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Dedication highlight of Good Ole this year

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route The Good Ole Boys and Gals get-together was Oct. 2. The crowd ...

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LWV of Mississippi kicks off 2024 Voter Education Forum Series

The League of Women Voters of Mississippi is launching its 2024 Voter Education Forum Series, with one of ...

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Hosemann breaks bread with Rotary Club of Oxford, talks 2024 Legislative highlights

Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann addressed various key legislative issues during a recent Rotary Club of Oxford lunch ...

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Qualification period ends for local elections

The qualifying period for local elections ended on Friday. The races that will be on the ballot in ...

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Kudos to leaders of Stone Center event

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route I happened upon several notices of an event at the Stone Center ...

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Progressive Mississippi PAC launches new initiative

The launch of the Progressive Mississippi Political Action Committee, an initiative dedicated to recruiting and supporting progressive candidates ...

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State’s judicial races likely to remain partisan

The tin roof of the Founder’s Square reverberated with a lot of political rhetoric this week – some ...

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Free discussion on Project 2025 at Stone Park

The Lafayette County Democrats and the NAACP are holding a panel discussion about Project 2025 and its potential ...

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Local leaders weigh in on attempted assassination

Two days after the attempted assassination of former Pres. Donald Trump, that left a retired firefighter dead and ...

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Senators, House Reps speak to community about 2024 session accomplishments

Senators and House representatives broke the fast with Oxford and Lafayette County residents Wednesday while sharing some of ...

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Turkey stamp effort dies in Legislature

By Hunter Cloud The Daily Leader Mississippi legislators had an opportunity to fund the future of turkey conservation ...

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Protest on UM campus has a few tense moments; no arrests

About 30 people gathered on the University of Mississippi campus Thursday protesting Israel’s attacks on Gaza, and demanding ...

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House speaker: Voters may soon be able to vote on Medicaid expansion

JACKSON – Speaker Jason White has issued the following statement concerning Medicaid expansion: “Today, the Mississippi House of ...

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Double Decker Arts Festival draws tens of thousands Saturday

As the sun goes down over Oxford, the Double Decker Arts Festival continues with a slew of bands ...

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After ‘Wayfair,’ sales tax across state lines remains confusing

By Sid Salter Columnist Back in 2018, the Supreme Court changed the way remote sales tax was assessed ...

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In Medicaid debate, look at fast-growing rural mortality rates

By Sid Salter Columnist As Mississippi legislators head to conference on the state’s first sincere consideration of some ...

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MDP host 1st Congressional District Convention this Saturday

The Mississippi Democratic Party First Congressional District Convention will be held this weekend in Oxford. The convention will ...

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Coffee shop talk more questions than answers

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Drinking coffee poured right out of the pot often is too hot ...

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Sen. Wicker must stop Bernie’s push towards socialized medicine

By Billy Landes Guest columnist Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker just introduced legislation to stop the government from forcing ...

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Primary runoff April 2

Absentee voting open A runoff for the 2nd Congressional District’s Republican nominee will be held Tuesday, April 2, ...

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Goon Squad: Veteran judge was right jurist for a tough job

By Sid Salter Columnist Mississippians watched along with the rest of the nation to see whether justice would ...

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City receives $2M for connector road

Will link University and Commonwealth The city of Oxford was awarded $2 million for the future University Avenue-Commonwealth ...

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