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Many of Mississippi’s more than 25,000 state employees will get a 3% pay raise under an agreement reached between House and Senate leaders as they work to finalize a budget this week and conclude the 2021 legislative session. Under the...

The Daily Mississippian and Newswatch Ole Miss won awards in the Southeastern Journalism Conference Best of the South Competition and the state Mississippi Press Association competition this past weekend.  The Best of the South Competition recognized students and their bodies...

While Gov. Tate Reeves and the Oxford Board of Aldermen decided to lift statewide and local mask mandates on March 2, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Lafayette County has decreased over the past two weeks.  According to the...

The Associated Student Body senior class officers are responsible for choosing and fundraising for the senior gift.  Jake Fanning, the current ASB attorney general, said although the elected officers do not have many required responsibilities, they are ultimately responsible for...

Though the university canceled spring break this year as a safety precaution, many students are still planning to travel this month.  Adeline Dunn, a junior communication sciences and disorders major, decided to take her break from school a few weeks...

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will be adding a Flex Dollar portal to concession stands for the football season next fall.  Robert Hughes, a sophomore computer science major and Associated Student Body vice chair of the athletics committee, said that he first brought...

On Friday, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced that a new strain of COVID-19 has been found in Mississippi. Originating from South Africa, variant B1.351 has now been found in 25 states. According to The Centers for Disease Control,...

The city has hired two consultants in an attempt to get the city animal shelter back on track after photos of animal abuse at the shelter emerged on social media. The Board of Aldermen decided to terminate its contract with...

This year's installment of the Oxford Film Festival begins on Wednesday, introducing a new hybrid format and a festival movie pass that gives attendees more ways to watch than previous years. In-person films will be screened in two outdoor tents...

Zach Kornfeld was 15 when someone asked him where his horns were.  After growing up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, it was the first time he had experienced blatant anti-Semitism. The moment would go on to shape his understanding of...