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Proposed hotel tax to fund county tourism

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of presenting a 2 percent hotel tax to state ... Read more

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Oxford High School student earns perfect ACT score

Jack Ligon, a junior at Oxford High School, scored a 36 on the October 2017 sitting of the ... Read more

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Early morning fire damages Oxford Home2 Suites hotel

An air conditioning unit caught fire on the roof of the recently opened Home2 Suites hotel on South ... Read more

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Oxford restaurants reinterpret the black-eyed pea

While many people partake in the New Year’s tradition of eating black-eyed peas, a few Oxford restaurants are ... Read more

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Splinter Creek brings eco-living to Oxford

Splinter Creek housing development in Taylor, Miss. is gaining regional attention. The owners, a mother-daughter team made up ... Read more

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The End of All Music finds new beginning on Square

The End of All Music record store is moving to downtown Oxford from North Lamar Boulevard next month. ... Read more

Lafayette County

Congressman Trent Kelly promoted to Brigadier General

Trent Kelly, representative for Mississippi’s First Congressional District, has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier General by ... Read more

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Oxford charities provide Christmas cheer for all

Oxonians are spreading more Christmas cheer than ever this holiday season. Organizations like Interfaith Compassion Ministries, Oxford City ... Read more

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Harmontown residents breathe a smelly sigh of relief

By Anna Gibbs and Devna Bose The Oxford Eagle Residents of Harmontown have been in a smelly situation ... Read more

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Tech Toys top Christmas lists

Christmas is almost here, and the items on children’s wish lists this year are a bit more advanced ... Read more

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Chrestman named Oxford University School Headmaster

Oxford University School named Kim Chrestman its new Head of School this week. Chrestman, a Houlka native, began ... Read more

Water Valley

Wreck claims life of former Oxford restaurateur

Mississippi Highway Patrol and the state bureau of investigation are investigating a vehicle wreck that resulted in the ... Read more

Columns

Is the pen mightier than the sword?

I recently started writing for the Oxford Eagle, and every day I sit back and think to myself, ... Read more

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Stonewater Recovery Center’s proposed expansion concerns planning commission and neighboring Lafayette County residents

A local adolescent recovery center has become a sore subject for some on the Lafayette County Planning Commission, ... Read more

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Waller Funeral Home celebrates 40 years of business in Oxford

Waller Funeral Home is celebrating 40 years of serving Oxford and the surrounding area. Patsy Waller and her ... Read more

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Overcrowding has Oxford Park Commission jumping through hoops

Oxford’s population is growing, and the city’s recreation programs are feeling the effects. Over 575 children are involved ... Read more

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Programming Fundamentals class teaching coding to students in Lafayette County

Oxford-Lafayette School of Applied Technology, or “The Tech” for short, had a successful first semester, thanks to the ... Read more

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Oxford and Lafayette County’s Yoknapatawpha Arts Council to host Christmas Ornament Auction

It’s time for the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council’s annual Christmas Ornament Auction. The event, which features work from over ... Read more

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Annual Christmas Parade lights up Oxford Square

The annual Oxford Christmas Parade brought a little holiday magic and a large crowd to the Square last ... Read more

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Thacker Mountain Radio celebrates holiday season in Oxford

The Square was filled with Christmas cheer on Friday night as patrons of Thacker Mountain Radio Hour kicked ... Read more

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Oxford residents react to NCAA ruling

The NCAA ruling in the case against Ole Miss resulted in a series of harsh sanctions placed on ... Read more