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The Oxford Police Department headquarters has become too crowded and outdated for modern-day use, and has been hoping to relocate its headquarters to the Oxford Elementary School campus. OPD Captain Hildon Sessums believes this overcrowding situation is a representation of...

Joey East realized a year ago that as Oxford’s population grew, so did its crime – especially on the Square. As OPD’s Chief of Police, East began researching how to combat this surge. After studying vibrant downtown life across the...

Mississippi Democrats are nominating state Rep. David Baria to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, lining up behind a party stalwart as they reject a bid by a newcomer. Baria is a Bay St. Louis attorney. He beat venture capitalist...

Follow @thedm_news on Twitter for updates regarding this runoff election throughout the day. Mississippians are headed to the polls to cast their votes in the Democratic primary runoff election for the U.S. Senate. The candidates on Tuesday’s ballot are Howard...

The University Police Department responded to a strong-armed robbery near The Inn at Ole Miss at approximately 4 a.m Saturday morning. The robbery was reported to have occurred at approximately 3 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. UPD reported that the victim...

Muslims around the world celebrated Eid Al-Fitr last week, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, and many Muslim Americans found themselves honoring the celebration in and around Oxford and Memphis. Ramadan is a time to abstain from...

Oxford citizens lined the sides of the Board of Aldermen meeting room Tuesday night to voice concerns over the proposed Downtown Entertainment District ordinance and its regulations. According to the ordinance, business within the Downtown District would operate under different...

Over the weekend, a smell most accurately described as rotting flesh seeped into the atrium of the Thad Cochran Research Center. The smell came from a six-foot-tall plant that bloomed Saturday morning. The Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum), known as the...

A former Ole Miss student has filed a lawsuit against the University of Mississippi alleging he was a victim of gender bias in the university’s disciplinary process, becoming the second former student to accuse the university of gender discrimination this...

The city of Oxford made a bid on the property of Oxford Elementary School, but the Oxford School District Board of Trustees has voted to let the bids expire and not accept the city’s initial bid for the property. Oxford...