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Fall Signing Day 2023: Seven OHS Athletes Sign Letters of Intent

During this morning's National Signing Day event, seven Oxford Charger student-athletes solidified their commitment to play on the college level. Family, friends, and teammates gathered...
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OPD Arrest Two in Unrelated Shooting Incidents

An argument over the purchase of a motorcycle allegedly resulted in a Grenada man being arrested for shooting at a house, according to the...

Three Lafayette County Supervisor Races Will be on Runoff Ballot Aug. 27

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com While many candidates running in state and local elections in Lafayette County have three months before people head back to the...

Democratic Candidate Forum Slated for Saturday in Oxford

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com While the list of candidates has been whittled down after Tuesday's Mississippi Primary Election, candidates headed for the November election have...

Abbeville Man Charged With Stealing From Oxford Library

An Abbeville man was arrested recently for allegedly stealing money from the Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library. On Aug. 1, the Oxford Police Department...

Meet the Candidates: Lafayette County District 5 Supervisor Race

As the primary election approaches for the state of Mississippi on Tuesday, two Lafayette county residents are facing off for the Republican nomination for...

Lafayette County Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda for Tonight

DATE: Tonight, Aug. 5 TIME: 5 p.m. Chancery Building 1. Call to Order 2. Approve Agenda 3. Approve minutes of the regular meeting on July 15, 2019, and recessed...

American Cancer Society Grant to Baptist Cancer Center-North Mississippi Helps Patients Overcome Transportation Barriers

Cancer patients undergoing treatment frequently require assistance getting to and from facilities, often creating a financial and logistical burden. That’s why the American Cancer...

Mississippi-Made Comedy Movie Comes to Oxford

Mississippi-based filmmaker Travis Mills returns to Oxford with his new film, "If These Porches Could Talk," a southern comedy/murder mystery, Tuesday, Aug. 6. This...

Pharmaceutical Drug Diversion Investigations Leads to Two Arrests

The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Statewide Pharmaceutical Diversion Unit arrested a pharmacist and a nurse practitioner in separate drug cases Tuesday. Pharmacist Jerry Vaughn, 33,...

West Oxford Loop Now Opened to Drivers

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Barricades down, West Oxford Loop Extended officially opened Wednesday. Discussions to build a road around Oxford began more than a decade ago....
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