News

Cameron Davis was crowned Miss University at the 77th annual Miss University scholarship competition on Thursday in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Davis, a junior psychology major from Meridian, Miss., is a member of the Rebelettes,...

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, alongside the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program, invited Dartmouth graduate and Mississippi-raised rancher, Juan Quinonez Zepeda, to speak on the complex landscape of Southern agriculture and the role...

Former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes filed a lawsuit against UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Tuesday. She is alleging wrongful termination from the university after she reposted comments regarding the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. In...

Vice President of the United States JD Vance and CEO of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Erika Kirk, widow of organization founder Charlie Kirk, will be the featured speakers during the Wednesday, Oct. 29 stop on the “This is the Turning...

Breese Quinn, University of Mississippi professor of physics and astronomy and director of the UM Center for Multimessenger Astrophysics (UMCMA), was announced as a recipient of the APS (American Physical Society) Fellowship on Friday, Oct. 10. APS is a nonprofit...

Protesters gathered at Oxford City Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday for a No Kings rally in a show of solidarity against actions by the President Donald Trump administration the group characterized as authoritarian. No Kings is...

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors decided on Monday, Oct. 20 to table the vote to rezone 40.1 acres on Mississippi Highway 328 from A-1 Rural to I-2 Heavy Industrial for a proposed asphalt plant until their next meeting on...

Next spring, Republican primary voters will find an alternative to U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on the ballot. Dr. Sarah Adlakha, a physician, author and real estate developer, is mounting a primary challenge to the incumbent. Adlakha says Hyde-Smith represents the...

Local developer JW McCurdy wants to build a hot mix asphalt plant eight miles south of Oxford and three miles east of Taylor, Miss. He is facing one big hurdle — the proposed site for the facility must be rezoned...

Turning Point USA announced via Instagram Wednesday that Vice President JD Vance and Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika Kirk, will speak at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, Oct. 29 as part of the “This is the Turning Point Tour.”  Before...