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PSC warn customers of potential scam
The Mississippi Public Service Commission has been made aware of a scam targeting utility customers. A caller is…
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House buying help available for Lafayette County teachers
The Housing Assistance for Teachers program in Mississippi helps teachers buy homes in areas with critical teacher shortages.…
News
MSDH partners with Uber to provide free rides for healthcare
The Mississippi State Department of Health has launched Transportation to Health for those needing a ride to a…
News
Chronic absenteeism still high in local schools but improving since Covid
While under the state average for chronic absenteeism, both Oxford and Lafayette County schools are working toward lowering…
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Former Lafayette student, recent Kossuth graduate killed in wreck
An early morning wreck on Highway 30 claimed the life of a recent Kossuth High School graduate. At…
News
MHP responds to four fatal wrecks during Fourth of July weekend
The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to four fatal wrecks over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. From 6…
News
Department of Health launches Summer Survival Guide
Summertime brings a lot of fun, but Mississippi has a host of hazards that everyone needs to be…
News
Tornadoes and tears – surviving more storms
Story by Seth Parenteau and Cody Farris UM journalism students The devastation caused last spring by an EF4…
News
First human case of West Nile Virus in Mississippi reported
The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus this year…
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State to build new Medical Examiner’s Office in Oxford
A third state medical examiner’s office serving all of north Mississippi will be built in Oxford. During the…
Opinion
Major education legislation advanced during the 2024 session
By Delbert Hosemann MS Lieutenant Governor Our students and schools are excelling in Mississippi. We are one…
News
Former Mississippi Lottery Corporation Vice President Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
State Auditor Shad White announced that Hope Bishop, former Vice President of Human Resources at the Mississippi Lottery…
News
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…
Garden/Outdoors
Hydropower Ahead for Mississippi, Sardis Dam on the List
By Hal Fox UM journalism student Mississippi is one of only two states in the country with…
Arts
The secret life of Bobbie Gentry, pioneering artist behind ‘Ode to Billie Joe’
By Tara Murtha Rolling Stone Magazine/Aug. 21, 2017 How the singer-songwriter who knocked the Beatles out of the…
News
Free fishing days this weekend
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks invites all residents to celebrate National Fishing and Boating Week,…
News
Tight beef cattle supplies push prices to 10-year high
By Susan Collins-Smith MSU Extension Service Beef cattle prices are the best they have been in nearly…
News
Former high school financial secretary guilty of embezzlement
State Auditor Shad White announced Monday that Dana Walker, former H.W. Byers High School Financial Secretary, pleaded guilty…
Arts
Two Oxford residents awarded prestigious regional fellowship
South Arts announced the inaugural class of State Fellows for Literary Arts alongside the 2024 State Fellows for…
News
UMMC seeks African American participants in world’s largest autism research study
By Annie Oeth UMMC communications Researchers in SPARK can’t advance the understanding of autism if a broad cohort…
News
Williams casts historic line as first African-American inducted into Bass Fishing Hall of Fame
Charity Muehlenweg Major League Fishing It’s early summer of 1953, and Saturday mornings can’t come fast enough…
News
Juveniles charged in bomb threats
On May 1, the Lafayette County Criminal Investigations Unit was notified regarding a bomb threat that was called…
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