On Saturday, June 18, two deaths have been confirmed according to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department. According to Chief Investigator Alan Wilburn, deputies responded to an...
You can’t anymore trust the Mississippi Legislature with trust funds than you can a Parchman trusty with a leave of absence. Recent and not so recent...
The first workshop of Oxford Writes on April 2 proved to be a successful start for the new venture for writers and those thinking about becoming...
“Mississippi’s Free State of Jones” traces the story of Jones County’s Newton Knight, the militia he formed to fight the Confederacy, and the repercussions felt long...
Oxford police responded to the following incidents: 14 alarms, 12 disturbances, 10 suspicious activities, four ambulance assists, four careless drivers, four animal complaints, four motorist assists,...
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today reported that Mississippi should benefit from legislation that would focus Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Hanging around the Ft. Lauderdale beach over the weekend, my thoughts turned to football after seeing so many people wearing their favorite school’s advertising messages. And...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK High Falutin’: A situation, attitude, or circumstance in which one party is putting on airs, acting high and mighty and making noises...
Congrats to the Mississippi Community College System! According to the ranking website WalletHub, Mississippi’s Community College System is ranked #1 in the nation out of the...
What do two retired oil and gas men know about running a barbecue business? Jim Rogers and Ray Smith, long-time friends and former co-workers, are putting...