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Baptist receives Hero award for pandemic efforts

Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi received the QUEST Hero Award for exemplary efforts and quickly evolving care ...

July 9, 2021

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Tibbehah County comes to Oxford for Atkins’ book launch

After over a year of online and virtual events, Square Books will host a fully open book-signing for ...

July 9, 2021

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Balach excited to be dancing ‘like the stars’

Nancy Maria Balach will be dancing like the stars in August, and the University of Mississippi professor and ...

July 9, 2021

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Making safety fun: Fire Academy for Kids returns to Oxford

Fire Academy for Kids made a return to the Oxford Fire Department this week. The academy was cancelled ...

July 9, 2021

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City’s trust fund sees strong growth

The Oxford Reserve and Trust Fund Committee announced the trust fund has increased to $39,630,997 as of March ...

July 9, 2021

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City seeks applicants to fill commission vacancies

Mayor Robyn Tannehill announced vacancies in the Planning Commission, Courthouse Square Preservation Commission and Historic Preservation Commission on ...

July 8, 2021

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Magnolia Square Farmers’ Market to celebrate first responders

The Water Valley Magnolia Farmers’ Market will honor first responders at its market day on Saturday. The “Salute ...

July 8, 2021

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Oxford Conference Center ends free vaccines Thursday

Mayor Robyn Tannehill announced at Tuesday’s Board of Alderman meeting that Thursday, July 8 will be the last ...

July 7, 2021

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Department of Transportation offers free rides to vaccination sites

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is giving free rides to assist residents to their local COVID-19 vaccination sites. ...

July 7, 2021

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Out in the Grove: Oxford’s LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pride

Members of the Oxford and university community gathered in the heart of the University of Mississippi campus yesterday ...

June 13, 2021

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UM receives $1M to study evidence-based policing, reform

OXFORD – Actor Morgan Freeman and criminal justice and legal studies professor Linda Keena have donated $1 million to establish the ...

June 11, 2021

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University Police Chief Ray Hawkins to retire

University of Mississippi Police Chief Ray Hawkins, respected law enforcement officer, natural leader and a believer in the ...

June 3, 2021

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Summer Sunset Series returning to The Grove

After a year away due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Summer Sunset Series is returning to its original ...

May 27, 2021

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Need-To-Know: Ole Miss Commencement 2021

The University of Mississippi’s 168th Commencement exercises are scheduled this weekend, when more than 5,000 prospective graduates and their friends ...

April 30, 2021

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Former Ole Miss and NFL great Patrick Willis to give 2020 UM Commencement Address

Former Ole Miss and NFL great Patrick Willis will give the University of Mississippi’s 2020 Commencement speech next ...

April 12, 2021

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Ole Miss student charged in fraternity hazing that injured pledge

By Jeff Amy | Associated Press A University of Mississippi student faces aggravated assault charges after police said ...

April 8, 2021

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Chancellor Boyce: “We’re incredibly optimistic” about opening the Grove in 2021

Two weeks ago, the status of a full Grove come Saturdays this fall was still unclear, but Ole ...

April 2, 2021

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Status for “full Grove experience” during 2021 football season still uncertain

The University of Mississippi announced last month they would return to a full in-person experience for the 2021 ...

March 19, 2021

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ONE YEAR LATER: COVID-19 in Lafayette County

Everyday life was normal in Oxford on March 18, 2020, but that all changed the following day. Lafayette ...

March 19, 2021

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