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Oxford parents address racial concerns in district

Residents came together Tuesday night to voice their concerns about the Oxford School Board’s “poor communication” after the high school newspaper...

ASB members work on communication skills

Associated Student Body leaders met Tuesday to reinforce and improve campus communication with new and incumbent senators. During a powerpoint presentation,...

Katrina Caldwell named vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement

After months of searching, Ole Miss named the new vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement Tuesday. Katrina Caldwell is currently employed...

14 water lines break in seven months in Oxford

There have been 14 documented water line breaks since April 2016 in Lafayette County, according to County Supervisor David Rikard. When the Mississippi State Department of Health issued the boil water alert for Twelve Oaks Estates on Sept. 9, most residents did not expect the restrictions to last more than two weeks. Twelve Oaks residents were instructed to follow health...

Plaque contributor responds to Confederate group’s university lawsuit

The Mississippi Sons of Confederate Veterans have rekindled a lawsuit against Ole Miss over a plaque placed on the Confederate memorial statue on campus this week. The original lawsuit was filed in Sept. 2014, but two days after a revised version of the plaque was placed on the monument, the suit moved to circuit court. “We’re confident in our position that the university...

Church connects with Oxford’s hispanic community

Each Sunday evening, before 6 o’clock strikes at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Associate Rector for Hispanic Ministry Bruce McMillan brings Spanish...

Archaeology dig unearths bits of Oxford’s slave history

Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner. Dozens of people filled the grounds of William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak on Saturday to investigate how slaves lived...

Crime blotter: 181 traffic citations in one week 

Briefs do not include every incident from the past week. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Report compiled by Lasherica Thornton. OPD Reports: Alarm:...

The oldest store in the South is still a family business

William Smith Neilson, born in 1812, was a poor man with no school education when he started his career as a store clerk. In 1838, he loaded an ox wagon...

Federal student aid opens earlier this fall

The Free Application for Federal Aid application is changing this year, and the Office of Financial Aid is trying to get the word out to students who will...

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