BY PETE PORTER thedmnews@gmail.com Oxford citizens will cast their votes Tuesday to elect the mayor as well as the Board of Aldermen in two wards. All voting will be held at the Oxford Conference Center off Sisk Avenue, as there are not separate precints. The mayoral race features an intriguing matchup between...
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Richard Barnes, Leonard B. Melvin Distinguished Lecturer and professor at The University of Mississippi School of Law, was killed in a car accident Jan. 22 while traveling between Conway, Arkansas, and Little Rock. Preliminary reports issued by Arkansas State Police indicate that Barnes crossed the median of Interstate 40 and collided with an oncoming tractor trailer. Barnes...
After a 55-year wait, the University of Mississippi School of Medicine will now have an exclusive building for its growing classrooms on The University of Mississippi Medical Center campus in Jackson. Courtesy Ole Miss CommunicationsAn illustration of the new University of Mississippi Medical Center being built in Jackson Mississippi House lawmakers approved a bill on...
File Photo (Jared Burleson/The Daily Mississippian)Governor Phil Bryant Gov. Phil Bryant declared 2013 the year to hire veterans, and in conjunction, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security and Workforce Investment Network job centers are assisting an estimated 28,000 Mississippi veterans to return to civilian life and regular employment. Mississippi Gov....
Holding Hands, a local thrift store in Oxford, aims to employ as many people with disabilities as possible. Angelina Mazzanti | The Daily MississippianHolding Hands Resale Shop Located across the street from Walmart at 2618 West Oxford Loop, Holding Hands Resale Shop is much more than the average thrift store. Opened by Donna Howard Jan. 2, the store aims to employ...
The Wednesday edition of The Daily Mississippian incorrectly stated the Oxford University Transit bus hours. Starting in the fall of 2013, the OUT bus hours will be extended from 7 a.m. — 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. — 9 p.m. Yesterday’s column, “Our lives are a cartoon,” by Alexandra Williamson, incorrectly stated the country’s debt. Currently, the country’s debt is...
