12 Myths of Addiction series)

By Lucy Schultze Why do people get hooked on drugs or alcohol? Because they’re just bad people. It’s ...

Education

Ole Miss graduate Royce Miles, Jr. is first recipient of optometry award

MADISON, MS – Royce Miles, Jr., a 2015 graduate of the University of Mississippi, has been named the ...

Education

Ole Miss’ first-year pharmacy students receive white coats

By Anna Heard University of Mississippi For 115 first-year pharmacy students, the school year unofficially began Thursday (Aug. ...

Lifestyle

The BTC Old-Fashioned Grocery mixes friendship, food and antiques in one Water Valley storefront

In just over seven years, The BTC Old-Fashioned Grocery already seems like it has been in Water Valley ...

Education

University of Southern Mississippi reorganization approved

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Trustees are approving a plan for the University of Southern Mississippi to reorganize its ...

Lafayette County

Oxford Park Commission introducing League of Champions for Lafayette-Oxford-University community

By John Davis Oxford Park Commission A new opportunity that should benefit the entire Lafayette-Oxford-University community is being ...

News

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson condemns hate speech, says bigotry is un-American

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is condemning hate speech and bigotry as un-American and antithetical ...

News

Tropical Storm Harvey moves across eastern Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Authorities in the eastern Caribbean warned residents to stay indoors as Tropical Storm Harvey ...

News

NASA, PBS marking 40 years since Voyager spacecraft launches

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Forty years after blasting off, Earth’s most distant ambassadors — the twin Voyager ...

Crime

Crime report

— Thursday Oxford Police Department Reports unavailable this morning Sheriff’s Department Reports 2 wrecks 3 alarms 4 disturbances ...

Business

Oxford Police Department presents $6.4M budget to Oxford Board of Aldermen

Despite Oxford’s population growth, the Oxford Police Department’s budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 that was presented to the ...

News

Ole Miss Student Union reopening delayed

By Edwin Smith University of Mississippi As University of Mississippi students return to campus for the fall semester, ...

Business

Agreement between Mississippi Department of Transportation, Lafayette County for traffic signal OK’d

Once construction of Sisk Avenue Extended is complete, a new traffic light will be placed where it will ...

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