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The average number of daily cases of COVID-19 in Lafayette County in a seven-day period has jumped from a low of 1.43 cases a day to an average of 15.57 new cases a day in the last week.

More than three years ago, the Punkin Water Association told the Public Service Commission they would be building a connection to the city of Oxford to purchase up to 250,000 gallons of water a day to help improve water quality and pressure.

County Road 103 will be renamed in honor of John W. Shaw, a World War II soldier who grew up in Lafayette County and...

The University of Mississippi has hired Daniel Sanford, a veteran law enforcement officer from another Southeastern Conference university, as its next director of University Police and Campus Safety. 

Former Oxford police officer Matthew Kinne will spend the rest of his life behind bars in the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman for killing his lover Dominique “Lucy” Clayton in 2019.

The National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Lafayette County until 8 p.m. tonight.

State tax collections increased by $924 million, or nearly 16%, year-over-year for the fiscal 2021 year that ended in June.

A fourth child under the age of 17 has died from COVID-19 in Mississippi and state health officials are recommending a return to using face masks for everyone while indoors in public areas, regardless if they are vaccinated.

After three years, the case against a former Lafayette County math teacher accused of enticing a high school student to meet for sexual purposes has been retired to the files.

Visitation at all Mississippi Department of Corrections prisons has been suspended due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.