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This past weekend, Ole Miss Athletics held its “Pack the Truck” event where donors dropped off cases of bottled water for Jackson residents who have been without running water for over two weeks. Jackson’s water crisis began during the record-breaking...

The Mississippi House of Representatives voted 82-28 on Wednesday to pass bill that will ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and universities. The bill previously passed in the state Senate with a vote of 34-9,...

The City of Oxford announced on Thursday that the animal shelter managed by MS Critterz must close to surrenders. The city is providing two transports for the animals that are still housed in the shelter, which will still continue as...

Alex Bush has spoken publicly encouraging students to take care of themselves and about the grief of losing six loved ones to suicide. Photo courtesy Alex Bush. Sophomore mental health advocate Alex Bush centers her life around positivity — from...

On Monday, the Oxford Police Department announced the outset of its Community Response Team, a new unit dedicated to cases that require additional police responses like victim services for people who experience sexual assaults, harassment, stalking or domestic violence.  According...

Morgan Atkins is the first female ASB president  in eight years, and she is only the seventh female president in university history. Photo by Katherine Butler. Morgan Atkins always felt like making it to the Associated Student Body presidency was...

From left to right, the newly elected ASB officials are: President Morgan Atkins, Vice President Richard Springer, Attorney General Grace Dragna, Treasurer Alex Mabry and Secretary Katelin Hayward. Illustration by Katherine Butler. In an Associated Student Body election with only...

The Oxford Board of Aldermen moved to create a committee to reevaluate Oxford’s contract with Mississippi Critterz, the city’s animal shelter, after the Oxford Police Department concluded an investigation into complaints at the shelter.  The city’s contract stipulates that Mississippi...

Moments after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that Texas would be the first state to completely reopen businesses and get rid of the state-wide mask mandate, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that Mississippi businesses will be allowed to operate at 100%...

The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is hosting the 17th annual Gillespie Business Plan Competition virtually on April 9, and the competition’s application opened yesterday.  The Gillespie Business Plan Competition is organized by the School of Business Administration, in honor...