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Blue Alert Issued For Man Suspected of Killing Meridian Officer, Woman

UPDATE: Dante Bender is in custody The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Meridian Police Department. According to a report, Meridian...

Disturbance at Oxford Business Leads to Arrest of Myrtle Man

On June 5, the Oxford Police Department was dispatched to the 100 block of Heritage Drive for a man causing a disturbance in a...

Campaign for Children’s of Mississippi Surpasses $100M Goal with Gertrude C. Ford Foundation Gift

  By Annie Oeth UMMC communications The philanthropic drive to help pay for a multi-story expansion of the state’s only children’s hospital not only met but surpassed...

Learn More About Human Trafficking at Mississippi Exchange Club Conference

The Mississippi District Exchange Clubs will hold its 101st annual Convention at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxford. The convention will be held June 17-19. The...

Woman Charged for Keeping Rental Car

On June 2, the Oxford Police Department took a walk-in report regarding a rentalvehicle that had been kept beyond the agreed-upon timeframe. After investigation,...

An Oxford Man Charged With Felony Aggravated Assault in Shooting Incident

An Oxford man has been arrested and charged in a shooting incident that occurred this morning behind a shopping center off University Avenue. According to...

Oxford Woman Charged with Murder

UPDATE: The victim has been identified as Corey Lyles of Abbeville by the Lafayette County Coroner's Office. An autopsy is pending. An Oxford woman...

District 1 U.S. House Primary Results

Editor's Note: Updated to show Lafayette County numbers In the District 1 U.S. House of Representative Republican primary Tuesday, Congressman Trent Kelly took 90 percent...

Thaxton Man Charged with Having a Gun While Being a Felon

A domestic disturbance led to the arrest of a local man. On June 2, the Oxford Police Department responded to the 1900 block of University...

OPD Charges Tupelo Man with Sexual Battery

A Tupelo man was arrested recently and charged with sexually battering a minor. On June 1, the Oxford Police Department took a report of an...
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