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Salary increases for local police boosts morale, retention rate

The Oxford Police Department’s salary initiative in 2015 led to an increase in officer retention and morale while saving the city thousands of dollars in training fees. The department asked for an increase in salaries for their officers November 2014 because many officers were leaving Oxford to take jobs with higher-paying salaries in other police departments. The salary...

Rebels positive in practice after heartbreaking loss

Adversity is nothing new for this Ole Miss football team. Saturday’s loss to Arkansas was devastating, to say the least, because of what was at stake. The...

Historic building moves off Square

The Skipworth Cottage, better known as “the little yellow house”, was relocated to Bramlett Boulevard near the Lafayette County and Oxford public library...

Saturday’s loss doesn’t change what Freeze has done

Saturday was miserable if you were an Ole Miss fan. With everything on the line, Ole Miss came up short, and it sucked. But why did Saturday suck? Sure,...

Rebels defense struggles in overtime loss to Arkansas

In Ole Miss’ heartbreaking loss to Arkansas Saturday, the Rebels’ struggles were mostly on the defensive side of the ball. The Rebels gave up 45 points...

Improbable plays end Ole Miss’ national title dreams

Ole Miss’ national title hopes were shattered mere inches from the goal line in the south end zone of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in 2014. Saturday night,...

Arkansas shocks Rebels in overtime

The Rebels had the game won in overtime not once, but twice. The Rebels were up 52-45 when junior quarterback Chad Kelly ran it in eight yards for the...

Oxford Homelessness: decreased but not gone

Oxford is regarded as one of the most charming cities in the South. Its idyllic, Mayberry appearance, however, doesn’t exempt it from issues like homelessness,...

Four Downs: Arkansas

Sports editor Dylan Rubino (@drubino11), assistant sports editor Collin Brister (@CollinBrister), and football writer Cody Thomason (@thecodythomason) 1. How will the return of junior defensive back Tony Conner impact the Ole Miss defense? Collin- The return of Tony Conner is vital because of his ability to stop the run.  The Rebels struggled when Conner first went out...

Former Arkansas Traveler sports editor talks game day

The Daily Mississippian sports editor Dylan Rubino talks to Scottie Bordelon, the former Arkansas Traveler sports editor, who is now a sports writer for the Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas. 1. A lot of expectations were put on this Arkansas team at the beginning of the season. They were picked as a dark horse candidate to win the conference. What’s happened...

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