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The University of Mississippi chapter of Turning Point USA hosted James Fishback for its “What’s Next For America” event as part of its Pick Up the Mic initiative in the Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union on Tuesday, Sept....

U.S. congressional candidates Scott Colom and Cliff Johnson reestablished campaign promises of higher wages and lower costs at their campaign rally at The Lyric Oxford on Sept. 25. Colom and Johnson will be running in the midterm elections on Nov....

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series featuring candidates for the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi. Scott Colom will participate in the general election in November as the Democratic nominee. The Daily Mississippian published profiles of independent...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series featuring candidates for the 2026 U.S. Senate and House of Representatives elections in Mississippi. Cliff Johnson will participate in the general election in November. Cliff Johnson, the Democratic nominee for Mississippi’s...

Colom announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in September 2025. He has served as district attorney for the 16th Judicial District of Mississippi since 2016.  As district attorney, Colom has attracted attention for solving cold...

Rootdown, a Mississippi-based medical cannabis dispensary, opened a location in Oxford on April 9, adding to the city’s growing number of marijuana retailers. Rootdown has locations in Mississippi cities Corinth, Grenada, Olive Branch, Senatobia, Starkville and Tupelo. Medical marijuana was...

While most students were studying for midterms or preparing for spring break, one student was overseeing a congressional campaign that won Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District Democratic primary.  Eli Nordstrom is a 21-year-old junior political science major from Oxford. Nordstrom has...

Federal Judge Glen H. Davidson dismissed fired University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes’ lawsuit against UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Monday, March 16. In his opinion, Davidson wrote that the plaintiff had failed to make a case that her First...

A bill to conduct a clinical trial to study ibogaine, a psychedelic compound derived from the iboga plant of Central Africa as a potential treatment for substance use and mental health disorders, has passed the Mississippi House of Representatives and...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) announced that its clinics will remain closed on Monday, Feb. 23 and Tuesday, Feb. 24, following a ransomware cyberattack that hit its information technology systems and led to an initial closure of all...