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The board of aldermen passed Oxford’s fourth emergency resolution during the COVID-19 crisis, which will extend the stay-at-home order until May 18.  In addition to the extended resolution, the board passed that starting on April 25, all employees at essential...

University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) will host drive-thru COVID-19 testing for the first time in Oxford on Friday at the Oxford Conference Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Before patients can schedule an appointment to be tested, they...

Will Norton has resigned from his position as Dean of the School of Journalism and New Media after nearly 11 years in the role, and he will return to the faculty at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year on...

A prospective student with over 184,000 followers on TikTok posted a racist video with stereotypes about Chinese people. When students reported the video to the Office of Student Conduct and the Office of Admissions, the students were all sent the...

With public health sanctions and an extended stay-at-home order, local restaurants are experiencing a major decrease in revenue and almost all have resorted to having a very limited staff on hand.  Chris Stephenson, co-founder of Oxford Burger Company, said that...

Though university leaders are still evaluating the possibility of an in-person graduation ceremony, Ole Miss will still honor the class of 2020 with a “virtual celebratory event” on May 9.  Before the event, all graduating students will be mailed a...

Kevin Malloy, an instructor in the department of writing and rhetoric, is the first reported UM fatality from COVID-19. He had been with the university since 2006.  Malloy died on April 16 at Baptist Memorial Hospital and is survived by...

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...