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Television Windows Announced for 2025 Ole Miss Football

Approximate start times and TV assignments for Ole Miss’ remaining eight games of the 2025 football season have ... Read more

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Man charged with breaking and entering

Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to CR 279 on June 8 for a report ... Read more

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Man faces felony DUI charge

Deputies responded to the area of CR 251 on June 7 after a woman reported that an unknown ... Read more

Obituaries

Dr. Russell Edward Aven

Dr. Russell Edward Aven, age 102, went home to be with the Lord on June 8, 2025. He ... Read more

Business

Buc-ee’s opens first MS location in Pass Christian

Buc-ee’s opened its first Mississippi location on Monday morning. The mega station was built with an $80 million ... Read more

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Storms damage structures at Camp Yocona

Severe storms on Saturday caused significant damage at Camp Yocona, the Boy Scouts’ main camp in northeast Mississippi.  ... Read more

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Public invited to attend free event showcasing local business talent

The Oxford & Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation invites the community to attend the fourth annual Oxford Pitch ... Read more

Religion

M28 Camps: Guiding students with fun

By Shams Rahman Eddie Willis had an idea in 2012. It was inspired by Matthew 28:19-20 from the ... Read more

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Taylor has a new mayor

Shawn Edwards won the election against incumbent Mayor Christi Hardy last week, giving the town of Taylor a ... Read more

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Hwy. 30 wreck kills two

Two women from Grenada were killed Saturday morning in a wreck while on their way to a softball ... Read more

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MHP investigating wreck that claimed the life of two people

The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a double-fatality wreck on Highway 30 at about 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. ... Read more

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Oxford’s Samuel Bain appointed to U.S. Naval Academy

Samuel Bain of Oxford has been appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy by U.S. Rep.Trent Kelly. Each year, ... Read more

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Lafayette County Deputy Joe Maples dies at 68

Joe Julian Maples, 68, lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, June 3, at MD Anderson Cancer Center ... Read more

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OSD communications team wins top honors at annual conference

The Oxford School District’s Department of Communications recently received top honors at the annual Mississippi School Public Relations ... Read more

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Summer Scavenger Hunt features a diverse array of locations

Local Community Partners, including First Regional Library, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Mississippi Presenters Network, Oxford School District and Lafayette ... Read more

Obituaries

Farry Hue Norphlet

Farry Hue Norphlet Sr., 80, of Oxford, died on Sunday, June 1, 2025. Read more

Obituaries

George Jones

George Jones, 84, of Oxford, died Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Read more

Obituaries

Alison Marie Wilkes

Alison Marie Wilkes, 64, of Oxford, died at home on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Read more

Obituaries

Esther Grace Downs Graham

Esther Grace Downs Graham, 82, died Monday, June 2, 2025, at her home in Abbeville. Read more

Obituaries

Kathy Jo James Sneed

Kathy Jo James Sneed, 64, of Oxford, died Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North ... Read more

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Chamber holds ribbon cutting for Roundabout Oxford

The Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for Roundabout Oxford RV Park and ... Read more

Lafayette County

Lafayette County property transfers

Compiled by Davis Coen   Property transfers between May 27-30, 2025, as recorded with the Lafayette County Chancery ... Read more