Club and intramural basketball teams from colleges across the country will descend on Oxford from Feb. 24-26 for a chance to advance to the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association’s national championship tournament at the second annual Hotty Toddy Hoopfest, hosted by Ole Miss Campus Recreation. The regional tournament, which is one of eight in the NIRSA […]
A marker dedicated to the seven known victims of lynching in Lafayette County was dedicated in an emotional, public ceremony Saturday afternoon. Under a cloudless spring sky, Lafayette County youth solemnly read aloud the names of the seven known men who died from racial terror in this county. “We remember him,” they said, after reciting […]
Oxford renters are feeling the pinch of inflation on their lease renewals with rent price increases of hundreds of dollars over last year’s lease. Max Hill with Collegiate Realty, a rental firm, has seen significant rent increases in Oxford and its surrounding areas. “Among our owners the highest increase I have seen is 33%. Another […]
The University of Mississippi is now requiring masks and face coverings only in instructional areas and healthcare settings regardless of vaccination status, according to an email Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent on Feb. 11. “We are certainly in a different place this spring than we were spring 2020 or even spring 2021,” Boyce wrote. “We have […]
A long-standing security patrol at the University of Mississippi has joined with student ambassadors in the fight against COVID-19 on campus. Charlotte Thrash of Wood Security followed a student into the POD at Lamar Hall and asked, “Miss, would you mind wearing a mask, dear?” The student turned around and began patting her pockets to […]
A new Dunkin’ Donuts will open in the old UPS store on University Avenue this year. The shop will offer donuts, other food and their famous coffee. Less than 200 yards away, Community Donuts has been serving the Oxford area for nearly five years. The current owner-operators took over from a friend a year ago, […]
Before you take a sigh of relief about COVID-19 cases going down, put a mask on: The flagship is blue with the flu. “Compared to last year, when everyone was wearing masks and distancing, we’re seeing our first real flu season in two years,” Will Brigtsen, a pharmacist at Walmart, said. “I’ve seen an astronomical […]
It’s Thursday night on a home game weekend. The drinks are strong and the music is loud. Class isn’t until 1 p.m. tomorrow and you and your friend already have plans for an Uber home. Friday might as well be 100 years from now. Unfortunately, the sun will rise. Choose your typical Friday morning adventure: […]
Protesters gathered on the University of Mississippi campus Tuesday in demonstration against the vaccine mandate that requires all faculty, staff, support staff and student employees to be vaccinated or exempt by Jan. 3. Roughly two-dozen in number, the protesters — consisting of community members, university employees and students — walked the university campus chanting, bearing […]
