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Columns

Surviving the American prom

(Editor’s Note: A version of this column was distributed in 2015.) By: Tom Purcell Proms sure have gotten expensive these days. Sure, prom spending is ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Tuesday, May 16, 2017 10:00 am

Business

Oxford Electric Department begins budget sessions

The Oxford Electric Department presented its budget for the 2018 fiscal year to the Oxford Board of Aldermen last week that includes a 1.5 percent ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 15, 2017 10:25 am

Columns

Medicine can take away childbirth pain but not the lifetime of love

According to the Bible, after Eve ate the apple, one of the punishments handed down by God was that she, and all women after her, ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 15, 2017 10:10 am

Business

Emergency gate allowed in Grand Oaks; Cedar Bend final plat OK’d by planning commission

By Alyssa Schnugg alyssa.schnugg@oxfordeagle.com Residents living along Fazio Drive in The Grove of Grand Oaks pleaded with the Oxford Planning Commission Thursday to allow a ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Sunday, May 14, 2017 2:03 am

Business

Garage design team Eley Guild Hardy to seek community input Monday at Oxford Conference Center

Architecture firm Eley Guild Hardy will be meeting with city officials and the general public next week to gain input on what city department heads ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 12, 2017 10:34 am

Crime

Convicted killer Caleb Corrothers of Lafayette County wanting new trial

A Lafayette County man on Mississippi’s death row will get his chance to present claims a juror spoke to one of his victims during his ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 12, 2017 10:17 am

News

Oxford Park Commission gears up for pool opening

While Memorial Day is the nation’s official kick-off for summer, in Oxford, it’s when the City Pool opens for the season. The City Pool will ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 11, 2017 10:42 am

Lafayette County

Tourism thriving in Oxford

Thanks to visitors who eat and shop while in Oxford, households in Lafayette County saw a tax relief of $761 because of funds raised from ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 11, 2017 10:34 am

News

Few remain at Oxford’s Riverside Place public housing complex

Of the 86 families living at the Riverside Place public housing complex when the contract between Oxford and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 10:05 am

News

Oxford Police Department to lead DUI field test training in Mississippi

Law enforcement officers all over the state of Mississippi will soon receive their DUI field test training from one of Oxford Police Department’s own. Last ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:52 am

News

Hearing over Double Decker trademark rescheduled for later this month

A court hearing between the city of Oxford and a local T-shirt business was continued Friday to later this month. Just days before the Double ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Tuesday, May 9, 2017 11:00 am

News

Oxford mental health programs affected by state budget cuts

Heavy cuts for mental health services through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health will have a direct effect on two of Oxford’s community health centers. ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Tuesday, May 9, 2017 10:50 am

News

Oxford’s new parking garage likely to have ‘some’ free parking

As the newly hired Eley Guild Hardy Architects gets to work on the design of Oxford’s first public parking garage, the Downtown Parking Advisory Council ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 8, 2017 9:32 am

Columns

Cloth attached to a pole can make strong statements

Last week was a great example of how eclectic Oxford can be at times as its citizens struggle to remain true to their southern heritage ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Monday, May 8, 2017 9:25 am

News

Oxford couple buys homes in effort to be part of the solution to affordable housing dilemma

This is one of several stories the EAGLE will be publishing in regards to the lack of affordable housing issue in Oxford and Lafayette County ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Sunday, May 7, 2017 2:00 am

Crime

Convicted felon arrested for possessing weapon

The Oxford Police Department noticed a red Ford Ranger pickup Wednesday with no taillights driving at night on Frontage Road and stopped the vehicle. During ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 5, 2017 11:16 am

News

New activity center to remain on Oxford Park Commission campus

Despite costing $2 million more than originally budgeted, the Oxford Park Commission will construct the new activity center building next to existing one. OPC commissioners ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 5, 2017 10:15 am

News

Mid-town market ready to open Saturday on North Lamar in Oxford

The Mid-Town Farmers’ Market opens on Saturday and its vendors are offering a selection of early-season produce, baked goods, jams, flowers and other goodies. The ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Friday, May 5, 2017 10:10 am

News

Oxford Board of Aldermen approve early plans for subdivision near Rowan Oak

Despite some concern over the possible loss of cedar oaks that line the land across from Rowan Oak, the Oxford Board of Aldermen approved the ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Thursday, May 4, 2017 9:52 am

Crime

Calloway jury in delibrations *UPDATE* Guilty, sentenced to 25 years

A woman charged with helping her alleged boyfriend and another man after they killed two Hattiesburg police officers has been found guilty and given the ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 3:31 pm

Crime

2 charged for kidnapping woman for prostitution purposes

Two Georgia residents were arrested last week for allegedly kidnapping a woman in Georgia and bringing her to Oxford for the purpose of using her ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 11:08 am

Elections

Incumbents retain Oxford aldermen seats

When it comes to local elections, every vote truly does matter as was the case in Tuesday night’s Oxford municipal primary where Ward 5 Alderman ... Read more

by Alyssa Schnugg, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 8:10 pm

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