News & Views

Lafayette County residents will not see a rise in their property taxes next year.

Oxford Bicycle Company has been in business since 1990, but Smith says he has never been as busy as when the bicycle boom started several months ago.

Restaurants in Oxford will be able to stay open until 11 p.m. on home football game weekends.

The Oxford man arrested for shooting and killing his wife Friday has been officially charged with murder.

There’s one college tradition that COVID-19 has not managed to cancel: house parties. However, these house parties now come with a high price tag in Oxford. The Oxford Police Department is issuing citations of up to $1,000 to those caught hosting a party with more than 10 people inside and 20 people outside.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported seven fatalities on state and federal highways and interstates during the Labor Day weekend.

The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council will introduce a new program this fall aimed at giving small art-based businesses a chance to grow -- and is also looking for just the right person to kick it off.

The Oxford Film Festival announced will be donating $8,825 to the University of Mississippi Foundation’s Roy Lee Chucky Mullins Endowment to benefit student athletes at the school.

With the second round of auditions for American Idol coming up in two weeks, Oxford teen Erica McCoy was a step closer in having her dreams of becoming a professional singer become a reality.

An Oxford man has been arrested for the murder of his wife.