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OUR VIEW: Oxford and Lafayette County must be counted in the 2020 Census
Oxford is accustomed to ranking near the top of the list in Mississippi as a great place to live, work and play. We post lovely ... Read more
3 months ago by Rebecca Alexander.
OUR VIEW: Justice delayed is not justice denied
A year has passed since Oxford experienced one of its darkest summers to date with the brutal murders of Dominique Clayton and Ally Kostial. This ... Read more
3 months ago by Jake Thompson.
Make change where it counts: the Ballot Box
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors made a statement Monday night in voting for the Confederate monument to stay on the courthouse lawn. Several supervisors ... Read more
4 months ago by Anna Guizerix.
OUR VIEW: Can the statue be relocated now?
The vandalism of the confederate monument on the University of Mississippi campus was a bleak affair – one that could have been prevented, had the ... Read more
5 months ago by Anna Guizerix.
OUR VIEW:The numbers don’t tell all – but they should
Throughout the course of the coronavirus pandemic, we have gotten a well-formed impression of the way the Mississippi State Department of Health has handled reporting ... Read more
6 months ago by Anna Guizerix.
OUR VIEW: Senior Memories Never Fade
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on life as we know it in many ways, from losing loved ones to sacrificing experiences. The social toll of ... Read more
6 months ago by Anna Guizerix.
Saluting our front-line heroes
In the face of a pandemic, there are a few people who never back down. Our essential workers, ranging from the ER doctor working to ... Read more
6 months ago by Anna Guizerix.
OUR VIEW: ‘Overreacting’ could save lives
Our corner of the world seems far removed from the way things were a week ago. In the blink of an eye, restaurants have shuttered, ... Read more
7 months ago by Anna Guizerix.
Decisions have been made: where do we go from here?
How many moments in your life do you honestly, truly remember in vivid detail, almost as if everything is happening around you in slow motion? ... Read more
8 months ago by Nathanael Gabler.
OUR VIEW: What now, Mississippi?
Change will not happen overnight for Mississippi, as much as we might wish differently. By the time our readers see this, the Magnolia State will ... Read more
12 months ago by Anna Guizerix.
Our View: Time to take Mississippi’s education crisis seriously
The recent oversight by the Mississippi Department of Education and lawmakers illustrates there’s still a long way to go before the state’s educational crisis is ... Read more
1 year ago by Anna Guizerix.
Oxford Eagle’s Year in Review, part 4: October to December
As we find ourselves with just one more week in 2018, it’s important to take time to look back at most impactful stories of the ... Read more
2 years ago by Chris Kwiecinski.
Oxford Eagle’s Year in Review, part 3: July to September
As we find ourselves with just one more week in 2018, it’s important to take time to look back at most impactful stories of the ... Read more
2 years ago by Chris Kwiecinski.
Year in Review, part 2: April to July
As we find ourselves with just one more week in 2018, it’s important to take time to look back at most impactful stories of the ... Read more
2 years ago by Chris Kwiecinski.
Oxford, Lafayette school districts deserve more recognition
As the 2018 year closes, there’s one outstanding thing we, as a community, need to commend. Both school districts in Oxford, the Oxford School District ... Read more
2 years ago by The Oxford Eagle Editorial Board.
Avoiding apathy between elections
In a Nov. 5 report from Politico, an estimated 36 million people cast their ballots ahead of Election Day. That number is certainly stunning when ... Read more
2 years ago by The Oxford Eagle Editorial Board.
Where have all the voters gone?
We were shocked on Tuesday night to see that the total number of ballots cast for the Lafayette County School District bond came in at ... Read more
2 years ago by Oxford Eagle Contributors.
South Oxford Center a mark of area’s growth
The University of Mississippi announced yesterday that the South Oxford Center – what was formerly the Baptist Hospital campus before the new facility opened in ... Read more
2 years ago by The Oxford Eagle Editorial Board.
Let’s talk about Urban Meyer
Another football season, another football scandal. Whatever could have, and should have, been done by Ohio State University and its head football coach Urban Meyer ... Read more
2 years ago by The Oxford Eagle Editorial Board.
A mascot all Rebels can love
Ole Miss mascots have been providing drama, water cooler conversation and news stories for 15 years now. You would be hard pressed to find an ... Read more
2 years ago by The Oxford Eagle Editorial Board.
Newsprint tariff a threat to local news outlets
As President Trump’s trade war is waged with various other countries, Americans are beginning to feel the crunch. In Lafayette County, several construction projects, such ... Read more
2 years ago by The Oxford Eagle Editorial Board.
Keeping America great isn’t just about politics
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that ... Read more