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Jury selection in the retrial of former University of Mississippi student Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 in Madison County. Once the jury is selected and jurors are transported to Oxford, the trial will take place...

The C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum — home to Ole Miss basketball games, graduation ceremonies, class registration and concerts for five decades — will be razed, with demolition tentatively planned to begin this summer. The University of Mississippi announced the demolition...

The longest federal government shutdown in United States history is resulting in the suspension of Mississippi’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, posing a problem for Mississippi residents who rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table. As benefits are...

As the United States’ federal government shutdown nears 40 days, making it the longest in American history, some University of Mississippi services and traditions have been impacted.  The B-2 Spirit Bomber that flew above Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Sept. 27 at...

Ruth Adams Ball and Lisa Barber will face off in a runoff election in Lafayette County’s District 2 election commissioner race after votes in Tuesday’s election were counted.  Lafayette County Courthouse. Photo by Reagan Kurtz Because no candidate received more...

RebelTHON, a fundraising organization advocating for Children’s of Mississippi, the state’s only children’s hospital, hosted its Fallin’ for RebelTHON event at the Grove Stage from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. The event was a mini dance marathon...

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters in Lafayette County’s District 2 will cast their ballots for the district’s seat on the county election commission. Three contenders — Ruth Adams Ball, Lisa Barber and Kate Sinervo Wallace — are running for the...

The University of Mississippi African American Studies Program hosted author and activist Anthony Ray Hinton for a speaking event on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation. Hinton spent 28 years on...

The Croft Institute for International Studies hosted Executive Director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy Steven L. Herman on Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. to discuss state-funded media, including Russia’s Radio Moscow and Qatar’s Al Jazeera. “I have been...

More than 9,500 people packed The Sandy and John Black Pavilion on the University of Mississippi campus Wednesday, cheering and chanting as Vice President JD Vance and Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk headlined TPUSA’s “This is the Turning Point...