Spring Art Show
The Oxford Artist’s Guild will have its Spring Show on March 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Lafayette County Courthouse Lawn. Thirty-five artists will display their work for sale, which will include painting, pottery, photography, printmaking, metalworks, fabric art, turned wood, sculptor and blown glass. With music by Donavan Mccain and Brantley Catlette. For more information, call Lois Arrechea at 234-9299. (March 15, 2010)
Circuit court goes online
Thanks to a partnership with Delta Computer Systems, Lafayette County Circuit Court has joined the 21st century. Now anyone can access criminal and civil court records online from the Third Circuit Court District, which includes Lafayette County. (March 1, 2010, Page 1)
A veteran of courtroom service
“A CONVERSATION WITH…” — Robert “Pat” Patterson has served as circuit court bailiff at the Lafayette County Courthouse since 1985. Today, at 89 years old, his “retirement” career has lasted longer than his actual career: 20 years of service as a federal probation officer. He also worked at Parchman prison during the 1950s and early 1960s — and loved it. (January 14, 2010, Page 3)
Meridian student studies the Square
PHOTO — Anna Katherine Vega, a sixth-grader at Lamar Middle School in Meridian, recently created a three-dimensional map project about the Oxford Square.
(January 5, 2010, Page 5)
