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After 2020, a deadly year in which 10 people suffered fatal drug overdoses, Oxford Chief of Police Jeff McCutchen said that the Oxford Police Department has received fewer calls about overdoses in recent months. Last April, all sorority and fraternity...

Protesters gathered on the University of Mississippi campus Tuesday in demonstration against the vaccine mandate that requires all faculty, staff, support staff and student employees to be vaccinated or exempt by Jan. 3.  Photo by Sophia Jaramillo. Roughly two-dozen in...

A series of Q&A sessions, open to faculty, staff and student workers, are taking place this week, organized because of the new federal guidelines that mandate the University of Mississippi to have all of its employees vaccinated. The sessions took...

Fall enrollment at the University of Mississippi, excluding the University of Mississippi Medical Center, totals 18,800 students, according to figures released Tuesday by the Institutions of Higher Learning. This is a 0.7% increase compared to fall 2020.  Illustration by Micah...

The University of Mississippi is beginning the construction of The Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation. Situated in the university’s Science District, with sides facing both the grove and All-American Drive, the 202,000-square-foot building is the...

“87 arrests, now that’s the Oxford we know,” commented Facebook user Kristen Carsley on the Oxford Police Department’s Activity Report from the LSU game weekend. The Activity Report listed 87 arrests, with 25 of the arrests being Driving Under the...

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination has been a hotly debated issue on college campuses since students returned to classes in August. Even though the state Institutions of Higher Learning board this week notified student workers they will be required to show proof...

Struggling to find workers, many Oxford restaurants are running short-staffed, sometimes even cutting their hours of operation. “We haven’t had someone apply in over a month for a front-of-house position,” said Jill Mastranjelli, general manager at Moe’s Original BBQ. “Typically...

Update: On Nov. 2, Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent an e-mail to the university notifying the university community that the deadline to receive the vaccine or medical/religious exemption has been moved from Dec. 8 to Jan. 3. The letter also stated...

Update: The university lifted the precautionary boil-water alert Tuesday afternoon. Students and faculty can now safely consume water from tap and fountain drink machines.  The University of Mississippi Water Department issued a precautionary boil-water alert for the university campus early Monday...