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New Square restaurant Fill-Up with Billups offering old-school Southern food in Oxford

A new breakfast spot is primed to open on the Square, and it will be ready to satisfy ... Read more

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Great 38 race honoring Chucky Mullins returns to Oxford

To commemorate the life of former Ole Miss football player Chucky Mullins, Run Oxford is holding a weekend ... Read more

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Oxford’s Opioid Town Hall rally presents staggering statistics about drug abuse in Mississippi

According to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, over the past three years, deaths related to heroin have risen ... Read more

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Visit Oxford awarded Tourism Office of the Year

Visit Oxford, the bureau tasked with increasing tourism in town, recently won the 2017 Tourism Office of the ... Read more

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Volunteer Oxford to close

Volunteer Oxford, a community volunteer center founded in 2011, has announced it will be closing its doors. Volunteer ... Read more

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The Oxford, Confederate Statues—Relocation or Contextulization?

The two Confederate monuments have been in Oxford for over a century, but it’s possible they might not ... Read more

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Band of Horses rides into Oxford

Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the October 2017 edition of Oxford Magazine. For over a decade now, ... Read more

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Confederate statues in Oxford, Mississippi—Monuments to the dead or to white supremacy?

To some in Lafayette County, the war memorials on the University of Mississippi’s campus and on the Square ... Read more

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Teams recognized by Oxford School District for GPA’s

An array of academic awards were handed out Monday night at the monthly meeting for the Oxford School ... Read more

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The Oxford, Confederate Statues—The history and creation of two Lafayette County monuments

Over the course of 1906 and 1907, two structures were erected in Oxford that would forever impact the ... Read more

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First Rosh Hashanah service held on Ole Miss campus

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is one of the most sacred holidays in the religion. And for ... Read more

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Public meets with OSD Superintendent to discuss upcoming bond referendum

Oxford School District Superintendent Brian Harvey spoke with Oxonians at a forum sponsored by the League of Women ... Read more

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Oxford Pachyderm Club hosting state auditor Stacey Pickering for monthly meeting

State Auditor Stacey Pickering is set to talk about the state’s financial health at the latest Oxford Pachyderm ... Read more

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Oxford Lovepacks giving back to community

Seven years ago, the charitable non-profit Oxford Lovepacks began as a way for Oxford and Lafayette schoolchildren in ... Read more

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The Search for Truth—Kathleen Wickham details journalists who covered integration of Ole Miss, Paul Guihard’s murder in new book

Kathleen Wickham’s new book is deeply personal, and it’s not even about herself. Wickham, a journalism professor at ... Read more

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History of cocktails focus of new Bitters and Bites event in Oxford

A new cocktail class is coming to Oxford — and it’s for a good cause. Bitters and Bites ... Read more

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Cadets inducted into Junior ROTC at Lafayette High School

The Air Force Junior ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) has been a part of the Lafayette High School ... Read more

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Annual Sardis Lake Clean-Up Day set for Saturday

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District and Mugshots of Oxford are partnering to clean up one ... Read more

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Oxford Police Department’s Safe Site program begins on the Square

For those who might feel uncomfortable or unsafe on the Square at night, the Oxford Police Department is ... Read more

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Oxford’s Regents School gaining ground under new headmaster Jason Wood

When Jason Wood came in as the new head at Regents School of Oxford, things began to change. ... Read more

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Journalism professor Kathleen Wickham will sign her newest work today at Off Square Books

In her new book, Ole Miss journalism professor Kathleen Wickham recounts the story of one of the campus’ ... Read more

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Kickin’ It — Oxford Park Commission’s Youth Soccer Program teaching healthy lifestyle, life lessons

Since the mid-1970s, the Oxford Park Commission has provided a sports league that kids have gotten a real ... Read more