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The state of Mississippi has shown increased scores in all grades and subject areas in the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 2019. The NAEP tests students’ knowledge in various subjects, such as math and reading, and has...

Six days after white supremacists filmed a video at the new, bulletproof Emmett Till memorial that caused a social media uproar, $20,000 has been donated to the Emmett Till Interpretive Center. Security footage showed eight members of the white supremacist...

After Brandi Hephner LaBanc, formerly the vice chancellor for student affairs, announced that she plans to leave the University of Mississippi, assistant provost Charlotte Fant Pegues will be taking over as the interim vice chancellor for student affairs Nov. 13.  Pegues...

The Oxford Police Department is using the $7,500 they raised from their 14th annual haunted house to purchase trauma kits for each classroom in the Oxford School District. The purpose of the trauma kits is to stop bleeding, which is...

Among the Grove squirrels and few students you could encounter during a late-night walk back to your dorm, you may also notice feral cats roaming the dark, empty campus. Many students have run into them across campus, including near the...

Jackson, Miss. (AP) — Republicans are keeping their hold on the governorship in Mississippi, despite facing the best-funded Democrat to run for the position in more than a decade. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday defeated Democratic Attorney General Jim...

The Oxford Board of Aldermen approved the final plat of lands for what has previously been identified as the upcoming Oxford Waffle House location on Tuesday.  Oxford Planning Director Ben Requet presented the Request Approval for the amended final plat...

The Oxford Police Department arrested Bobby Parks, 22, in connection with the shooting at Buffalo Wild Wings on Sunday.  The shooting was reported at Buffalo Wild Wings on Sunday around 2 p.m. No one was injured, and OPD apprehended the...

Regan Willis, 24, graduated as president of the UM Pride Network in 2018 after five years of battling intermittent homelessness. Abandoned by his parents in the summer of 2014 for being transgender and in a relationship, he was left to...

The University of Mississippi has a new policy on alcohol that clarifies where on-campus alcohol can be sold legally to address the confusion around the SEC lifting its ban of alcohol sales in athletic venues. The alcohol policy revision, which...