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Hurricane Ida, the first major storm to slam Louisiana since Katrina in 2005, made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana as a category four hurricane on Aug. 29.    Starting out as a mere category one hurricane in the Gulf, Ida...

Multiple softball players have filed Title IX complaints against Ole Miss softball head coach Jamie Trachsel and assistant coach Katie Rietkovich Browder.Photos courtesy: Ole Miss Athletics. Ole Miss assistant softball coach Katie Rietkovich Browder is being investigated for Title IX...

Approximately 100 protesters against Baptist Memorial Health Care's COVID-19 vaccine mandate gathered along Belk Boulevard outside Baptist Medical Center in Oxford the evening of Sept. 1. Protesters chanted “Hear our voice! Mandate choice!” and cheered at passing cars. The majority...

Charlotte Fant Pegues has been named the University of Mississippi's vice chancellor for student affairs. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services The University of Mississippi announced Monday that Charlotte Pegues will serve as the Vice Chancellor for Student...

The remnants of Hurricane Ida made their way over north Mississippi Monday evening and into Tuesday morning. By Monday afternoon, Ida had been downgraded to a tropical depression by the National Weather Service. Oxford weathered several hours of heavy rain,...

A week after classes began at the University of Mississippi, there has been an uptick of COVID-19 cases.  Classes began Monday Aug. 23, and the university returned to full operations with a temporary mask mandate.  As of this week there...

Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday morning and is expected to bring high winds, heavy rain, and flooding to Oxford and Lafayette County in the coming days.  The National Weather Service has placed Lafayette County under a flash flood watch...

Photo by HG Biggs. The west side of the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium caught fire at the University of Mississippi on Thursday, Aug. 26.  Students and faculty navigating the stress of the university’s first week back were greeted with a cloud of...

The Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi offered a tour and served refreshments at the new hospital to the public after a 'ribbon-cutting' ceremony on Wednesday. Photo by Rachel Ishee Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, Oxford’s primary care center, declared a...

The Oxford Police Department reported that a recent University of Mississippi graduate was murdered at The Links apartment complex on Aug. 22.  John Adams was shot and killed at the age of 24.  Adams graduated with his bachelor's degree from...