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BREAKING NEWS

Oxford High School student dies in car accident over the weekend

The Oxford School District is expressing their deepest sympathy to the family and loved ones of Oxford High School 11th grader Jaden Taylor who died ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Monday, March 7, 2022 1:08 pm

Education

Water Valley coding academy receives TVA funds to launch graduate institute

A vital Tennessee Valley Authority initiative is helping Base Camp Coding Academy apply data and innovative technologies to expand its current coding program in Water ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Monday, March 7, 2022 10:57 am

DEVELOPING NEWS

Oxford Utilities works to repair power pole on Chickasaw

According to Oxford Utilities, a power pole on Chickasaw Road at Cherokee sees damage after a motorist hit and broke it early Sunday morning and ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Monday, March 7, 2022 10:03 am

Crime

Water Valley man in custody for shooting on Martin Luther King Drive

Police have taken a Water Valley man into custody in connection to a shooting that took place in the 400 block of Martin Luther King ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Saturday, March 5, 2022 1:10 pm

Education

UM to showcase graduate students’ ideas, creativity at research symposium

The University of Mississippi Graduate Student Council is happy to announce that their annual GSC Research and Creative Achievement Symposium will return on Mar. 8 ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Saturday, March 5, 2022 10:00 am

Education

Mississippi teacher pay raise bill heading to negotiations

Mississippi lawmakers will negotiate a final version of a bill to increase some of the lowest teacher salaries in the nation. The House and Senate ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Friday, March 4, 2022 4:30 pm

News

Oxford Utilities introduces payment kiosk in their drive-thru lane

Oxford Utilities customers can now pay their bills anytime with the department’s new 24-hour kiosk. The utility company planned for a kiosk to make payments ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Friday, March 4, 2022 11:58 am

News

City to begin repairs at Oxford Parking Garage next week

The city of Oxford has partially blocked part of the Oxford Parking Garage between the first and second deck due to pieces of concrete cracking ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Friday, March 4, 2022 10:38 am

Events

Solidarity with Ukraine: Vigil to be held on the Square Saturday morning

Community leaders invite the Lafayette County-Oxford-University community to stand with them in solidarity at a vigil for Ukraine Saturday, Mar. 5 at 10 AM on ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Thursday, March 3, 2022 4:49 pm

Education

Ole Miss’ Overby Center to hold program discussing Critical Race Theory

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics will hold its second program of the spring semester next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The program will ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Thursday, March 3, 2022 3:30 pm

Crime

Oxford man charged with third DUI

Juan Edwards, 27, of Oxford was arrested for driving under the influence after the Oxford Police Department stopped his vehicle for speeding on Pat Patterson ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Thursday, March 3, 2022 2:44 pm

Crime

Tupelo man linked to converter thefts charged with auto burglary

Justin Moody, 31, of Tupelo, who was arrested and charged with possession of burglary tools, sees additional charges after Oxford Police Department continued investigating recent ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Thursday, March 3, 2022 2:40 pm

Crime

County man arrested for recording people in restrooms

Jaxson Parker, 19, of Lafayette County was arrested after the Oxford Police Department responded Tuesday to a report of a male attempting to use a ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Thursday, March 3, 2022 2:29 pm

Crime

CBS News’ “48 Hours” to cover Ally Kostial murder case

When investigators found the body of Ally Kostial, a student at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, in July 2019 near a remote fishing camp ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Thursday, March 3, 2022 1:03 pm

News

State officials reveal their take on Biden’s State of the Union

Mississippi’s elected officials give their take on President Joe Biden’s policies and State of the Union address. Both U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Thursday, March 3, 2022 11:48 am

Garden/Outdoors

Master Gardeners, Oxford Garden Club continue litter clean-up effort

Lafayette County Master Gardeners and Oxford Garden Club are continuing the clean-up effort within the city. The LCMG became the first group to adopt an ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 4:29 pm

Events

LOU Boys & Girls Club to host virtual Kick Off Celebration

The Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi will kickoff their 2022 Annual Giving Campaign virtually via Zoom and Facebook Live on Tuesday, Mar. 8. ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3:50 pm

Education

Oxford Schools update Code of Conduct to address, prevent fighting

The Oxford Schools Board of Trustees approved revisions to the Code of Conduct that include an extension of suspension periods and introduces the possibility of ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 1:48 pm

Events

Mardi On! St. Peter’s celebrates Mardi Gras around the Square

Let the good times roll! Well, at least for one day. Citizens of Oxford showed up to St. Peter’s Episcopal church decked out in green, ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 10:45 am

Columns

Finding hope for Ukraine

 In all the years I have been a columnist I have never come up empty when I sat down to write, but today was a ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 4:30 pm

Columns

The second inaugural address of President Abraham Lincoln

Saturday, March 4, 1865, started out dark, damp, and disagreeable. Most streets in Washington remained unpaved, and two days of incessant rain created a record ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 2:30 pm

Events

Heartache at Home: Local residents connected to Ukraine conflict

The world is watching as Ukrainians fight for their home against Russia’s invasion with shock and unease at what is playing out before them.  Although ... Read more

by Maya Martin, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 1:33 pm

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