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Construction at St. Peter's Episcopal Church at the corner of E. Jackson Ave. and S. 9th St. The Board of Aldermen recently approved a request to advertise for bids for the East Jackson Avenue streetscape project, which will widen the...

Local liquor stores have struggled to receive shipments on time since pandemic restrictions began in March 2020, but recently, it has taken some stores two weeks or more to secure shipments of alcohol from the Alcohol Beverage Control.   Mississippi...

Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. was the keynote speaker this year for Black History Month at UM. Photo by Morgan O'Neal. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. sat in front of his bookcase filled with works by authors such as Toni...

The University of Mississippi has prepared the Tad Smith Coliseum to be the site of its vaccine distribution as soon as doses are delivered. Photo by Katherine Butler.  Though the University of Mississippi vaccine task force hopes the university will...

A traffic stop on Monday night led to the shooting death of the driver, according to a statement released by the Oxford Police Department. Clay Tatum, 38 years old, was identified as the driver on Tuesday. At approximately 11:29 p.m....

Provost Noel Wilkin said on Monday that “vaccinating our community is the fastest path back to normal” as he encouraged students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but the university will not require the UM community to schedule appointments for vaccines....

All Mississippi colleges and universities would have to adopt comprehensive sexual assault response policies under a House bill called the “Sexual Assault Response for College Students Act.” Mississippi is one of numerous states considering such legislation. The bill would require...

The Board of Aldermen approved a request to advertise for bids for the East Jackson Avenue streetscape project, which aims to make Eastern side of the Square more pedestrian friendly at its meeting on Tuesday.  The project will widen the...

Afton Thomas, associate director for programs at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, entered the race for a seat on the Oxford Board of Aldermen last week. Running as a Democrat, Thomas will face Republican incumbent Mark Huelse...

The city of Oxford saw 63 arrests for driving under the influence last month, giving January 2021 a higher number of DUI arrests than any other January since 2016, according to the Oxford Police Department weekly crime logs. January 2021...