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House and Senate negotiators are expected to begin meeting next week to try to draft a medical marijuana compromise bill, and both sides say they believe the governor could call a special session in August for lawmakers to pass such a measure.

The former Oxford police officer charged with killing Dominique “Lucy” Clayton is scheduled to change his plea to guilty Friday in exchange for a...

Wearing a face mask when school starts in Oxford on Aug. 6 will be optional for students and faculty.

Two online petitions are making the rounds among the parents of children who attend Oxford schools – one in favor of making face masks options when school begins and one making them required.

Florance Bass of Brandon kept her kindergarten son home last year. 

In the distance, if you listen very closely, you can hear it – the collective sad sigh of all children in Oxford and Lafayette County as they realize school starts again in just two weeks.

To help a growing shortage of blood supply in Mississippi and around the nation, the Mississippi Blood Services will be holding a community blood drive next week at Walgreens in Oxford.

Today marks two years since University of Mississippi student Alexandria “Ally” Kostial was found murdered near Sardis Lake and the man charged with her death remains in jail awaiting trial.

A Mississippi man has been arrested and charged with assaulting a Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

The numbers of cases of the COVID-19 are back on the rise in Lafayette County.