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In an executive session that lasted almost two and a half hours, the Board of Aldermen voted Thursday to furlough 135 city employees as a cost-cutting measure after the city of Oxford has experienced fiscal deficits as a result of...

Since doctors confirmed the first cases of the coronavirus in the United States, health care workers, hospital administrators and politicians have been scrambling to procure ventilators to help COVID-19 patients who experience severe respiratory illness. In response to concerns of...

Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that public school buildings will remain closed the rest of the semester to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, but he wants schools to continue distance-learning efforts. Reeves also said some...

Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi officials have reported 11 additional deaths from the coronavirus, raising the state’s death toll from the disease to at least 93, as the governor banned all elective surgeries including abortion. The state Department of Health released...

Jackson — Many Mississippi churches held online services Sunday to celebrate Easter and to help people maintain distance from one another to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus as the state's death toll from COVID-19 approaches 100. The Rev....

The university announced Friday morning that it would refund students who paid for university housing, meal plans or parking fees in the spring semester. There will be no refund for tuition, nonresident fees or activity fees, because of guidance from...

Joshua Mannery knew he wanted to be the Associated Student Body president since the moment he stepped foot on the University of Mississippi campus, and on Tuesday evening, he succeeded. With a voter turnout of 3,130 students, Mannery won 54%...

Chip Wade was making lunch at his home in Oxford when his wife, who was swiffering the floor, asked him to get her another filter for the mop. At that moment, something clicked.  Understanding that there is a national shortage...

Jackson, Miss. — Numbers released Wednesday show the stark disparity in how the new coronavirus is affecting black and white Mississippians, reflecting longstanding health problems in a state where African Americans are more likely to be poor and uninsured. The...

Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that hospitals in the state have about 3,000 beds, and projections show that almost 400 more beds will be needed when the state reaches its peak of the coronavirus outbreak in...