News

Special Christmas Day issue of the Eagle coming Sunday

We’re doing it differently this Christmas. In years’ past, Christmas Day has always been the one day of ...

Lafayette County

Supervisors review, table regulation changes

Supervisors reviewed proposed changes to the county’s Subdivision Regulation during a public hearing Monday and eventually voted to ...

Lafayette County

Why Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson is ready to step down

Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson loves everything about Oxford, especially its citizens. “They’re my family,” said the sixth-generation Oxford ...

News

2 Mississippians on President Obama’s pardon, commutation list

Staff and Wire Report President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of ...

News

Freezing fog shrouds Oxford; Advisory in effect early this morning

It’s an unusual late December morning in Oxford — with temperatures in the low 20’s but a heavy ...

Crime

Two more charged in Oxford firearm theft

The Oxford Police Department arrested two more people in connection with a burglary where 13 guns were stolen, ...

Lafayette County

Despite residents’ concerns, development starts on Pebble Creek

Pebble Creek subdivision has been given the go-ahead on the first phase of their development, despite concerns from ...

Crime

Local woman receives multiple life sentences

An Oxford woman will most likely spend the rest of her life in prison for her role in ...

Lafayette County

Library has mailbox with direct Santa service

Oxford children now have a way to get their letters to Santa faster with a mailbox designated just ...

News

Ole Miss employees give and receive through Books and Bears program

“You haven’t been blessed until you are able to bless someone else,” Donald Cole said Friday morning (Dec. ...

News

Madison judge sets new order in response to UM student’s death

By Alyssa Schnugg alyssa.schnugg@oxfordeagle.com Lauren McGraw has no doubt that if she had known her son, Rivers, had ...

Business

Coleman Funeral Home expands to Olive Branch

OLIVE BRANCH – Oxford-based Coleman Funeral Home will soon boast a new facility in fast-growing DeSoto County to ...

Education

Two Ole Miss band members receive Carr Scholarships

By Hannah Pickett University of Mississippi Each year, University of Mississippi alumnus Jimmy Carr awards scholarships to two ...

News

How two Oxford churches with dwindling congregations joined forces to serve the community

BY CHARLES HITCH Sunday service at Oxford First United Methodist Church begins with a song from the leader ...

Crime

Crime report

Oxford Police Department Reports: 4 Alarm 1 Fire Department Assist 1 Domestic Disturbance 3 Welfare Concern 1 Shoplifting ...

Crime

Man arrested for alleged uttering forgery

Investigators with the  Oxford Police Department arrested a Jackson man Wednesday for uttering forgery. The incident allegedly occurred ...

News

Rundown cemetery is resting place for Greenwood founders

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — An old cemetery is becoming an eyesore in the Mississippi Delta. Local leaders say ...

News

Pearl firefighters get family a new dog

By THERESE APEL The Clarion-Ledger PEARL, Miss. (AP) — When Mississippi State Fire Academy instructor Rob Fisher’s black ...

News

Ole Miss implementing internal bus routes

Getting around the University of Mississippi campus without needing a car will become easier for students and faculty ...

News

Hughes preps for another legislative session

A year ago, Jay Hughes wasn’t exactly sure what to expect as a freshman state representative, but he ...

Business

Holiday gift ideas: gift cards might not be the perfect gift after all (in fact, gift cards create a lot of work)

By Tom Flynn Millions of people give and receive gift cards every holiday season. Often they are good ...

News

Slow but steady steps toward new activity center

How will the Oxford Park Commission spend the extra million dollars it will receive from the Lafayette County ...

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