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Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ Star Who Filmed in Mississippi, Dies at 86

Patrick Stewart, known for Star Trek and X-Men, died at 86. His Mississippi connections included filming Logan and narrating a Delta State planetarium show.

UM Pharmacy School Remembers Associate Dean Emeritus Charlie Hufford

Charles D. Hufford, associate dean emeritus for research and graduate programs and professor emeritus of pharmacognosy at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy,...

BJ Barham Set To Perform At Proud Larry's Tonight

BJ Barham is set to perform tonight at Proud Larry's in Oxford. Featuring his solo album "Rockingham," Barham will take the stage at 9...

NAACP Wants Softball Regional Moved Over State Flag

Ole Miss softball earned the right to host an NCAA regional this upcoming weekend after winning the SEC Tournament. The NAACP is requesting that...

Cochran Honored By Opportunity Finance Network

Tuesday evening, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a national network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs), honored Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and...

US Marshals Arrest Chris Paten For Alleged Murder Of Kenya Hill

Fugitive Chris Paten was arrested today in Jackson, Mississippi without incident, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department. Paten was at an apartment complex, however...

Flying Tuk's 30-Day Suspension Upheld By Board Of Aldermen

The owners of Flying Tuk stood before the Oxford Board of Aldermen last night to appeal a 30-day suspension. The apologetic tone of Danny...

Sen. Gray Tollison To Discuss Education At May Oxford Pachyderm Club

State Senator Gray Tollison is scheduled to be the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Oxford Pachyderm Club Thursday, May 25. ​ Sen....

Reckless Drivers, Auto Burglary And More In Today's Crime Report

Oxford police responded to the following calls: Eight suspicious activities, other agency assist, animal complaint, malicious mischief, welfare concern, two alarms, two fire dept. assists,...

Northwest Staff Members Complete MCCLA

Gerald Beard, Disability Support Services coordinator at Northwest Mississippi Community College, left, and Tonyalle Rush, Evening School director at Northwest’s DeSoto Center, right, recently...

John Cofield's Oxford And Ole Miss: William Faulkner And Andrew Price At Rowan Oak

About 40 years ago I told Mom that for Christmas and birthdays I wanted cool framed stuff. And Dad gave her photos and she...