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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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Bar Owners Says Off-Duty Cop Shot Himself in Leg

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com UPDATE: After conducting interviews and reviewing surveillance video, the Oxford Police Department charged Christopher Matthew Gipson, 34 of Magee with discharging...

School Supply Drive Packs 5 Police Vehicles

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Like some busy football weekends, police cars were packed full Friday; however this time with bunches of donated school supplies. The Oxford...

OUT Offers Free Bus Rides on Aug. 6 Election Day

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Oxford University Transit will be offering free bus rides on Aug. 6 in hopes of getting more people to the polls...

OSD Approved 2020 Budget Without Raising School Taxes

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Oxford homeowners won’t see a rise in their millage rate for school taxes this coming fiscal year which runs from July...

Man Unintentionally Shoots Own Leg at Rooster’s

The Oxford Police Department is investigating an accidental shooting that occurred just after midnight today at a bar on the Oxford Square. According to OPD,...

Stolen Wrecker, Home Burglary Lead to Multiple Felony Arrests by OPD

The Oxford Police Department made several felony arrests this past week for crimes of theft, including a stolen wrecker from a local towing company. On...

Oxford Man Charged With Sexual Battery

An Oxford man was arrested last week and charged with sexual battery, according to the Oxford Police Department. On July 18, investigators responded to Baptist...

Early Morning Wreck Claims Life of Oxford Man

The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal wreck that claimed the life of a local man. According to Coroner Rocky Kennedy, Ira L....

Man Claims WV, Yalobusha County Law Enforcement Beat Him While Unarmed

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The attorney for a man pulled over during a roadblock in Water Valley two weeks ago says his client is the...

Man on Death Row for Murder of Ole Miss Grad Student Gets New Trial

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com A former University of Mississippi student on death row for the murder of fellow classmate Zacharias McClendon in 2013 was granted...
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