When Skyler King left Oxford on Aug. 1, he had a skateboard, a backpack and more than 1,100 miles between him and New York City. Now, with fewer than 500 miles left to go, the recent University of ...

It was sad news of Dolly Parton’s passing. Dolly Parton’s Appalachian background from hardscrabble Appalachia fit well with Mississippians. She was someone I wanted to meet. There was a kinship of ...

Significant changes to Mississippi’s youth court system are already affecting how cases are handled in Lafayette County, with the biggest change moving the initial review of juvenile cases out of ...

A local person was arrested for felony cyberstalking. According to a report, on Aug. 25, deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received a report of online harassment. An arrest warrant ...

Lafayette student William Dees does 42 pushups after the Commodores took a 42-0 lead over Wooddale, in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, August 28, 2026. Lafayette won 58-0. (©Bruce Newman) (Bruce Newman) ...

We had moved to Woodson Ridge just a few short months before our second son was born. It was in May and the weather was warming up. I was feeling very pregnant so Tom was feeling the pressure of ...

The Gatlin Brothers are Grammy award-winners who have dazzled audiences for the past seven decades and on Sept. 8, they will dazzle an Oxford audience. The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, ...

Oxford Utilities is asking customers to voluntarily cut their outdoor watering by 50% as the city’s water system faces historically high demand following a month of extreme heat and little rainfall.

Oxford businesses and organizations joined fans around the world in remembering country music legend Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer. The Lyric Oxford honored ...

The following local students were named to the Belhaven University Summer 2026 President’s List: From Oxford, Breanna Lambert; from Paris, Kasie Fassinger; and from Water Valley, De’edric Pomberlee.

I have just recently passed a milestone birthday and was reminded of a birthday back some 15 years ago when my sweet husband surprised me with a dinner at the former OU Club, which included our sons, ...

The Oxford Eagle announces the return of Jake Thompson to its staff. After spending nearly five years with the Ole Miss Spirit, Thompson returns to the Oxford Eagle where he spent over a decade ...