The University of Mississippi’s Oxford campus will be closed on Monday, Feb. 15, due to inclement winter weather that will impact travel conditions on roadways. Regional campuses will make individual announcements about operating hours on their campus websites. According to The Weather Channel, one to six inches of snow is expected to fall in Oxford […]
University of Mississippi associate professor of sociology and international studies Miguel Centellas has officially entered the race for Board of Aldermen, running to represent Ward VI. Centellas, a Democrat and Oxford resident since 2015, will face incumbent Republican Jason Bailey for the seat. Centellas joins Afton Thomas as the second university employee to enter the […]
The Board of Aldermen approved a request to advertise for bids for the East Jackson Avenue streetscape project, which aims to make Eastern side of the Square more pedestrian friendly at its meeting on Tuesday. The project will widen the sidewalks on East Jackson Ave., reduce parking spaces in the area and construct permanent outdoor […]
Afton Thomas, associate director for programs at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, entered the race for a seat on the Oxford Board of Aldermen last week. Running as a Democrat, Thomas will face Republican incumbent Mark Huelse to represent Ward II. Thomas said she decided to run after being encouraged by members […]
The Oxford Board of Aldermen decided not to make changes to existing COVID-19 restrictions or Mayor Robyn Tannehill’s current executive order at its regular meeting on Tuesday. The executive order mandates that people wear masks inside of all indoor businesses and in outdoor public spaces where social distancing is not possible. According to Tannehill, the […]
Walmart management called the Oxford Police Department to Jackson Ave. on Sunday, Jan. 31 after someone inside the store told other shoppers that there was a bomb somewhere in the store. OPD tweeted at 4:30 p.m. that people should stay away from the Walmart and that the building had been evacuated. Around two hours later, […]
The university reported a total of 51 active COVID-19 cases among students and staff on Thursday, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard, an increase of 15 from the day before. There were 32 active cases on Tuesday and 36 on Wednesday. There are no active cases among faculty, but 12 of the active cases are […]
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture hosted Anthony Siracusa for the first event of its SouthTalks series this semester. Siracusa’s first book, “Nonviolence Before King: The Politics of Being and the Black Freedom Struggle,” will be released by the University of North Carolina Press in June. Siracusa, the UM director of community engagement, […]
The Oxford Board of Aldermen voted to reinstate an outdoor mask mandate at a meeting on Monday after photos of large mask-less crowds on the Square began circulating on social media last week. The mandate requires people to wear face coverings while in outdoor public spaces where social distancing is not possible, which includes when […]
Two students have been arrested in connections with multiple home and auto burglaries that took place in the early morning hours of Jan. 14 according to a tweet from the Oxford Police Department. Accountancy major Ethan Pruitt and psychology major Savannah Nagle were arrested on Thursday, and multiple stolen items were recovered by police, according […]
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