It was sad news of Dolly Parton’s passing. Dolly Parton’s Appalachian background from hardscrabble Appalachia fit well with Mississippians. She was someone I wanted to meet. There was a kinship of ...

The Oxford Police Department investigated a threat made against Oxford Middle School overnight and found no current threat to the school, students, or staff. According to OPD, school resource officers ...

The Gatlin Brothers are Grammy award-winners who have dazzled audiences for the past seven decades and on Sept. 8, they will dazzle an Oxford audience. The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, ...

We had moved to Woodson Ridge just a few short months before our second son was born. It was in May and the weather was warming up. I was feeling very pregnant so Tom was feeling the pressure of ...

Significant changes to Mississippi’s youth court system are already affecting how cases are handled in Lafayette County, with the biggest change moving the initial review of juvenile cases out of ...

Lafayette student William Dees does 42 pushups after the Commodores took a 42-0 lead over Wooddale, in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, August 28, 2026. Lafayette won 58-0. (©Bruce Newman) (Bruce Newman) 2/2 ...

Oxford Utilities is asking customers to voluntarily cut their outdoor watering by 50% as the city’s water system faces historically high demand following a month of extreme heat and little rainfall.

When Skyler King left Oxford on Aug. 1, he had a skateboard, a backpack and more than 1,100 miles between him and New York City. Now, with fewer than 500 miles left to go, the recent University of ...

The Oxford Eagle announces the return of Jake Thompson to its staff. After spending nearly five years with the Ole Miss Spirit, Thompson returns to the Oxford Eagle where he spent over a decade ...

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A groundbreaking ceremony for a new First Security Bank was held recently. The new branch will be located at 79 Ed Perry Boulevard off Sisk Avenue. Justin Ramsey is the Oxford branch president and ...

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress results show Mississippi fourth graders lead the nation for gains over time, ranking No. 1 for score improvements in reading and math since 2013.