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Tuition for in-state students at all eight of Mississippi’s public universities will rise by an average of 4% in Fall 2019 after the Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning approved the increase at the Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday....

On the opening night of Double Decker Arts Festival last April, a single shot was fired into the air inside The Lyric, sending those in attendance at the Jersey Party hosted by Epic Entertainment into a panic. Only one person...

Editor's Note: A previous version of this article should have reported that the Gillespie Award winners received $10,000, not $3,600. The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship recently awarded seniors Tyler Moore and Jake Harrison the Gillespie Award, providing them a...

The death of University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson sent shockwaves throughout the country after she mistook her killer’s car for the Uber she called to get home. Josephson’s murder opened a nationwide discussion about the safety of ride-sharing...

The Office of Sustainability is hosting Green Week to raise awareness for environmental issues and support sustainability in the Oxford community this week. The Strawberry Plains Audubon Center Earth Day Celebration and Swap kicked off the week last Saturday. Community...

Several recent votes by campus governments called for the Confederate monument that stands at the center of the University of Mississippi to be relocated to the Confederate cemetery, but the Tiffany stained glass window that also commemorates Confederate soldiers in...

Jonathan Mooney didn’t learn how to read until he was 12 years old. He has dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder and contemplated dropping out of school as a sixth grader. At 18, just six years after he learned to read,...

Many administrators and student leaders took part in Rebels Against Sexual Assault’s annual Take Back the Night event to raise awareness for survivors of sexual assault on Tuesday night in the Grove. Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Brandi Hephner LaBanc...

The proposed addition of all vaporizers to the Oxford Smoking Ban ordinance passed its second reading and public hearing without comment at this month’s second Board of Aldermen meeting. “We listened to business owners, and they had some concerns,” Oxford...

A passenger jet plane crashed near Oxford on Saturday night, killing three people just after departing from the Oxford airport. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt said the plane, a Rockwell Sabreliner 65, departed from the University-Oxford Airport at about...