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Events

Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan to speak in Oxford

Marion Blumenthal Lazan spent most of her childhood living in fear during the Holocaust. Today, she shares her ... Read more

Columns

Celebrating a big, wonderful life with a big number

So it finally happened. After a year of dreading it, I turned 50 last week. Last year on ... Read more

Business

Oxford Police Department presents $6.4M budget to Oxford Board of Aldermen

Despite Oxford’s population growth, the Oxford Police Department’s budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 that was presented to the ... Read more

Business

Agreement between Mississippi Department of Transportation, Lafayette County for traffic signal OK’d

Once construction of Sisk Avenue Extended is complete, a new traffic light will be placed where it will ... Read more

Events

Shaquita Curry’s ‘Back to School Family Fun Day’ event in Oxford provides free family entertainment

Shaquita Curry had a vision a couple of years ago that she needed to do something to help ... Read more

News

Oxford war veteran releases seventh book

When local author and veteran Gene Hays started doing research for a freelance article in the Medal of ... Read more

Crime

Lafayette County’s Third Judicial Drug Court recognizes 32 who complete program

Thirty-two people were given a second chance at life Tuesday by graduating from the Third Judicial Drug Court, ... Read more

Lafayette County

Oxford Board of Aldermen to consider shorter contract with Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society

Before representatives with the Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society presented the proposed budget to the Oxford Board of Aldermen during ... Read more

Business

Growth, funding cuts lead Boys & Girls Club of Oxford to ask city for help

Oxford’s population growth has been well established and is no longer a surprise to anyone living or working ... Read more

News

The Lamar development gets nod from the Oxford Planning Commission for first phase of development

The Oxford Planning Commission approved the first phase of the city’s first approved Traditional Neighborhood Development that will ... Read more

Columns

Feline friend and I have a love-hate-love relationship

So I have this cat … Actually, I have two cats. They are almost identical – both regular ... Read more

Lafayette County

West Oxford Loop, Sisk Avenue road projects moving along

With the funding in place and a signed agreement between Oxford and Lafayette County, progress on two new ... Read more

News

Judge denies ban on sale of Double Decker T-shirt

A Lafayette County Chancery Judge denied a request from the city of Oxford for a preliminary injunction that ... Read more

Crime

Two men plead guilty in sex trafficking case

Two Memphis men admitted they brought women to Oxford on several occasions for prostitution purposes Thursday when they ... Read more

Lafayette County

Supervisors discuss rainy day fund spending

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors continued their budget meetings Wednesday, spending the morning discussing how much of ... Read more

Crime

Inmate’s death due to ‘Widow Maker’ heart condition

A Lafayette County inmate who died last week apparently suffered from an enlarged heart and a 90 percent ... Read more

Business

Oxford Board of Aldermen begin budget hearings

The first of several budget hearings planned over the next three weeks began Monday for the Oxford Board ... Read more

Business

Zoning code review removed from Oxford Planning Commission’s agenda

After receiving comments and suggestions from the public on the proposed zoning code and Land Use Map, City ... Read more

Columns

A real passion for learning

By Joel McNeece Doug Orlando has a passion for learning that’s quite contagious. I spent a couple hours ... Read more

Lafayette County

Lafayette County Board of Supervisors consider condemnation of home

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors is considering tearing down a dilapidated house on Highway 334 that neighbors ... Read more

Crime

Inmate dies in Lafayette County Detention Center

An inmate died Friday at the Lafayette County Detention Center, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department. Thomas ... Read more

News

Will Oxonians face rising rates?

Whether Oxonians will see a rise in their millage rates this coming year will be discussed during the ... Read more