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Lake Elliott celebrates 105 years of a wonderful life

Lake Elliott slept soundly during her afternoon nap Wednesday while her daughter Carolyn Carter sat close by, smiling…

Lifestyle

Oxford’s Thacker Mountain Radio Hour showcases wild west and rock and roll this Thursday

The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour features two authors this week, both of whom focus on “wild life.” Robert…

News

Crime report

— Tuesday Oxford Police Department Reports 14 tickets 13 wrecks 2 911 hang-ups 2 abandoned vehicles 3 alarms…

Oxford

Visit Oxford gives $10,000 grant to Oxford Film Festival

Visit Oxford has generously given Oxford Film Festival a 10,000 grant for the 2018 Film Festival which will…

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Oxford’s Opioid Town Hall rally presents staggering statistics about drug abuse in Mississippi

According to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, over the past three years, deaths related to heroin have risen…

News

Later hours, ID scanners, required security – some of OPD’s ideas to fix problems on the Square

Oxford Police Department’s Chief Joey East is asking the Oxford Board of Aldermen to consider some changes that…

News

Water Valley’s Mayor Hart resigns

According to the North Mississippi Herald’s Facebook page, following a lengthy city board meeting Tuesday night, the last…

Lafayette County

Oxford, Lafayette County approve bids for new roads

If all goes as planned, construction of the West Oxford Loop and Sisk Avenue extensions could begin in…

News

Ole Miss alum Alicia Davis Johnson vies for coveted spot in national competition

NEW ORLEANS – The production “Lost Bayou” vies for a coveted spot in the Hometown Heroes Rally, a…

News

Crime report

— Monday Oxford Police Department (Friday-Monday) Reports 90 tickets 25 wrecks 2 911 hang-ups 1 abandoned vehicle 17…

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Visit Oxford awarded Tourism Office of the Year

Visit Oxford, the bureau tasked with increasing tourism in town, recently won the 2017 Tourism Office of the…

News

Woodson Ridge, Campground areas may see drop in fire insurance

Thanks to upgrades made by the Campground Water Association, residents in the Woodson Ridge and Campground areas could see…

Lafayette County

Lafayette County Board of Supervisors order property of condemned home to be cleaned up

A month after one structure was condemned at 12 Highway 334, two other buildings were brought for consideration…

Lifestyle

The 12 Myths of Addiction—Myth #12: Addiction is something you don’t talk about

By Lucy Schultze Oxford Treatment Center Addiction is a more public issue than ever before. The epidemic of…

TRENDING NEWS

How many dead in the Las Vegas shooting? Fatality update at 58

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a…

News

Crime report

— Friday-Monday Oxford Police Department Reports unavailable this morning. Sheriff’s Department Reports 3 wrecks 1 simple assault 5…

News

At least 50 killed as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert

By Sally Ho and Regina Garcia Cano Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A gunman perched high on the 32nd…

Crime

Joint meeting to focus on opioid abuse at Oxford Conference Center

With opioid painkiller abuse and addiction on the rise, several law enforcement agencies are hosting a town hall…

Events

Oxford Film Festival to host special screening of Sundance hit Walking Out

The Oxford Film Festival will be showing Walking Out by Alex & Andrew Smith October 9th at Malco…

News

UPD detective graduates FBI academy

A University of Mississippi Police Department detective recently became the first UPD officer to graduate from the FBI…

Sports

Ole Miss vs. Alabama live score updates: Rebels suffer second-worst loss in series

With 1:59 left in the game, Alabama takes a knee which will do it for the Rebels SEC…

News

Ole Miss students vote for the Landshark as new on-field mascot

The Landshark looks poised to make a splash as the new mascot for Ole Miss. In a four-day vote…