Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill, while still in her first term, announced on Jan. 4 that she will be running for re-election. Unlike her 2017 bid for mayor, though, Tannehill will not be running unopposed this year. Shortly after Tannehill’s announcement, 18-year-old Oxford native Brandon Pettis declared his entry into the race. Both candidates will run […]
While Mississippi has reported roughly 130,000 of the 11.2 million positive COVID-19 cases in the United States since the pandemic began, the University of Mississippi has not seen an increase recently. There are currently 20 active student cases at the University of Mississippi, with three students in isolation and two in quarantine on campus. According […]
Gov. Tate Reeves said on Thursday that if President-elect Joe Biden introduced a nationwide lockdown in an attempt to slow down the coronavirus, Mississippi would not participate. Reeves made this comment in a COVID-19 briefing live streamed on Facebook, referring to a remark one of Biden’s advisers made earlier this week. Michael Osterholm, director of […]
On Nov. 7, major news networks called the presidential election to an end with the results favoring former Vice President Joe Biden. However, President Donald Trump has yet to concede, instead filing lawsuits in key battleground states Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona over vote counting. While the vote counting continues, students at the University […]
Asya Branch, a University of Mississippi alumna and the first African American Miss Mississippi USA, was crowned Miss USA Monday night at this year’s Miss USA pageant. This is the first time Mississippi has won the title. “I’m filled with so much joy and excitement,” Branch said. “I’m still running on adrenaline, and it truly […]
The 2020 presidential election remains undecided, and the Associated Press has not yet called a winner in several critical states. Thus far, former Vice President Joe Biden leads with 264 electoral votes, while current President Donald Trump has 214. Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Alaska are set to be the deciding states in this […]
As the 2020 election has grown nearer, students have become overstressed about the modern political climate and the possible implications of the election results to the point where it is negatively affecting their mental health. According to a study conducted by Kevin Smith and John Hibbing of the University of Nebraska and Matthew Hibbing of […]
Former Ole Miss football player Dallas Smith turned himself in to the Oxford Police Department on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 13 for an alleged armed robbery that took place in the early hours of that morning at Highland Square apartments. Smith, a sophomore general studies major from Brandon who was listed on the […]
Coronavirus cases in Mississippi have been steadily increasing during October, and according to Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the Mississippi state health officer, there have been over 300 K-12 student cases and over 6,000 K-12 students having to quarantine. “Our equilibrium is unravelling,” Dobbs wrote on Twitter. “We know what it takes if we will just […]
As the coronavirus forced much of the world into quarantine and isolation, most people took up hobbies such as baking or reading. This year’s Miss Ole Miss, Lilli Gordon, has a different story. For the first half of 2020, Gordon was in Australia studying abroad. In March, she was faced with a choice: go home […]
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