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Crime

Former high school financial secretary guilty of embezzlement

State Auditor Shad White announced Monday that Dana Walker, former H.W. Byers High School Financial Secretary, pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Walker was initially arrested in ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 20, 2024 3:33 pm

Lafayette County

Bid for final phase of West Oxford Loop Ext. approved

During its regular meeting, the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved a bid for the final phase of West Oxford Loop Extended Monday morning. Six ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 20, 2024 3:09 pm

Events

Photo Gallery: Destination Car Show

Car enthusiasts from as far away as Texas gathered Saturday on the Square to show off their vehicles at the annual Destination Oxford Car Show. ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 20, 2024 11:01 am

Featured Photo

‘The Earth Laughs in Flowers’

Red, white and purple impatiens adorn the Oxford Square on May 15, 2024, and accentuate the recently restored historic Lafayette County Courthouse.  The flowers, however, ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 20, 2024 10:27 am

News

University of Mississippi buys Scruggs home

The University of Mississippi has purchased the former home of Dickie and Diane Scruggs. Located on Faulkner Woods Place, the 10,176-square-foot home sits on about ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 20, 2024 10:00 am

Garden/Outdoors

Ole Miss grad spent four years helping to address food insecurity

As a freshman in 2020 at the University of Mississippi, Jackson McArthur decided he wanted to do some volunteer work. Being impressed with the Oxford ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 17, 2024 12:32 pm

Lafayette County

Internet outage caused by a ‘series of unfortunate events’

NE SPARC fiber internet customers lost their internet Wednesday night for several hours due to a “series of unfortunate events.” According to officials, much like ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 16, 2024 3:31 pm

Education

Magician, puppeteer to perform at library this summer

First Regional Library is planning to add a little magic to the fun at the library this summer with FINDERS KEEPERS, featuring magic, puppets, fun ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 16, 2024 1:32 pm

Lifestyle

‘No matter what’ Florida attorney returns to Ole Miss to marry

“No matter what,” has been Joshua Horton’s mantra that he says has helped him overcome many hurdles in life, and this Sunday, he will say ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 16, 2024 12:38 pm

News

Family of slain 4-year-old old asks for help to keep killer in prison

Almost exactly 39 years since the late Bobby Freeman and Debi Freeman’s 4-year-old son was shot and killed, his murderer will be going up before ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 4:47 pm

Education

Lafayette high school seniors walk the stage Thursday

Thursday will mark the culmination of 12+ years of hard work for 221 Lafayette High School seniors who are ready to toss their caps high ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 12:02 pm

News

Oxford Utilities proposes $25.5M budget

The Oxford Board of Aldermen reviewed the Oxford Utilities $25.5M budget last week for the Fiscal Year 2025 with OU-ED General Manager Rob Neely. The ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:04 am

News

City pool gets variance

The Oxford Planning Commission this week approved a variance request from the city’s landscaping ordinance for the new city pool. The pool is about 50 ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 9:56 am

News

Plans to fix up parking lot move forward

The parking lot behind City Grocery is getting spruced up. Last week, the Courthouse Historic Preservation Commission approved plans for the parking lot that include ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:15 am

News

Oxford Utilities will soon have a new text message service for customers

Oxford Utility customers will soon be able to receive important information via text message. Currently, Oxford Utilities communicates with most of its customer base when ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 13, 2024 9:00 am

Lafayette County

Oxford falls to Hernando in first game of the 7A North Half

By Adam Brown Sports writer  The Oxford Chargers dropped a hard-fought loss to the Hernando Tigers 2-1 on Friday in the first game of the ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Saturday, May 11, 2024 12:02 pm

Lafayette County

Lafayette defeated New Hope 10-7 to open the 5A North Half

By Adam Brown  Sports writer  The Lafayette Commodores defeated New Hope 10-7 on Friday in the first game of the 5A North Half Championship. Lafayette got on ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Saturday, May 11, 2024 11:56 am

Crime

Crime reports from OPD, LCSO from Thursday

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by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 10, 2024 3:10 pm

Education

UMMC seeks African American participants in world’s largest autism research study

By Annie Oeth UMMC communications Researchers in SPARK can’t advance the understanding of autism if a broad cohort of families isn’t included. The world’s largest study of ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 10, 2024 10:53 am

News

Williams casts historic line as first African-American inducted into Bass Fishing Hall of Fame

Charity Muehlenweg Major League Fishing   It’s early summer of 1953, and Saturday mornings can’t come fast enough for Alfred Williams. Every Saturday morning, 6-year-old ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 9, 2024 3:53 pm

News

Plans to fix up parking lot move forward

The parking lot behind City Grocery is getting spruced up. On Monday, the Courthouse Historic Preservation Commission approved plans for the parking lot that include ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 9, 2024 3:09 pm

News

City of Oxford ends predatory vehicle towing

The city of Oxford is putting a stop to predatory vehicle towing practices in Oxford with the passage of a new ordinance. During a public ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 9, 2024 10:15 am

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