Lafayette County

County crews working on three major road projects

Three major road projects are expected to be complete in Lafayette County by the end of the year. ...

Business

Low wages force state employees to find new jobs

By Larrison Campbell Mississippi Today   With salaries for direct care workers starting at just under $16,000 a ...

Lafayette County

UW campaign kick-off starts with Crosstown Classic rivalry

When the Oxford Chargers and Lafayette Commodores go head-to-head Friday in the annual Crosstown Classic match between the ...

Crime

Crime Report

—Wednesday Oxford Police Department Reports 2 domestic disturbances 1 disturbing the peace 3 911 hang-ups 5 welfare concerns ...

News

Oxford aldermen to consider city land donation

Before city officials can even consider whether to donate 1.7 acres of land to the LOU-Home organization, the ...

News

Mississippi Governor Bryant cuts budget to make up for accounting error

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is cutting $56.8 million from the $5.8 billion state budget ...

Lafayette County

Shelbi’s Place could get flooding help soon

Residents of Shelbi’s Place subdivision could be getting some relief from flooding issues that have plagued them in ...

News

Some Oxford residents will have to pay to park in their neighborhoods

Some Oxford residents will be required to purchase street-parking permits in order to park near their homes and ...

Crime

Oxford construction worker lost nearly every tool he owned after his trailer was stolen

  For over 30 years, Rob W. Watts has worked on building or improving the homes of fellow ...

News

Oxford’s future mayor and aldermen might make more than current officials

The city might be bumping up the salaries of its future mayor and aldermen to hopefully broaden the ...

Crime

Crime Report

—Tuesday Oxford Police Department Reports 3 code violations for parking 1 reported DUI 3 malicious mischiefs 2 alarms ...

News

Eli Manning and wife Abby donate $1 million to Batson Children’s Hospital campaign

Eli Manning and his wife, Abby, have pledged $1 million to the Children’s of Mississippi $100 million capital ...

Crime

Crime & Emergency Reports

—Friday-Monday Oxford Police Department Reports 13 suspicious activities 2 reports of littering 14 alarms 10 welfare concerns 5 ...

Crime

Man charged with felony shoplifting

The Oxford Police Department arrested an Oakland man Friday for felony shoplifting. According to reports, Christopher Hogue, 50, ...

Crime

Oxford residents charged with armed robbery after robbing a man at gunpoint over drugs

  Two Oxford residents were arrested and charged with armed robbery last week after they robbed a man ...

Crime

MHP reports one fatality over holiday weekend

Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop E troopers worked 24 wrecks and arrested 16 people for driving under the influence ...

Education

Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program admits 30 freshmen at UM

By Andrew M. Abernathy University of Mississippi The 30 outstanding freshmen who comprise the fourth class of the ...

Crime

Death row inmates claim win in case over lethal injection

Patsy R. Brumfield Mississippi Today A federal court decision in Missouri will help two Mississippi death row prisoners ...

News

For some, Labor Day is just another Monday

For many local citizens, Labor Day meant just that – a day to work. Some jobs just don’t ...

News

Ole Miss vs. Florida State: Lessons learned in week one

By RICK CLEVELAND Mississippi Today South Alabama trailed Mississippi State 17-0 at halftime. Southern Miss was chasing Kentucky, ...

Education

Why Delta State is the last public university in Mississippi to fly the state flag

By Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today Above the quad, the acres of grass that serve as the front yard ...

News

Parking permit ordinance on Oxford aldermen agenda

Oxford citizens will have a chance to express their concern or approval of a proposed new city law ...

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