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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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Baptist North Mississippi Wins Quality Award for Sepsis Initiative

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi recently won Baptist Memorial Health Care’s President’s Quality Award for its sepsis quality initiative. The award is the health care system’s...

Oxford Considers Ban on Kratom Products

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Oxford leaders are considering a proposed ban on products sold containing Kratom, a tree from Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain...

Oxford High Ranks 4th Best High School in Mississippi

US News & World Report recently released the 2019 Best High Schools rankings slotting Oxford High School as fourth in Mississippi and in the...

Lafayette County Renews Contract with MS Critterz to Run Animal Shelter

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved extending its contract with MS Critterz for another six months and upped the amount...

Murals Kick Off Age of ‘New Gathering Spaces’ in Tupelo

Today, Tupelo Main Street is unveiling and celebrating the beginning of new spaces for gathering in Downtown Tupelo—the result of public and private partnerships—making...

**UPDATE: Dylan Driggers Has Been Found And is Safe

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The Yalobusha County Sheriff's Department is asking for help to locate a Water Valley teenager. Dylan Driggers, a 17-year-old white male, walked...

City: Red Parking Meter Stickers Are Down

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill and the Oxford Police Department told residents Saturday to ignore the red stickers recently placed on parking...

More Parking Meters Could be Added to Off-Square Streets

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The Downtown Parking Advisory Commission will be recommending placing 118 new parking meters along the streets surrounding the Oxford Square. The cost...

Search Continues for Missing Water Valley Teen

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The Yalobusha County Sheriff's Department is asking for help to locate a Water Valley teenager. Dylan Driggers, a 17-year-old white male, walked...

Crime & Emergency Reports from May 2, 2019

The following reports were made May 2, 2019, by city and county law enforcement agencies, unless otherwise indicated. Oxford Police Department issued 30 tickets, investigated...
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