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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor signed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law Monday — and was slapped with a lawsuit less than an hour later. The law and responding challenge set up a confrontation sought by abortion opponents, who...

Tarana Burke, the civil rights activist who coined the sensational phrase-turned-social-movement #MeToo, will speak at the fourth annual Women’s Empowerment Address and Awards. The keynote speech will take place 6 p.m. Tuesday in Fulton Chapel. Jaime Harker, director of the...

Faculty and staff play an active role in students’ daily lives year round, and the Thomas F. Frist Student Service Award makes time once a year to recognize some of those individuals. In its 22nd year, the award will go...

The Daily Mississippian was named best daily student newspaper for the fourth year in a row, theDMonline.com won best affiliated website and University of Mississippi students won a total of eight individual awards in the 2017 Society of Professional Journalists...

Some Mississippi lawmakers are working to discourage children and adults from beginning or continuing to smoke by proposing an increased tax on cigarettes. Legislators recently drafted five bills to propose the tax increase, but all five failed as of Feb....

For those who frequently head to the Square on a busy weekend night, you’ve more than likely caught a glimpse of the Oxford Police Department horses watching over the busy streets. People may only notice the large, silky horses while...

On Thursday night, the results of the Associated Student Body runoff elections for president and secretary were announced. Elam Miller won the presidential race with 53.51 percent of the vote, defeating opponent Wister Hitt, and Cady Cooper won the race...

Four candidates will be on the ballot for the Associated Student Body runoff election today after no single candidate gained a majority of the votes in the secretary and presidential races. Elam Miller and Wister Hitt are the candidates for...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Schools and colleges could allow teachers or staff members to carry guns after they get firearms training, under legislation advanced Wednesday by Mississippi lawmakers. The state Senate voted 27-18 to pass House Bill 1083 , in...

The university is hosting panels, speakers, a leadership retreat and more to celebrate Women’s History Month to honor and explore the role of women throughout history. “It's always useful to have at least a month to focus and say, ‘Hey,...