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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...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) announced that its clinics will remain closed on Monday, Feb. 23 and Tuesday, Feb. 24, following a ransomware cyberattack that hit its information technology systems and led to an initial closure of all...

Fired University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes withdrew her subpoena for Chancellor Glenn Boyce to testify this week in her wrongful termination lawsuit, ending the case’s evidentiary hearing.  The case is ongoing as U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson reviews...

Mayor Robyn Tannehill and the City of Oxford Board of Alderman announced a new ordinance on Tuesday, Feb. 3 that restricts the use of nitrous oxide, commonly referred to as "whippets" or "laughing gas." City Ordinance No. 2026-3 was unanimously...

The first day of testimony in former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes’ lawsuit against Chancellor Glenn Boyce opened Friday, Feb. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in Oxford without the defendant, Boyce, in...

In the early-morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 24, Winter Storm Fern brought freezing rain and sleet to Oxford, closing campus from Saturday, Jan. 24 until Sunday, Feb. 8. The storm’s precipitation caused trees to collapse and surfaces to ice over,...

As Winter Storm Fern hit Oxford, many Oxonians and University of Mississippi students were left without power, water or a warm shelter. “Nothing prepares you for hearing your neighborhood come apart in the dark,” Kitty Hurdle, a staff member for...

The City of Oxford is giving itself high markes for its response to Winter Storm Fern. As NewsWatch reporter Jesse Mitchell tells us, the city has had a lot of help in recovery from local businesses and people in the...