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Empty Bowls returns Thursday after 3-year hiatus

The popular fundraiser Empty Bowls is returning next week after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The ...

Lifestyle

Acts of heroism on the battlefield

Black History Month Medal of Honor winners By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Oscar ...

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield She was the quintessential loving first-grade teacher.  Flora Mae McElreath Tucker lives in three generations ...

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Double Decker big draw for local, national artists

Record number of submissions from artists this year By Alyssa Schnugg Senior reporter The upcoming Double Decker Arts ...

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New animal shelter project moving forward

Supervisors updated on progress of 4,200 sq.-foot building, exercise area By Alyssa Schnugg Senior reporter The construction of ...

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Thacker Mountain kicks off spring with musings about a famous dog

Ready for a big band show? You’re in luck! “Nothing But a Hound Dog!” might just be up ...

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Former Chancery Clerk Sherry Wall dies at age 68

Former Lafayette County Chancery Clerk Sherry Wall died Tuesday morning. Wall, 68, served as the Chancery Clerk for ...

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RV Resort gets first board approval to move forward with project

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors granted the first green light to a proposed resort RV park Monday ...

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Theatre Oxford celebrates 25th Ten-Minute Play Festival

Theatre Oxford celebrates 25th anniversary with plays, workshops, a raffle and a reading of late playwright Jim McCauley’s ...

Lifestyle

‘Fine dining?’ Nope – just good, award-winning food

By Robert St. John Since 1999 I have written every week in this space, a thousand words a ...

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Alderman candidates greet voters at Oxford Conference Center

Candidates in the At-Large Alderman race were out this morning at the Oxford Conference Center to greet voters. ...

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New Lafayette county animal shelter plans move forward

The construction of Lafayette County’s future animal shelter continues. On Monday, Building Official Joel Hollowell told the Lafayette ...

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State auditor counter-sues Favre for TANF funds

State Auditor Shad White’s office has counter-sued Brett Favre for hundreds of thousands of welfare dollars. Last February, ...

Lifestyle

Deer season gives way to small game, habitat work for turkeys

By Hunter Cloud The Natchez Democrat Wednesday was the final day of deer season in southwest Mississippi which ...

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John Crawley promoted to serve as Oxford’s new city engineer

The Oxford Board of Aldermen appointed a new city engineer at special called meeting on Jan. 22. Taking ...

Lafayette County

Sunny skies through Wednesday; rain to return this weekend

The weather in Lafayette County this week will feel much like a repeat of last week’s weather. Today ...

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Special Oxford at-large alderman election Tuesday

Oxonians will elect a new at-large alderman Tuesday. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ...

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Ole Miss men’s basketball falls short against Auburn.

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team dropped a 91-77 game with No. 16 Auburn on Saturday in the ...

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Endowment honors benevolent spirit, provides student opportunities

UM journalism scholarship memorializes sister, highlights U.S. Constitution By Mary St. Knight When the late Evangeline Donald Harrison ...

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LC Fire Department: It’s too windy to burn

The Lafayette County Fire Department has posted wind advisories on its Facebook page reminding residents to refrain from ...

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Grammy winner Kirk Whalum coming to Ole Miss

Memphian jazz saxophonist among artists, speakers scheduled for Black History Month events By Edwin Smith Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk ...

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