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The University of Mississippi announced on Friday that additional coronavirus vaccine doses would be available on campus this week, and appointments are open to the entire UM community — faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students.  “We received another allocation for...

Sophomore biology major Amelia Murphree established the UM chapter of Student Organ Donation Advocates (SODA) earlier this month. The group plans to spread awareness for organ donation and register community members as organ donors. This semester, the UM chapter of...

The University Counseling Center hosted the third annual Candlelight Vigil for Survivors of Suicide on Thursday. The counseling center, as well as The Wellness Center of Oxford, Comunicare and Oxford Treatment Center all had tables with information on suicide prevention...

The city of Oxford terminated its contract with Mississippi Critterz at Tuesday’s Board of Alderman meeting and has already removed all animals from the shelter in Oxford.  Animal Rescue Corps (ARC) contacted the city and agreed to transfer the remaining...

Law enforcement was not Oxford Police Department Detective Rachel Carver’s first idea when it came to a career path.  Carver has been a member of the OPD since 2017 and a detective since 2018. She worked for two other police...

Slackers Supply smoke shop does not sell anything related to CBD, but they do daily giveaways of Delta 8. Photo by Katherine Butler. Stores in Oxford are selling and giving away Delta-8-THC, a derivative of hemp that is similar to...

A police car drives past the Archive clubhouse building. Photo by Katherine Butler. The Oxford Police Department responded to a shooting at the Archive Oxford apartments on Thursday afternoon around 2 p.m., where one resident was injured.  According to an...

Illustration by Katherine Butler. One year ago, a University of Mississippi student self-reported the first case of COVID-19 among UM students, faculty and staff. Since March 16, 2020, the Oxford campus community has amassed 1,288 aggregate confirmed cases, and Oxford’s...

Oxford and portions of North Mississippi remained under a tornado watch until 12 a.m. Thursday morning.  The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado watches for Lafayette County and other parts of the state on Wednesday, the most recent being at...

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12, University of Mississippi pharmacy students and doctors officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the Tad Smith Coliseum. UM received a shipment of 1,170 Pfizer vaccines that day, and as of Wednesday,...