UPDATE from Oxford Fire Department ** The Oxford Fire Department was dispatched on Monday to Anderson Road for a report of a man pinned by dirt in a trench. Upon […] ...

State and local officials celebrated the opening of north Mississippi’s first regional medical examiner’s office Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the former Rayner Eye Clinic, 1308 Belk Blvd ...

Cutting federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly called “food stamps,” is serious business anywhere in the U.S., but in no state is it more consequential than in ...

Former University of Mississippi vice chancellor Charlotte Pegues no longer faces animal cruelty charges after a Lafayette County judge dismissed the charges following testimony from her husband at ...

FEMA has drawn new flood maps covering parts of Lafayette County, and county officials are inviting affected property owners to an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 11 at the Lafayette County ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority donated $50,000 to the University of Mississippi to help restore the campus tree canopy after the devastation caused by winter storm “Fern,” reflecting TVA’s commitment ...

It is difficult to overstate the role seniority and mastery of the congressional committee system has played in keeping federal spending flowing in Mississippi. It’s never more visible than when it ...

Are you ready? No, I’m not starting a Hotty Toddy chant. I’m checking to see if y’all are ready for the increased flow of traffic as our new student residents descend on Oxford and Ole Miss in the ...

Giant and brightly-colored yellow letters spelling out READ and reminding children and adults of the joys of reading have been installed outside the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library, ...

Why gamble on store-bought leafy greens, when growing our own is easy with less risk? I eat out a lot, and don’t want to have to wonder what might be lurking in what comes with most of my favorite ...

Aberdeen, MS – Earl Blue, 48, from Greenwood, was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison by Senior United States District Court Judge Sharion Aycock today. In addition to prison time, he was ...

A $2 Powerball ticket purchased at Sprint Mart #38 in Tupelo is worth $1 million after matching all five white ball numbers in Saturday night’s drawing. Mississippi was one of six states to produce a ...