Lafayette County

Schools starting back up

The lazy days of summer will soon be over for area children with schools starting back up over ...

News

Watermelon Carnival returns

The Watermelon Carnival is Water Valley’s most prized annual celebration.  An estimated 20,000 people attend the various events, ...

News

Aldermen want to talk bond with OSD

While the Oxford Board of Aldermen has no say in the Oxford School District’s budget, the board must ...

News

Mississippi Noir series takes dark paths of imagination

By KENDAL WEAVER Associated Press “Mississippi Noir,” the latest collection of dark, often unsettling short fiction in the ...

Crime

Crime Report

—Tuesday Oxford Police Department Reports 2 disturbing the peace 5 suspicious activities 2 careless driving complaints 4 alarms ...

News

Oxford leaders approve Vision 2037 plan

The Oxford Board of Aldermen has approved a new comprehensive plan that takes a new approach in guiding ...

News

University Avenue traffic signal going live today

A new traffic signal at South 16th Street and University Avenue will go live today, according to city ...

Lafayette County

High demand and short supply currently for local storage units

While housing is at a premium with Ole Miss students coming back into Oxford for the fall semester, ...

News

UM is state’s healthiest university workplace

JACKSON – The University of Mississippi was named the state’s healthiest workplace among all Mississippi college and universities ...

Lafayette County

MDOT purchases Highway 7 property

After four years of negotiations, the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors and Mississippi Department of Transportation finally came ...

Education

Lafayette Schools plan for great year

By Allen Brewer news@oxfordeagle.com With new grants approved by the state to help local homeless children and new ...

News

Repairing the library’s stuffed animals collection

Ellie Williams sat in the children’s section of the library repairing a teddy bear Tuesday. “I’ve already worked ...

Education

Move to Learn team visits Oxford

By Kelly Graeber Oxford School District Coach Larry Calhoun, the star of the Move to Learn exercise break ...

Education

OHS Theater now offering new, unlimited season passes

Oxford School District New, unlimited season passes for the Oxford High School 2016-2017 theater season are now available ...

Education

Miss. schools struggle to serve non-English speaking students

By Kate Royals Mississippi Today Public schools in Mississippi have had to ramp up their services for students ...

Crime

Crime Report

—Monday Oxford Police Department Reports 7 alarms 5 suspicious activities 1 ambulance assist 1 lost property 3 petty ...

News

Change in taxi regs?

A public hearing will be held Tuesday on a change to the city’s Vehicle for Hire ordinance that ...

Crime

Crime Report

—Friday-Sunday Oxford Police Department Reports 5 animal complaints 5 welfare concerns 10 disturbances 2 trespassing’s 1 fireworks complaint ...

News

Ghosts return to cemetery

After four years, the spirits will walk again in St. Peter’s Cemetery. However, these spirits are not the ...

Crime

Attempted armed robbery reported

The Oxford Police Department is investigating an alleged attempted armed robbery that was reported on Sunday just after ...

News

Pavilion unofficially officially named

Soon after inheriting the management of the new community pavilion that sits where the former National Guard Armory ...

News

Mississippi plagued by high rent, low wages

By R.L. Nave Mississippi Today A phalanx of local and state officials cut the ceremonial ribbon at East ...

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