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 ...

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 ...

Morgan Freeman is lending his unmistakable voice to a story that began in the Mississippi Delta, but the soundtrack this time includes the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues ...

The Oxford Board of Aldermen has approved a request from the University of Mississippi to close a portion of the sidewalk along the west side of Gertrude Ford Boulevard for construction of the ...

The 1984 science fiction thriller “The Terminator” established James Cameron as a director, made Arnold Schwarzenegger bankable in Hollywood as a leading man, cost $6.4 million to make and grossed ...

Every teacher knows the challenge. A lesson begins, a phone buzzes, and within seconds a classroom full of students is distracted. Learning stops while attention shifts to a screen. In the 2025 ...

Oxford interior decorator was arrested recently for embezzlement, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office. On Aug. 3, investigators were contacted by an individual who reported that they ...

Water Valley officials are facing a budget dispute over how to address an anticipated shortfall, with a proposed 35% reduction in the Police Department’s budget drawing particular attention ahead of ...

One of the things I enjoy about gardening is discovering plants that prove flowers are not the only way to fill a landscape with color. Whenever someone tells me they need more color in their summer ...

The Oxford Municipal Court will soon have another option for supervising eligible offenders without sending them to jail after the Oxford Board of Aldermen approved an agreement last week for GPS ...

How are y’all staying cool during this Mississippi summer? It’s predictably hot in Mississippi from July through September. And what about those outdoor chores that need to be done? There’s no ...

Numa Maryam of Oxford has been awarded a fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Maryam is one of 40 recipients nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship. Maryam received ...