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.
Despite all the challenges 2020 presented with the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors to Oxford spent more than $145 million dollars at hotels, restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores and other shops last year.
For 24 hours, members of several Oxford churches and ministries will come together to pray for those in local, state and national government, school officials and law enforcement during the annual National Day of Prayer.
According to the National Weather Service, damage has been reported in several Mississippi cities after severe storms rolled across the state overnight producing reports of more than a dozen tornadoes.
Jonathan T.M. Reckford, chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International, told University of Mississippi graduates on Saturday to “pursue purpose, and not just success,” as they wrap up their journeys through college and enter the professional world.
By Megan Fayard and Jane Rob PannellJournalism Students
The University of Mississippi will hold its first commencement ceremony recognizing two graduate classes at the same...
The Mississippi Department of Transportation has listened to the concerns of more than 6,000 people who signed a petition recently to make changes to the Highway 6/F.D. Buddy East Parkway intersection.