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Mississippi attorney general clears Senatobia police officer who shot, killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley

Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia officer’s fatal shooting of toddler Kohen Wiley was justified, while questions about evidence remain.
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UM Graduate Students Find Impacts of Freshwater in Mississippi’s Oysters

As Ann Fairly Barnett pulled an oyster dredge up through the shoreline waters of the Mississippi Sound, she was dreading what she was about...

University Partners with SBDC to Improve Entrepreneurial Opportunities

The University of Mississippi and the Mississippi Small Business Development Center have launched a pilot program to assist UM employees interested in starting new businesses out of the...

Breaking the Mental Health Stigma in Minority Communities

When Dale Hall was an undergraduate student at the University of Mississippi, he had to grapple firsthand with the stigma surrounding mental health care....

UM Establishes COVID-19 Update Page

Dear students, faculty, and staff,    In an effort to keep you informed on the novel coronavirus disease, now being referenced officially as COVID-19 by the...

Oxford Adds Bowling to its List of Sports Teams

By Katelyn McKinney Hottytoddy.com intern kamckin1@go.olemiss.edu The Oxford School District has added bowling to its long list of extracurricular activities. The decision was made to bring about the...

Old 208 S. Lamar Building to be Demolished

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The Courthouse Square Preservation Commission approved the demolition of the former 208 restaurant building Friday during an emergency meeting. During the meeting,...

Bonnie Brown: Q&A with David Elmore, Director Emeritus of the Union

*Editor’s Note: The latest installment in the Ole Miss Retirees features is David Elmore, Director Emeritus of the Ole Miss Student Union. The organization’s...

Historic Preservation Commission to Review Demolition of Square Building

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com An emergency meeting of the Courthouse Square Preservation Commission has been called for Friday morning to consider the demolition of the...

Structural Concerns Prompt Sidewalk, Lane Closure on Square

By Alyssa Schnugg New editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com The city of Oxford has closed the sidewalk on the west side of South Lamar Boulevard on the Square after determining...

City to Consider Land Swap for Future Basketball Court

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com A request for a land swap between a local resident and the city of Oxford might help kill two birds with...
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