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Growing Pains: Regents to add temporary classrooms as it moves towards expansion

Regents School of Oxford is making moves to expand as its student body grows. The Christian school’s first ...

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Driver asleep at the wheel, arrested for 4th DUI, obstructing traffic and resisting arrest

The Oxford Police Department arrested Taylor man for felony DUI among other charges after finding the driver passed ...

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State law imposes harsher penalties as fentanyl deaths spike

Cordie Rodenbaugh recalls a conversation she had with her son Parker at the end of his freshman year ...

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Musician, UM alumnus River Rutherford shares stories behind his best-selling songs

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Rivers Rutherford will share stories and songs during a special evening event ...

Garden/Outdoors

Take a minute to appreciate the landscape of spring

It was not a particularly pretty morning as my husband Tom and I drove through Lafayette County into ...

Education

OHS Senior wins $50,000 scholarship from Burger King Foundation

OXFORD, MISS — Oxford High School senior Rosemary Fruge received a $50,000 scholarship from the Burger King Foundation ...

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“Like A Miracle”: City gives final approval for Punkin transfer

Punkin Water customers are getting closer and closer to having quality water in their homes after years of ...

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Federal probe finds severe problems at Parchman prison

A Mississippi prison violated inmates’ constitutional rights by failing to protect them from violence, meet their mental health ...

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Former Oxford University School director pleads guilty in massive federal welfare scheme

Nancy New and her son Zach New, former executive director for Oxford University School, reached deals Wednesday to ...

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Medicaid expansion vote linked to failure of ballot initiative fix

One of the state’s more mainstream conservative business groups last week unveiled a unanimous resolution endorsing Medicaid expansion ...

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Visit Oxford, Tourism Council putting finishing touches in place for festival

Visit Oxford and the Tourism Council are finishing up preparations for the 25th Annual Double Decker Festival including ...

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Oxford teachers lead in statewide dyslexia therapy training

Three Oxford School District teachers, Leanne Hester, Kerri Case, and Stephanie Roy, have completed a 2-year training program in ...

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Lafayette County to join 8-county group for Tallahatchie River projects

Mississippi is creating a group to promote economic development and other projects in areas crossed by the Tallahatchie ...

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UM alumnus’ $4 billion firm gets its start at Insight Park

A University of Mississippi graduate has nurtured the small health care auditing company he bought and based at ...

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New law extends no-test time for expired driver’s license

A new law gives Mississippi residents more time to renew expired driver’s licenses without having to take a ...

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League of Women Voters continue sponsorship of candidate forums

The League of Women Voters Oxford and North Mississippi will continue its sponsorship of candidate forums for general ...

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Grocery tax cut considered, but never acted upon 

Mississippi’s political leaders have talked for years about cutting the 7% tax on groceries, the highest statewide tax ...

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Mississippi collects more than $95M from lottery in 9 months

Scratch-off cards and other games of chance have put more than $95 million into the Mississippi budget since ...

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Baptist becomes first hospital in Mississippi to use new cardiac mapping technology

Cardiologists at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi recently performed the region’s first procedure using a new 3D mapping platform ...

University of Mississippi

Two Mississippi Students Awarded Truman Scholarships

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi juniors Jilkiah Bryant and Andy Flores recently got life-changing news: both students ...

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Ole Miss students earn pharmacy patch

Third-year professional students at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy received their white coat patches, which signifies ...

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Entitlement program instability plus inflation equals disaster 

As the midterm elections approach, why isn’t their more interest in the approaching U.S. Social Security and Medicare ...

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