Lafayette County

VFW awards Teacher of the Year

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3978 awarded one of the three state winners for Teacher of the…

Business

Oxford’s Becki Huelse thriving as owner

An online magazine recently named Mississippi the best place for a woman to start a business in 2016;…

News

New Oxford Activity Center plans moving forward

What type of activity center could the city build for $7 million? Architects tried to answer that question…

Elections

Officials encouraging voter registration before Oct. 8 deadline

The 2016 general election is six weeks away and officials are hoping for a big turnout, encouraging those…

Business

Senior Lifestyle Expo set for Oct. 4

By Errol Castens Special to the Eagle Whether 50 is your new 40 or 80 is your new…

Education

Oxford School District wants to do it right

Oxford School District Superintendent Brian Harvey admits some mistakes were made in 2011 when the school asked the…

News

Ole Miss Chancellor Vitter: Student’s lynching comment was ‘racist’

By The Associated Press The University of Mississippi chancellor on Friday condemned a student’s online comment about lynching…

News

Ole Miss students occupy the Lyceum to demand expulsion of student for Facebook comment

University of Mississippi students occupied the Lyceum Friday afternoon in response to a statement released by Chancellor Jeffrey…

News

Ole Miss chancellor Jeffrey Vitter responds to racist, threatening social media comments

University of Mississippi Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter released this statement today regarding recent comments made on social media regarding…

News

UM alums create ‘The Lion and The Lyceum’ children’s book

  In “The Lion and The Lyceum,” a new children’s book by Ole Miss alumni Alex Beene and…

News

Shuttle times for Ole Miss vs. Georgia game

The Oxford-University Transit will have two free buses running every 15 minutes starting at 7 a.m. Saturday morning.…

Crime

Oxford man charged with vehicle burglary

According to the Oxford Police Department, on Sept. 21, responded to Shiloh Drive after a resident reported they…

News

Avent Park set for playground face-lift

When the community came together in 1997 and decided they wanted a playground at Avent Park, miracles happened…

Crime

Crime Report

— Thursday Oxford Police Department Reports 3 disturbances 4 illegally parked cars 1 malicious mischief 1 complaint of…

News

Is Oxford destined to become the next Athens?

Oxford and Athens — two towns named for the purpose of establishing flagship universities in their respective states…

Lafayette County

Lafayette County man killed by roller packer

A Lafayette County resident was killed Thursday night during a construction accident off County Road 101. According to…

News

A Mississippi State fan retrieved the large state flag confiscated at Vaught-Hemingway stadium

Five days after officials confiscated a large Mississippi state flag that was unfurled at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium before the…

News

Oxford City Market receives $14K

Thanks to the Oxford Board of Aldermen, the Oxford City Market will be able to continue to provide…

Business

Rebel Rags renovations expand store, inventory

For eleven years, the recently renovated Rebel Rags has kept rabid Ole Miss fans satiated with their extensive…

Crime

Creepy clown sighting claim causing chaos: ‘I’m not laughing’

When Water Valley resident Vicky Boykin called the police to report seeing a creepy clown in her yard,…

News

UM choir contributes to World Day of Peace

By Edwin Smith University of Mississippi As World Day of Peace was observed around the globe Wednesday, the…

Crime

Oxford man charged with being a ‘peeping Tom’

 The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department arrested a 22-year-old Oxford man for allegedly peeping into a neighbor’s window on…