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The Oxford Board of Aldermen has approved the purchase of equipment to make one of the city’s most accident-prone intersections safer. During Tuesday’s meeting, city engineers requested ...
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, along with state and local elected officials all visited the Oxford School District today as part of the Returning Education to the States tour ...
The Oxford Board of Aldermen approved a new ordinance regulating panhandling and solicitation on public property during its ...
By TJ Ray Columnist Let me turn down the sound on the Batch on my record player.  I love the soothing impact of his nocturnes ...
By Sid Salter Columnist The death of sensational Mississippi author Greg Iles last week after a long battle with cancer and ...
By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist Stereotypes are quick and simple ways to pigeonhole people. I find them mostly inaccurate ...
By Harold Brummett Star Denmark Route A brief but heavy rain fell recently and caused flash flooding in spots around Oxford ...
By Bonnie Brown Columnist The sun is setting earlier each evening which seems to signify the change of seasons even though ...
An Oxford native will soon travel overseas for 10 months as part of a prestigious teaching program. Lily Hemmins, a 2020 ...
When Pastor Dr. Edwin Smith and his wife, First Lady Fannie Smith, opened the doors of New Freedom Church of God in Christ in ...
An Ocean Springs man was arrested Monday after leading Oxford police on a high-speed chase on Highway 6. According to the ...
Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office responded on Aug. 16 to CR 430 for a man attempting to enter a residence ...