Crime

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi is asking people in the LOU community to show their support of prevention and awareness by wearing and displaying the color purple.

The Oxford Police Department arrested a local man for threatening to harm someone over social media messages.

The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department has a new cell phone app that allows users to look up who is in jail, search local sex offenders and submit crime tips anonymously.

An affidavit was filed On Sept. 28, in Justice Court on 39-year-old Ryan Jones of Oxford for False Pretenses. Ryan was arrested and booked into...

The Oxford Police Department is investigating calls about suspicious markings found on car windows.

The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, along with agents with the Metro Narcotics Unit, arrested seven people recently after a wanted fugitive was found inside a home off Highway 6 West.

The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department has arrested a 19-year-old man from Water Valley who was wanted in connection with an Oklahoma shooting.

The attorney representing accused killer Matthew Kinne is asking the Lafayette County Circuit Court to grant a psychiatric examination and a hearing to determine if the former police officer is competent to stand trial.

Local, state and federal law enforcement officials and prosecutors from Mississippi are warning the public about a number of recent drug overdoses and deaths in north Mississippi that have been linked to several street drugs that contain the highly potent and deadly drug fentanyl.

The Oxford Police Department has investigated 11 narcotic overdoses so far this year that resulted in the deaths of two people, one that occurred two weeks ago.