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Yellow is the color of choice

One thing Oxford is not short of is runners and bicyclists. That’s why if you see people wearing ...

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Congrats, UM Class of 2016

Today we salute the more than 4,000 University of Mississippi graduates who walked across a stage Saturday and ...

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Remember fallen law enforcement this week

Today marks the start of National Police Week. Through Saturday various observances will be held throughout the country. ...

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Fund care, treatment for females

A lot of time was spent writing a bill  blocking state tax dollars from going to Planned Parenthood ...

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Staff error could prove costly to state

It’s back to the financial drawing board in trying to iron out an already difficult state budget. State ...

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Smoking marijuana and driving is not safe

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released its latest research on smoking marijuana and driving. You will often hear ...

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Good job, good luck OHS team

Oxford High School’s Envirothon team has competed successfully all the way up to the national level. Over the ...

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Give your time at facilities

This week is National Nursing Home Week across the country. The theme of the week, highlighted by the ...

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Remember motorcycles are on the roadways

Motorcyclists have a certain amount of danger they must juggle while sharing the open road with everything from ...

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Vision matters for kids

There may be one big reason why some children did not pass the third-grade reading assessment: they couldn’t ...

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Hughes has refreshing honesty

It is certainly refreshing to hear a politician speak about how he wished the media had more access ...

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Business owners beware

It seems there is one scam after the other these days. The latest is targeting business owners who ...

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Teen birth rate drops once more

Fewer teens are having babies nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control reported last week. More than 40 babies ...

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Region will hurt from loss

It’s been a few days since Caterpillar’s announcement that Oxford’s plant will phase down and cease production, but ...

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Classrooms keeping up with change

Statewide testing began last week for schools across the state. It was a new statewide testing program that ...

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Oxford gets nod for safety

A public safety organization this week released its ranking of safest cities in Mississippi for 2016 and Oxford ...

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Local systems excelling in graduating our students

There’s good news and bad news regarding the graduation rate for students in Mississippi public schools. The good ...

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Parents step up to keep our schools funded

With education funding being in a critical state in Jackson and many schools seeing cuts in their budgets, ...

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Creative thinking gets funds

We are glad the city of Oxford found a way to get funds to the Lafayette County Economic ...

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This week recognize your staff

Administrative Professionals Day is this Wednesday and while it’s a day to give and show thanks to support ...

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Thanks for making festival a hit again

The Double Decker Arts Festival brings tens of thousands of people to Oxford each spring in an event ...

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Kudos go to commission

The Oxford Park Commission released Monday that Oxford’s Complete Streets Policy is one of the top-scoring in the ...

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