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Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill is this year's recipient of the Mississippi Tourism Association Governmental Tourism Leadership Award for her support of tourism by helping to attract visitors while working with other tourism partners.

The Oxford Police Department is investigating the murder of a 22-year-old man.

Since Friday, Lafayette County has had 134 new cases of COVID-19 reported, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.

While the temperature this morning was about 34 degrees in Oxford, the wind chill made it feel like 24 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported six fatalities on state and federal highways and interstates over the Thanksgiving weekend.

A new connection between the Brittany Estates Apartments and F.D. “Buddy” East Parkway will be one of several construction projects considered by the Oxford Board of Aldermen this summer when they review the fiscal year 2022 budget.

The Oxford Police Department arrested two men recently for crimes against a minor in two unrelated cases.

A Lafayette County man died Monday in a wreck on Highway 7, according to the Oxford Police Department.

As we close out the Fall 2020 semester, all of us are very familiar with the words and phrases that have been used and overused to describe the current environment — “challenging,” “unprecedented,” “unknown.”

Jamie Anderson is the newest member of the Lafayette County School Board.