The Supreme Court is throwing out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor’s efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a seventh trial. The court’s 7-2 decision Friday says the removal of black […]
When Sam Cox, Pace Ward, Justin Ryan and Hunter Williams moved into the house on 310 Elm Street, they didn’t have plans to create the latest do-it-yourself music venue in Oxford, but a drought of homegrown music venues in the area forced them to consider it. DIY venues have been a staple of the Oxford […]
Bail has been denied for a former Oxford police officer charged in the killing of a woman with whom he was romantically involved. News outlets report Circuit Judge John Gregory denied bail Friday for 38-year-old Mathew Kinne, who is charged with murder. City officials fired Kinne on Tuesday from his job at the Oxford Police […]
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, at about six weeks of pregnancy. “Here we go again,” U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote in his order. “Mississippi has passed another law banning abortions prior to viability.” His new order stops the […]
The city of Oxford has fired Matthew Kinne, the police officer charged in the killing of a woman with whom he was romantically involved. In a related development, a judge who presided over the officer’s first court appearance has stepped away from the case after the victim’s mother said the judge was disrespectful. An Oxford […]
A court document shows a north Mississippi police officer has been charged with murder in the death of a woman he was romantically involved with. Lafayette Circuit Judge Andrew Howorth on Tuesday signed the order saying Oxford Police Officer Matthew Kinne has been charged with murder by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. In a Wednesday […]
An Oxford police officer has been arrested in connection with the killing of a woman, but officials aren’t saying what they’re charging him with. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Capt. Johnny Poulos says Oxford Police Officer Matt Kinne was arrested Monday night after 32-year-old Dominque Clayton killing was killed. Poulos made the announcement on Tuesday […]
The Ole Miss Student Union opened on Monday morning, over ten million dollars over budget and nearly a year late. A bookstore, coffee shop and conference rooms opened for the first time since the union closed for renovations in 2016. The expanded union also houses a food court, a ballroom and transit hub, which have […]
A section of Manning Way will close May 20-24 to continue the East Campus Electrical Modifications Project. The project requires the removal of large concrete pylons located near the intersection of Manning Way and Gertrude Ford Boulevard. The university has proposed two alternate routes. The first follows Highway 6 to Chucky Mullins Drive, where drivers […]
James Thomas, a sociology professor with a history of controversial social media posts, was granted tenure by the IHL Board of Trustees on Thursday. Thomas’s name was pulled from a list of 77 tenure approvals in Mississippi’s eight public universities, and the decision to approve or deny his tenure was debated in a two-hour closed session. […]
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