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When the head of the University of Mississippi condemned fraternity members last week for posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled memorial to the slain 14-year-old civil rights icon Emmett Till, he defended the campus investigation and the decision...

The university’s process of reviewing an Instagram post of students standing with gunsin front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till memorial is not over, according to a statement Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks released on Monday night. “Given that we first learned about...

Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks said in a statement released Friday afternoon that the students seen in a photo in front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till memorial do not represent the values of the institution. Sparks said that the incident occurred...

Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation by the Department of Justice after posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights icon Emmett Till. One of...

Brandon Theesfeld has retained duo Steve and Anthony Farese as attorneys in his case. Theesfeld was arrested Monday and charged with the murder of UM student Ally Kostial. The Farese, Farese & Farese Attorneys At Law website says that they...

It’s been two days since the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department arrested Fort Worth native Brandon Theesfeld for the murder of Ole Miss student Ally Kostial, and there is still no bond hearing scheduled.  According to Major Alan Wilburn, there will...

A routine patrol of Harmontown, a small town north of Oxford, led a Lafayette County deputy to find the body of a female Ole Miss student Saturday morning.  The body was identified as 21-year-old Alexandria "Ally" Kostial, a marketing major...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report of its findings regarding the July 6 plane crash on The Ole Miss Golf Course that killed the pilot, 18-year-old Starkville native Lake Little. The report cites an operator at...

Family, friends, faculty and former students were moved to tears on Wednesday as loved ones gave their accounts of historian and professor emeritus David Sansing at his memorial service in Paris-Yates Chapel. Sansing impacted the state of Mississippi and helped...

David G. Sansing saw the bigger picture. His list of accolades is long, but the moment those close to him particularly remember his pride swelling was when his eldest son, who also taught history, was taking the legacy of being...