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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...

Abbeville Man Charged With Aggravated Assault After Firing Gun

An Abbeville man was arrested Monday for allegedly shooting at another person during an argument. According to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, on Monday deputies...

Lawmaker aims to limit governor’s IHL appointment power

By Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, wants to amend the Mississippi Constitution to limit the governor’s sole power to appoint trustees of the...

Oxford’s Future Second-Graders will Have Two Teachers

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Second-grade students at the new Central Elementary School this August may have to bring two apples to school for their teachers. On...

Oxford, Lafayette School Districts Reach Agreement on SAT Management

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com After a better part of a year of back and forth negotiations, the Oxford and Lafayette County school districts have reached...

Lyric Oxford Works with ABC to Curb Underage Drinking

The popular event venue, The Lyric Oxford, worked with the Mississippi Alcohol Beverages Control Bureau of Enforcement recently to help reduce underage drinking. On Feb....

UM Professor John Neff’s Door was Always Open

Noell Wilson remembers beloved University of Mississippi history professor John Neff, with his distinguished, thick gray beard, always keeping his office door open and...

Melinda Valliant Named UM Chair of Nutrition and Hospitality Management

With the University of Mississippi's spring semester in full swing, Melinda Valliant is settling into her new leadership role as chair of the Department...

Planned Gift to Establish Chair in School of Business Administration

University of Mississippi alumnus Bill Fry believes great teachers help nurture and develop great students and leaders. Fry, who earned his bachelor's degree in public...

Mississippi Prison Guards Face Attacks as Numbers Dwindle

By Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo The Marshall Project The attack on Jennifer White came as she started a morning shift at the most dangerous unit...