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By Anna Wolfe Mississippi Today Credit: Photo Illustration by Zack Orsborn Mississippi’s former welfare director said he was acting on behalf of then-Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, text...

The owner of a moving company that's been under investigation for embezzlement has been arrested. Vladyslav "Vlad" Ladygin, 26, of Oxford, was taken into custody...

A cooking contest this summer raised $5,000 for Family Crisis Services. The three-day The Velvet Ditch Steak Classic was held in June. Several competitors from...

By Jerry Mitchell Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting/Mississippi Today Mississippi is now the world’s leader in putting people behind bars — more inmates per capita than...

A fundraiser is being held at Proud Larry’s Thursday night to benefit the family of Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee who went missing...

An Abbeville man was arrested for commercial burglary recently, according to the Oxford Police Department. On Aug. 5, OPD responded to Heritage Drive in reference...

Two minutes after Jimmie “Jay” Lee told Sheldon “Timmy” Herrington he was on the way to his house, Herrington Googled, “How long does it...

The Oxford Police Department arrested one man and is looking for another man in connection to an ongoing embezzlement investigation into a local moving...

A Lafayette County man was arrested recently on a charge of cyberstalking. Oxford Police Department responded to Davis Drive to take a report regarding harassment...

An Oxford woman was arrested recently for allegedly using a credit card fraudulently and being in possession of a weapon as a felon. Investigators...