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Five years ago Oxford was stunned and saddened by the news of a downed airplane with six Oxonians on board.

With fewer people sending letters through the mail in recent years, the U.S. Postal Service is upping its rates on stamps starting Aug. 29.

The Oxford Board of Aldermen decided not to implement a city-wide mask mandate Thursday but rather voted to require masks for city employees and the public when they are inside city-owned buildings.

Baptist Memorial Health Care will require all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Nov. 1, 2021.

The Oxford Board of Aldermen has called a special meeting for Thursday afternoon.

Visitation for Sheriff Mark D. Fulco will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. on Friday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.

Mississippi's State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs says he feels like an air traffic controller who’s watching two planes crash together each day and he can’t do anything to avoid it.

Residents of Yalobusha County lined the streets, waving American flags as a “Sea of Blue” drove past honoring the late Sheriff Mark D. Fulco as fellow law enforcement officers escorted him back home to Water Valley.

The lead Senate and House negotiators working on a Mississippi medical marijuana program to replace the one shot down by the state Supreme Court say they're close to having a draft that could prompt a special legislative session, as early as this month.

Schools in Oxford and Lafayette County have only been opened for a few days but are already reporting cases of COVID-19 among students and faculty.