Sunday alcohol sales pass
The Oxford Board of Aldermen voted 6-1 to approve Sunday alcohol sales at its regular meeting Tuesday. The ordinance change will go into effect in 30 days and alcohol will be able to be sold in bars and restaurants from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (February 18, 2014, Page 1, 10)
9 Lives to use grant funds to reduce strays
9 Live Cat rescue received a $1,500 grant recently to be used for spaying and neutering cats for people with low or no income or feral cats that are trapped and returned to where they have a food source. (February 18, 2014, Page 3)
Caution: Traffic delays ahead
Roundabout construction set to begin next month on Old Taylor Road. The contractor will ask the Board of Aldermen tonight to allow them to work after hours and on Sundays. (February 18, 2014, Page 1)
25K reward offered in defiling of Meredith statue
The Ole Miss Alumni Association is offering at $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the two individuals involved in the defiling of the James Meredith statue on campus. Students on campus are responding with meetings to talk about further prevention of racially charged incidents. (February 18, 2014, Page 1)
LHS sophmore receives FFA grant
Lafayette High School sophomore Edith “Edi” Kent was recently awarded a $1,000 grant from the National Future Farmers of America Foundation. (February 18, 2014, Page 6)
Education Briefs
- LMS announces honor roll for second nine weeks
- OE releases honor rolls
- Lee graduates from MSU
- Local students named to MSU honor rolls
- Oxford student wins spelling bee
- LMS students named to principal’s progress report
- Lamar Lounge to host Oxford Family night
- Burwell named to dean’s list
- Clayton inducted into NWCC Hall of Fame
- Literacy Council gets grant
- LHS FFA fundraiser continues
- Tickets being sold for FFA fundraiser
- YAC to host Student Art Exhibition, Contest
- Ansley Allen received a first-place ribbon in the LES reading fair
She Divorced Him!
Local columnist Jimmy Reed relates a conversation with his creative writing students on the subject of which sex is favored by Mother Nature in the business of romance. (February 18, 2014, Page 4)
Arbuckle named top teacher in OSD
Chasity Arbuckle was recently named teacher of the year for 2013-14. She will go on to represent the Oxford School District in the Mississippi Teacher of the Year program in the spring. (February 17, 2014, Page 1)
Oxford Park Commission unveils new website
As part of its effort to improve its marketing, OPC has upgraded its website making it easier to navigate and easier to look at, at www.oxfordparkcommission.com. (February 17, 2014, Page 1)
Cash swings for homer with second novel
Wiley Cash’s debut novel was an award-winner and best-seller, and Editor Don Whitten writes that his follow-up effort, “This Dark Road to Mercy,” could be headed to similar heights. Cash is slated to visit Oxford and Square Books on Tuesday promoting his newest novel. (February 17, 2014, Page 4)
