Business
Cowboy Maloney President Eddie Maloney dies at 71
Eddie Maloney, president and CEO of Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City Appliance Centers, died Wednesday at the age of 71, according to a family member. “He was ...
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Crime
Hearing on damages owed by ex-cop Kinne who killed mother of 4
A former Oxford police officer, Matthew Kinne, who shot and killed a sleeping woman should pay her four children a quarter-million dollars each for pain ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, May 23, 2022 9:03 am
Crime
Former OPD lieutenant joins Capitol Police force
A former Oxford Police patrol shift lieutenant and officer of the year will be the new assistant chief of the Capitol Police in Jackson. Joshua ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, May 20, 2022 2:45 pm
News
Mississippi revises eviction law that judge called ‘absurd’
Mississippi has revised its landlord-tenant law to give renters time to gather their belongings from a home before being forced to leave after a federal ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, May 16, 2022 11:01 am
Lafayette County
Autopsy backlog plagues Mississippi, with worst delays in US
After Truitt Pace admitted to law enforcement that he beat and shot his wife, her family expected a swift conviction. The 34-year-old mother of three’s ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, May 2, 2022 1:30 pm
Lifestyle
Brion Whitten makes award-winning turkey calls, viral videos
It wouldn’t be fair to call Oxford resident Brion Whitten a jack of all trades. Just a lot of them. He hunts. He fishes. He ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, May 2, 2022 9:35 am
Crime
State law imposes harsher penalties as fentanyl deaths spike
Cordie Rodenbaugh recalls a conversation she had with her son Parker at the end of his freshman year of college. He had decided to transfer ...
by AP/Wire, Tuesday, April 26, 2022 12:45 pm
Crime
Federal probe finds severe problems at Parchman prison
A Mississippi prison violated inmates’ constitutional rights by failing to protect them from violence, meet their mental health needs or take adequate steps for suicide ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, April 21, 2022 2:45 pm
Crime
Former Oxford University School director pleads guilty in massive federal welfare scheme
Nancy New and her son Zach New, former executive director for Oxford University School, reached deals Wednesday to plead guilty in a federal case involving ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, April 21, 2022 12:56 pm
News
Lafayette County to join 8-county group for Tallahatchie River projects
Mississippi is creating a group to promote economic development and other projects in areas crossed by the Tallahatchie and Little Tallahatchie rivers. House Bill 1323, ...
by AP/Wire, Tuesday, April 19, 2022 11:49 am
News
New law extends no-test time for expired driver’s license
A new law gives Mississippi residents more time to renew expired driver’s licenses without having to take a test. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed House ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, April 18, 2022 4:15 pm
Events
Art that Makes You Feel Seen: Jacob Hoshimoto transports visitors to fantastic landscapes
When visitors step into artist Jacob Hashimoto’s abstract worlds at the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses, he hopes that they can see faint ...
by AP/Wire, Saturday, April 16, 2022 8:00 am
Business
Mississippi collects more than $95M from lottery in 9 months
Scratch-off cards and other games of chance have put more than $95 million into the Mississippi budget since July. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation said Friday ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, April 15, 2022 2:30 pm
Business
Starbucks employees and others trying to unionize in Mississippi face decades-old hardships
Haley Morgan lost her job at a liquor store when she came out as transgender last year. The 23-year-old cycled through job interviews where she ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, April 11, 2022 1:26 pm
News
Bird flu hikes up the egg prices
Mississippians buying eggs for day-to-day consumption or for Easter decorations will find that the food staple is pricier than usual. A Mississippi company that produces ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, April 7, 2022 9:12 am
News
Mississippi governor signs state’s largest income tax cut
Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes in coming years as the state enacts its largest-ever tax cut. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed ...
by AP/Wire, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 6:36 pm
News
‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots
Mississippi is on the verge of scuttling a state song with racist roots, two years after it retired a Confederate-themed state flag. The current song, ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, April 1, 2022 4:57 pm
Education
Mississippi governor signs largest teacher raise in years
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Wednesday authorizing the largest pay raise in a generation for the state’s public school teachers, long among the ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, March 31, 2022 9:18 am
News
Mississippi lawmakers pass largest-ever state income tax cut
Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the nation with perpetually underfunded schools and struggling rural hospitals, had its largest-ever tax cut passed by lawmakers ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, March 28, 2022 8:47 am
News
Mississippi gov says he’s ‘married’ to income tax phaseout
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves insisted Thursday that legislators pass a bill to phase out the state income tax, but other Republicans who lead the House ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, March 25, 2022 10:11 am
Education
It’s a deal: Mississippi teacher pay plan awaits final votes
Negotiators from the Mississippi House and Senate reached a deal Wednesday to boost some of the lowest teacher salaries in the nation. The two Republican-controlled ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:30 am
News
Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its fourth week on today, with Russian forces largely bogged down outside major cities and shelling them from a distance, ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, March 17, 2022 8:55 am
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