Arts

Three Willie Morris winners lauded for ‘sense of place’

By Lucy Gaines UM Communications Three writers who incorporate universal themes of art, landscape and family in their ...

News

Mayor breaks tie vote to approve resolution to explore Cedar Oaks options

UPDATE from Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill: At 8 a.m. Wednesday, the city clerk received an email from Shane ...

Lifestyle

Some things can’t be explained, or can they?

By Steve Stricker Columnist Lent, March 2022, ongoing restoration by a team of 50 scientists of the Church ...

Lifestyle

Black History Month: Brave Marine died fighting to the end

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) Vietnam War – U.S. Marine Corps – Medal of Honor – Miguel ...

Lifestyle

Some things never change

By Jan Penton Miller My Papaw, the late William Carroll Palmer, Sr. could strike up a conversation with anyone. ...

Lifestyle

No cure for regret at memorial service

By Harold Brummett  Denmark Star Route I have heard it said someone cannot miss what they have not ...

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield In 1980 Hollywood came to call on Oxford once again for the filming of a ...

Lifestyle

Much more to lives than etched epithets

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I’m not a fan of cemeteries and graveyards. I get their purpose. I ...

Cold Front Triggers Sharp Temperature Drop in Oxford

Lifestyle

Help available for high utility bills

Record energy use during cold snap By Alyssa Schnugg Senior reporter Many Lafayette County and Oxford residents are ...

Lifestyle

Dunlap presented Outstanding Eagle Award

History

Aldermen seeking information on options for Cedar Oaks

An item on the upcoming Oxford Board of Aldermen’s meeting agenda has caused a flurry of email chains ...

Lifestyle

Tom Franklin wins prestigious Harper Lee Award

Author, English professor to be honored in March at Alabama festival By Edwin Smith University communications Tom Franklin ...

Lifestyle

Old-time piano playing contest celebrates 50th anniversary

Contestants of all ages will be converging on Oxford to vie for trophies and cash prizes totaling a ...

Lifestyle

Mama was an angel then and now

By Judy Davis Guest Columnist You only have one Mama for close to a lifetime. My mother told ...

Holidays are rarely perfect days

Lifestyle

Broccoli and drumsticks in a cozy magazine

By Bonnie Brown Columnist In case you had any doubt about how many trips around the sun I’ve ...

News

MDOT: Roundabouts helping reduce crashes on Mississippi highways

https://pub.mdot.ms.gov/download/press%20releases/2024/February/US%2072%20Roundabout/RoundaboutVO.mp4   The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) continues to use roundabouts that improve traffic flow and reduce ...

Arts

Lunar New Year festivities now ongoing

Saturday kicked off the Lunar New Year, which marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar. The ...

News

Elko added to Chicago White Sox spring training roster

Birmingham Barons first baseman Tim Elko, who led Ole Miss to the 2022 College World Series national championship, ...

Lifestyle

Cold rain for the funeral of a warm hero

By Steve Stricker Columnist “CHARLESTON, MO  – Gertrude Cecilia Renaud Stricker, 95, died peacefully at 7:20 p.m. Feb. ...

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 ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

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