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Lafayette County Extends Helping Hand to SMW for Expansion

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com When SMW moved into the former Caterpillar building in Lafayette County two years ago, county officials and residents collectively breathed a...

OPINION: Who Will Lafayette County Empower to Guide Economic Future?

By Kevin Frye kevinwfrye@gmail.com The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors will again discuss the naming of appointees to the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation (EDF) Board...

From POW to Peace Advocate, UM Professor Shines on International Stage

When the University of Mississippi journalism professor Zenebe Beyene was a student at Ethiopia's naval academy in 1990, he found himself captured by the...

Young Engineers Support UM Engineering Students

Alyssa and Jesse Revis know how scholarships can transform lives. Financial awards gave each of them academic opportunities that led to their successful engineering...

Literacy Center Celebrates 11-Year Partnership with Delta School

The University of Mississippi Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction is celebrating its 11th school year of successful partnership with Dundee Elementary School in Tunica.  Each year,...

Memphis Man Arrested in Oxford for Enticement of a Minor

The Oxford Police Department arrested a Memphis man Friday for allegedly enticing a minor for sexual purposes. According to reports, OPD investigators learned of suspect...

Transportation Commission Designates Lottery Proceeds for Pavement Restoration

The Mississippi Transportation Commission this week designated the first $30 million of lottery proceeds for pavement restoration projects. The commission, which oversees the Mississippi Department...

New Mayor Aims to Help Taylor Thrive While Planning for the Future

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Growing up in Oxford but spending summers on the family farm in Taylor, Christi Hardy fell in love with the quaint...

UM Chancellor Responds to Lack of Vote by IHL on Monument Relocation

The University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce released a statement Thursday afternoon in regard to the Institutions of Higher Learning pulling the university's proposal...

IHL Tables Vote to Move Confederate Monument

By Alyssa Schnugg News editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com A discussion and possible vote on whether to relocate the Confederate statue was pulled from the agenda this morning by Institute...