A car wreck Saturday morning took the lives of two Ole Miss students, siblings John and Sarah Wheat. The two-vehicle accident took place on Highway 6 at the 18th Street overpass, according to Oxford Police Capt. James Owens. “Right now, the investigation is still pending,” Owens said. “From what we’ve learned, one vehicle came across the median and struck the other...
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The Oxford-Lafayette Chamber of Commerce graduated 19 young leaders last week from its annual eight- month leadership development program, Leadership Lafayette. Denson Hollis of the The University of Mississippi Foundation recently graduated from Leadership Lafayette. “It’s an eight month-long program that the Chamber of Commerce puts on and different organizations...
A female University of Mississippi student was robbed at gunpoint around 2 a.m. Friday on University Avenue near the bridge that crosses Gertrude Ford Boulevard, according to the University Police Department (UPD). Another female student was with the victim when the robbery occurred. The suspect allegedly pointed a small-caliber gun to one of the female victim’s heads...
Rebels for Christ (RFC) is a campus ministry organization at The University of Mississippi and has been an active participant in campus ministry life since 1961. Student involvement with RFC varies from year to year and has more than 100 members, 80 percent of whom are undergrads. The organization’s home church is the Oxford Church of Christ where members have Sunday...
For the first time since 2009, the Ole Miss Rebels got a conference victory on the road. The Rebels (5-3, 2-2 SEC) are now one win away from becoming bowl eligible after defeating Arkansas (3-5, 2-3 SEC) 30-27 in Little Rock, Ark., at War Memorial Stadium. The win was an emotional one for the Rebels and it came down to the very last play of the game. The...
The Ole Miss Rebels defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks 30-27 on Saturday on the foot of senior Bryson Rose’s 31-yard field goal as time expired. While Rose was carried off the field in triumph, the Rebels’ second-straight Southeastern Conference victory was much more than a one-man job. “Our character trait this week in our program was courage,”...
Auburn traveled to Oxford to play Ole Miss on Sunday and left with a straight-set Southeastern Conference victory (25-16, 25-19, 25-19). Ole Miss (10-11, 4-8 SEC) could not stop Auburn (15-8, 6-7 SEC) senior outside hitter Sarah Bullock, who tallied 17 kills on 41 total attacks with 14 digs. “My hat’s off to Auburn,” head coach Joe Getzin...
Things got off to a rough start for Ole Miss in Little Rock with Arkansas scoring on their first drive on a 22-yard field goal by Zach Hocker. The Rebels' first drive stalled and they were forced to punt. Then the Razorbacks struck again when quarterback Tyler Wilson found tight end Chris Gragg from 42 yards out. The Razorbacks went 85 yards in nine plays and...
