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Rootdown, a Mississippi-based medical cannabis dispensary, opened a location in Oxford on April 9, adding to the city’s growing number of marijuana retailers. Rootdown has locations in Mississippi cities Corinth, Grenada, Olive Branch, Senatobia, Starkville and Tupelo. Medical marijuana was...

Former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes spoke about her controversial job termination during a UM American Civil Liberties Union event on April 7 at the Robert C. Khayat Law Center. Her appearance followed the dismissal of her lawsuit against...

The first reading of an ordinance that would change the designated assembly area for large-group events or demonstrations from the Square to Bramlett Pavilion 0.9 miles away on University Avenue was postponed at the Tuesday, April 7 Oxford Board of...

Graduating seniors at the University of Mississippi are entering one of the most uncertain job markets in recent years, with The New York Times calling it the worst spring for college graduates since the rise of COVID-19 in 2020. The...

While most students were studying for midterms or preparing for spring break, one student was overseeing a congressional campaign that won Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District Democratic primary.  Eli Nordstrom is a 21-year-old junior political science major from Oxford. Nordstrom has...

Oxford residents’ most recent push against the construction of hot mix asphalt plant Magnolia Materials, owned by local developer JW McCurdy, failed on Monday, March 23 when the Lafayette County Planning Commission unanimously voted against the residents' petition to rezone...

More than 1,100 students signed up to volunteer their time across more than 100 different sites throughout the Lafayette-Oxford-University community as part of the 16th annual Ole Miss Big Event, held on Saturday, March 28. As the largest community service...

Rising rent prices in Oxford are forcing some students at the University of Mississippi to rethink their futures, including whether pursuing graduate school in the city is financially realistic.  For Ben McCollum, a junior accounting major from Walnut, Miss., the...

The National Park Service (NPS) held a listening session Tuesday, March 3, in the auditorium of the Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library for its special resource study, collecting information for potential inclusion of historical lynching sites in Oxford as...

Beth Ann Fennelly, distinguished professor of English at the University of Mississippi, launched her new book titled “The Irish Goodbye” at Off Square Books on Tuesday, Feb. 24. “The Irish Goodbye” marks her second autobiographical book. This release is written...