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The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Mississippi is continuing its steep decline.

Gov. Tate Reeves said Mississippi in early June will opt out of a federal pandemic program that has been providing an extra $300 a month in unemployment benefits to Mississippians since last year.

It was still unknown this morning whether a tornado actually touched down in the Philadelphia area of Lafayette County Sunday night.

Representatives from the seven counties that Highway 7 runs through sent a letter to Gov. Tate Reeves and all state senators and representatives, asking...

Students at Central Elementary School learned some valuable lessons this week about fire safety and the importance of sprinkler systems.

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre has not repaid $600,000 he received in Mississippi welfare money after promising one year ago that he would.

In local elections, every vote matters with some candidates in past Oxford elections winning by as little as five votes.

Oxford's $30-plus million trust fund from the sale of the old Baptist hospital earned a $6,837,328 investment return in the last 12 months despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

City employees and citizens are still required to wear masks in city-owned buildings after the Oxford Board of Aldermen agreed Tuesday to keep the mandate in place.

When the new Oxford Animal Resource Center opens, it will only be taking in animals from the city after a proposal from the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors to pay 17 percent of the shelter's expenses was declined Tuesday by the Oxford Board of Aldermen.