The Oxford Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to remove parking spots dedicated to curbside pick-up in its regular meeting on Tuesday, April 6. Instead, employees and patrons of Square businesses will once again be allowed to park in those spots. Mayor Robyn Tannehill said that several businesses and Oxford residents brought this issue to her […]
A part of Chucky Mullins Drive, from South Poole Drive to Fraternity Row, will be closed to traffic from March 29 to April 2 due to a construction project, according to an email from University of Mississippi Facilities Planning. The construction taking place appears to be on the Sigma Chi house. Traffic will be routed […]
While Gov. Tate Reeves and the Oxford Board of Aldermen decided to lift statewide and local mask mandates on March 2, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Lafayette County has decreased over the past two weeks. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, there has been an average of five COVID-19 cases reported […]
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will be adding a Flex Dollar portal to concession stands for the football season next fall. Robert Hughes, a sophomore computer science major and Associated Student Body vice chair of the athletics committee, said that he first brought up the idea when he was a freshman, expressing his disappointment in not being able […]
The University of Mississippi announced on Friday that additional coronavirus vaccine doses would be available on campus this week, and appointments are open to the entire UM community — faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students. “We received another allocation for the coming week and will book appointments until all doses are allocated,” an email from […]
Stores in Oxford are selling and giving away Delta-8-THC, a derivative of hemp that is similar to Delta-9-THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient of marijuana. According to the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp and hemp-related products are now legal, so long as they have less than 0.3% of Delta 9, which is illegal. Essentially, the bill removed […]
The Oxford Police Department responded to a shooting at the Archive Oxford apartments on Thursday afternoon around 2 p.m., where one resident was injured. According to an email sent to Archive residents from Elizabeth Hathorne, the assistant general manager of Archive Oxford, the injury the resident sustained was not life-threatening. Hathorne stated that the safety […]
Mississippi State Department of Health officials announced on Tuesday that all drive-thru vaccination sites in the state will be closed on Wednesday due to forecasted storms, resulting in thousands of appointments being rescheduled. Strong storms are expected to move into the northeast Mississippi area to continue through late Wednesday night. Most of the northeast Mississippi […]
Though Gov. Tate Reeves and the Board of Aldermen have lifted the mask mandates in Mississippi and Oxford, some local businesses are still requiring customers to wear masks. Several stores and restaurants posted statements on social media explaining to their customers that they will still be requiring masks to be worn. These businesses include Ajax […]
In an Associated Student Body election with only two contested races, Autumn Fortenberry, a junior public policy leadership major, won the judicial chair election with 66.89% of the vote, and junior biology and science education major Alex Mabry won the treasurer election with 65.96% of the vote. Fortenberry said she felt overwhelmed with the amount […]
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