Water Valley officials are facing a budget dispute over how to address an anticipated shortfall, with a proposed 35% reduction in the Police Department’s budget drawing particular attention ahead of ...

Life Dental Group and Security Credit Services will be included on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing privately held companies, bringing the number of Inc. 5000 recognitions ...

A reading/signing event for “Backstory” will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Off Square Books. Larry Wells is known as a publisher and author: the man behind Yoknapatawpha Press; a ...

The Oxford YMCA celebrated its 13-year anniversary last week with a Balloon Pop hosted by the Oxford-Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. (Local Focal) ...

The Lyric on Van Buren has had nine lives. Originally, plays and live performances entertained the local community and students. Motion pictures then took over for three decades. Couples from ...

On June 8, deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported trailer theft on Highway 6 West. Investigators identified Joseph Gatewood, 41, of Sardis as the individual ...

City of Oxford employees will receive a 3.56% cost-of-living adjustment in the upcoming fiscal year budget, raising the minimum wage for full-time city employees to $20 per hour if the 2026/2027 ...

A new monthly networking group will bring entrepreneurs, investors and technology enthusiasts together in Oxford to share ideas and explore opportunities for developing new businesses. The Oxford ...

Square Books will celebrate the eighth annual Bookstore Romance Day on Aug. 15, with a day of romance-themed activities, crafts, refreshments and giveaways. Bookstore Romance Day, launched in 2019, is ...

A second lawsuit has been filed concerning the asphalt plant proposed for the Max D. Hipp Industrial Park in Lafayette County. Meg Faulkner DuChaine and Thomas Faulkner filed a suit against Lafayette ...

The Oxford Police Department assisted Homeland Security Investigations and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office with a joint sex crimes operation on July 22, resulting in the arrests of three men ...

Students around Oxford and Lafayette County returned to school – some sooner than others. Lafayette students were the first to start the 2026 school year, returning on July 31. Oxford students ...