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The Lafayette County School Board honored the Teacher of the Year for the 2020-21 calendar year on Monday night during its December meeting. The LCSD...

In the last week, Lafayette County has had 200 new cases of COVID-19 reported, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors tabled approving a marker to be placed on the grounds of the Lafayette County Courthouse that notes the seven known instances of lynching in the county after one supervisor said he wanted one of the names taken off of the marker.

The Oxford Police Department arrested six men this week related to the murder of a 22-year-old man on Nov. 30 in the Highland Square neighborhood.

Talisha Gordon is hoping to inspire and encourage women of all ages in Lafayette County through her ministry, Live Again Events by selling pound cakes made by the woman who inspired and encouraged her – her mother.

On Thursday, Dec. 3, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation conducted an undercover human trafficking operation in Pearl which resulted in the arrests of five individuals who were charged with procuring sexual servitude of a minor and exploitation of a child.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Sen. Nicole Boyd visited the Lafayette County Fire Department Thursday to meet, thank and congratulate two women who made history within the fire department recently by being the first all-female after-hours crew on duty.

BY KAYLEIGH SKINNER AND AALLYAH WRIGHT  Courtesy of Mississippi Today More than 23,000 fewer students are enrolled in Mississippi public schools this year than last year, and a spokesperson...

For 22 years, University of Mississippi students, faculty and staff have purchased and donated toys and books for the children of its Facilities Management...

Several roads once located outside the city of Oxford limits are being renamed since they were annexed into the city in 2018.