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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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Poster, Music Lineup Revealed for 2020 Double Decker Arts Festival

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Alternative rock indie band, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, will be this year's headliner at the 25th Annual Double Decker Arts Festival. Taking its...

Jewish Students Commemorate 75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

 On Jan. 27, 1945, Allied forces liberated the largest concentration camp, Auschwitz, where the Nazis murdered 1.1 million people. On the 75th anniversary of...

Lafayette County School Board Tables Discussion on SAT Agreement

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Discussions on a proposed agreement between the Oxford and Lafayette County school boards on the management of the School of Applied...

Longtime Investigative Reporter Jerry Mitchell Presents at Square Books Wednesday

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Some movies make us laugh while others can make us ugly cry. It's a bit more rare, however, that a movie...

UM Announces Spring ‘All In. All Year.’ Observances

Keynote addresses, film and lecture series and awards programs are among the many "All In. All Year." events scheduled for the spring semester at...

Beth Ann Fennelly Passionately Promoting Poetry

Even before Gov. Phil Bryant named her Mississippi's poet laureate in 2016, award-winning University of Mississippi English professor Beth Ann Fennelly put her passion...

UM Sociologist Researching Elders, Rural Poverty with National Institutes of Health Grant

The United States is largely a citified nation. More than 81 percent of the country's population resides in urban areas, meaning that a dwindling...

UM Students, Faculty Mourn Death of Beloved History Professor

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com As an associate professor of history, John R. Neff shared his knowledge and love for history to countless students in his...

ABC Grants Extension for Sunday Alcohol Sales

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Alcohol Beverage Control, a division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue, granted a request from Oxford leaders to extend on-premise alcohol...

MS Community College Impact Report Reveals Positive ROI for State

Mississippi’s 15 community college presidents gathered at the State Capitol last week with data proving the two-year college system is valuable to the state...
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