City cuts parking spaces in evening
In an attempt to make the Square safer for pedestrians and allow for more taxi parking, several parking spots will be blocked off during evening hours. (August 23, 2012, Page 1, 5)
Aldermen consider police car take-home policy
The members of the Oxford Board of Aldermen collectively said they would be more likely to support the Oxford Police Department’s request to adopt a patrol car take-home policy if it was restricted to officers living within the city limits. (August 22, 2012, Page 9)
OPD seeks $400,000 budget hike
A need for new patrol cars, body armor, computers and the care of horses has the Oxford Police Department seeking an increase from last year’s budget. (July 18, 2012, Page 2)
OPD wins big at LawFit competition
Oxford Police officers brought home several top awards last week during the National LawFit competition in Olive Branch. (June 27, 2012, Page 2)
No road fatalities reported
The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported no fatal wrecks in the Oxford-Lafayette County area — or anywhere in Mississippi for that matter — during the long Memorial Day weekend. (May 29, 2012, Page 1, 2)
Law officers expand patrols
Local law enforcement officers will be out in force this Memorial Day Weekend to make sure no one spends their holiday grieving the loss of a loved one due to the lack of a seat belt or a drunk driver. (May 25, 2012, Page 1A, 12A)
Lukewarm reception to paid parking
Comments for and against, and questions about the city’s plan to implement paid parking to help manage parking issues on the Square where heard for about an hour Tuesday night during a public hearing at City Hall. (May 16, 2012, Page 1, 14)
Fake officer behind road killings?
Two recent murders on north Mississippi highways may have been at the hand of someone posing as a police officer, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations. (May 15, 2012, Page 1, 2)
OPD seizes 1 lb. of pot; $33K in cash
Oxford police officers uncovered more than a pound of marijuana and $33,398 in cash after conducting a traffic stop Monday night on Highway 6 East. Two Memphis men, Larry L. Miller and Rojard M. Lake, are in the Lafayette County Detention Center charged with possession of more than 30 grams of marijuana. (March 21, 2012, Page 2)
OPD searches for shooting suspects
The Oxford Police Department is still investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon at Willow Knoll that left one man shot in the knee and put area schools on high alert. (March 7, 2012, Page 2)
