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Oxford voters head to the polls today to vote in a local Chancery Court judge runoff election and the U.S. Senate runoff election that has received national attention and has become surprisingly competitive. Former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, left,...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — State and federal investigators are trying to find out who hung seven nooses in trees outside the Mississippi Capitol early Monday, a day before a U.S. Senate runoff that has focused attention on the state’s history...

Mississippi voters will either elect the state’s first female U.S. Senator or the state’s first black U.S. Senator since Reconstruction in one of Mississippi’s most historic elections tomorrow. The runoff election between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy has become so...

The songs that echoed through the Old Armory Pavilion on a chilly fall night did not resemble those of a church service. The singer and electric guitar player embellished and riffed as if a gospel congregation were in a church,...

JACKSON — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy participated in the state’s first senatorial debate in 10 years on Tuesday night, where the candidates addressed controversies that have garnered national attention. Hyde-Smith apologized for...

Students and faculty came together in remembrance of those they have lost to suicide at the Survivors of Suicide Candlelight vigil last night in the Circle.   Rebels for Suicide Prevention and the University Counseling Center planned the vigil, and...

Larry Sparks speaks at a town hall meeting in 2017. Sparks will take office as the university's interim chancellor following the resignation of Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter last week. File photo by Xinyi Song Larry Sparks will be the interim chancellor...

Some students registering for the upcoming semester felt that the process did not allow them to enroll in the classes they needed. Senior psychology major Lauren Riddick said her late registration window, compared to other senior students, has greatly affected...

Two Mississippi political veterans discussed the results of the country’s 2018 midterm elections Wednesday night at the Overby Center. Brandon Jones, a former Democratic state representative and attorney at Baria-Jones Law Firm, and Austin Barbour, a Republican strategist and partner...

Photo courtesy: Pride Publishing One week ahead of the debate between former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy (D) and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), Ole Miss students will have the chance to hear from four seasoned analysts of Mississippi politics at...