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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...

For the fifth year in a row, The Daily Mississippian was named the best daily student newspaper at both the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists award ceremonies. NewsWatch Ole Miss also won first place at both the AP...

Ten senior students were inducted into the 2019 class of the University of Mississippi Hall of Fame at the Gertrude C. Ford Center on Friday, April 5. Many of those selected for the honor have been leaders of student activism...

Powerful storms that killed at least three people swept across the South on Sunday after spawning suspected tornadoes that left more than 20 people injured and multiple homes and businesses damaged or without power. One person was killed in northeastern...

Brandi Hephner LaBanc, the vice chancellor for student affairs, is participating in a town hall interview tomorrow to potentially become the vice president for student affairs at the University of Utah.

Square-goers may no longer be able to smoke electronic cigarettes inside if the Oxford Board of Aldermen votes to pass the ordinance change they proposed during their meeting on Tuesday, April 2. The Board of Aldermen gave the first reading...

The University of Mississippi health center has recently made a change in administration,  hiring Alex Langhart as the director of health services to replace Dr. Travis Yates after the latter stepped down from the position. After holding the position since...

Last semester, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning approved the University of Mississippi’s request to remove prominent university donor Ed Meek’s name from the School of Journalism and New Media, but Meek still maintains indirect connections to the university through...

Four weeks passed between the time of Ed Meek’s controversial Facebook post and the day that the state college board gave the university approval to remove the “Meek” name from the School of Journalism and New Media. The name was...