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If you’re filling out your ballot at home to vote early or absentee, you must use a blue or black pen. Avoid felt-tip, and make sure you do not fill out the ballot on a wet surface. Many states will...

Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy will be on the ballot for Mississippi voters to fill one of the state’s two Senate seats on Nov. 3. Hyde-Smith defeated Espy in 2018 in a special election after longtime Sen. Thad...

There are 18 polling locations in Lafayette County, 5 of which are within City of Oxford Limits. All 18 voting precincts use the DS200 ballot scanner. Photo courtesy Election Systems and Software. Illustration by Katherine Butler. The last time Lafayette...

Mr. Ole Miss Cade Slaughter jousts with another student. The Student Activities Association worked to create a number of COVID-19 safe activities for homecoming week. Photo by Billy Schuerman. With Oxford’s continued mask mandate and restrictions on in-person gatherings on...

The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College hosted U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to discuss civil liberties and the U.S. justice system on Tuesday as a part of the second installment in the Honors Convocation series.    Reeves said civic duties...

Everybody Loves Lincoln, a panel with the University of Mississippi, Delta State University and Mississippi State University, will be hosted remotely on Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 6:30-8 p.m. by Graham Bodie, a professor of integrated marketing communications. The event will...

The biggest hurdle that college students say they face when it comes to voting in national and local elections is a lack of practical information about politics, according to a recent survey by the Knight Foundation. In preparation for the...

Medical marijuana will be on the ballot for Mississippi voters in November, but the choices may be confusing.    There will be three options for Mississippi voters on the ballot. First, voters will choose to approve or reject the creation...

Associated Student Body leaders acknowledged the lack of minority representation in student government at the University of Mississippi in a diversity, equity and inclusion town hall on Wednesday night.  “Coming in as a Black president, as an African-American president, I...

The seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi is now at 646, a 24% rise in the last week alone, and a 25% increase since Gov. Tate Reeves lifted the statewide mask mandate on Sept. 30. State Health Officer...