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The UM Pride Network released the following statement opposing House Bill 1523, the contentious religious freedom bill Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law Tuesday, April 8.  ...

  Mississippi Rep. Jay Hughes released the following statement Monday, April 11:   Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives will...

More than 90 Mississippi writers signed a statement opposing House Bill 1523, a contentious religious freedom bill that has seen backlash in the past...

The United States District Court officially struck down the state of Mississippi’s ban on adoption by same-sex couples on Thursday, March 31. This ruling...

(Courtesy: Holly Meter)Holly Meter will be a DNC Delegate. One Ole Miss student will be “feeling the Bern” this July as she represents the Magnolia...

April 1-7 Briefs do not include every incident from the past week. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Reports compiled by Lasherica Thornton. Oxford Police Department: Alarm: 34 Careless Driving: 4 Civil Matter: 2 Credit Card Fraud: 2 Disturbance: 14 Grand Larceny: 1 Harassing Phone Calls: 8 Illegally Parked Car: 5 Malicious Mischief: 7 Noise Violation:...

(Photo by: Taylor Cook)Cancer survivors hold up the Relay For Life banner as they walk together Thursday night at the Powerhouse. After two years of having...

Mississippi in Brief YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT It’s like Ralphie from A Christmas Story in real life. Last week, a Bayou View Elementary School second-grader brought a BB gun to school. According to the Sun Herald, the student never displayed the gun in a threatening manner and other students never saw the gun. The student put the BB gun in his bag to hide it from...

Dodo Pizza strives to bring in $1,700 a day to survive in the American pizza market. Three weeks have passed since Dodo Pizza opened its doors in Oxford...

The Associated Student Body is helping its constituents dress for the jobs they want. The Closet of Champions is a new ASB-led initiative to loan professional clothes to students for interviews and business meetings. “The Closet of Champions is an initiative established to provide students, faculty and staff of the University of Mississippi who may not have access or...