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The story is being updated and will include a final vote tally as it becomes available. See updated results at thedmonline.com Roger Wicker, Mississippi’s incumbent Republican U.S. senator, defeated David Baria, the state’s House minority leader, on Tuesday in the...

Oxford citizens turned out in droves to vote in the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday, surpassing 2014 midterm voting totals two hours before the polls closed. Voters faced long lines, reported voting machine malfunctions and found limited parking at polling...

Oxford residents cast their ballots on Tuesday for House and Senate races, as well as local races in the midterm elections. A total of 16,517 votes were cast in Lafayette County on Election Day, representing 53.56 percent of registered voters...

Three National Pan-Hellenic Council sorority chapters briefly inhabited houses on campus in and before 2007 but haven’t had representation on Sorority Row since the Residential College was built. The Theta Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Tau Eta Chapter of...

Mississippi voters head to the polls today to vote on a pair of historic Senate races, their respective House races and local judicial races. The Daily Mississippian interviewed all five major Senate candidates ahead of the election. Read our profiles...

This story is being updated throughout the day. Oxford Police Department officers discovered explosive devices and modified weapons inside a home on South Lamar while responding to a domestic disturbance on Sunday afternoon. After entering the home on South Lamar...

Members, parents and friends came and went from the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house on Friday during the afternoon hours of the brisk fall day, some with tear-stained faces and others with smiles and laughter. The Daily Mississippian met with...

Mississippi voters will have a rare chance to vote for both of their U.S. senators on Tuesday in one of the state’s most historic election cycles. In this year’s midterm elections, both incumbent Republican senators are facing serious challengers in...

JACKSON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal questioning whether a Mississippi prosecutor discriminated against black jurors in a case where a man has been tried six separate times for the same crime. Justices are...

Will Jimeno spoke to student veterans and guests on Friday night about his experiences as a police officer on the ground in the immediate aftermath of the 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center. Jimeno was invited to deliver...