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Business

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 your cravings for the most important meal ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Monday, October 9, 2017 12:32 pm

Events

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 of events for the second year in ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Thursday, October 5, 2017 9:59 am

Crime

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 in Mississippi by 2,000 percent. Eighty percent ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 9:31 am

News

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 Year award at the Mississippi Tourism Association ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Tuesday, October 3, 2017 9:15 am

News

Volunteer Oxford to close

Volunteer Oxford, a community volunteer center founded in 2011, has announced it will be closing its doors. Volunteer Generation Funds were not awarded to Volunteer ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Friday, September 29, 2017 4:27 pm

News

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 always stand where they were originally constructed. ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Friday, September 29, 2017 9:33 am

Columnists

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, the Charleston, South Carolina-based indie folk group ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Thursday, September 28, 2017 9:39 am

News

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 are just that: monuments to those who ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Wednesday, September 27, 2017 9:23 am

Education

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 District Board of Trustees. An award was ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Tuesday, September 26, 2017 10:20 am

Lafayette County

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 town’s landscape. The Confederate monuments honoring those ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Monday, September 25, 2017 9:48 am

Events

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 the first time, services were held for ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Friday, September 22, 2017 10:02 am

News

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 Voters of Oxford and North Mississippi in ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Friday, September 22, 2017 9:59 am

News

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 Club meeting happening tomorrow. As the auditor, ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 10:14 am

News

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 need to bring home supplemental food on ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Monday, September 18, 2017 11:48 am

Lifestyle

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 Ole Miss, recently published “We Believed We ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Sunday, September 17, 2017 6:00 am

News

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 will be a fundraiser for the Arts ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Friday, September 15, 2017 9:45 am

Education

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 community for 25 years, and during a ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Friday, September 15, 2017 9:16 am

Lafayette County

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 of the area’s most prominent lakes: Sardis. ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Thursday, September 14, 2017 11:29 am

Crime

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 unveiling a new program that could ease ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Thursday, September 14, 2017 10:25 am

Education

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. The “Gospel centered, classically driven” private school ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Wednesday, September 13, 2017 10:06 am

Events

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’ most important events: James Meredith’s integration at ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:38 am

Lifestyle

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 kick out of. This season, the Youth ... Read more

by Andy Belt, Sunday, September 10, 2017 6:00 am

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