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Theatre Oxford to Perform Their First Musical

Theatre Oxford’s musical comedy explores love and relationships from first dates to funerals in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.

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New Community Church Opens in Oxford

Former college pastor transitions from current church to start a new one in hopes of changing heartbreaking census numbers. According to the 2010 census, about...

Annual Books and Bears Drive Scheduled

Event gives campus community a way to thank service workers OXFORD, Miss. – Many of them work the graveyard shift. From dusk to dawn, they...

‘The Nutcracker’ Takes Center Stage at Ford Center

Last performance of the year showcases professional dance company in the classic holiday ballet OXFORD, Miss. – Dance Alive National Ballet, a professional dance company from...

John Hailman’s From Midnight to Guntown: A Preacher in a Volvo

As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over thirty years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to...

Mississippi Transplant Gets “Merry Christmas” Lesson From Bama Scrooge

I was fifth in my line at the supermarket. I never use the self-checkout because I prefer to discuss my concerns with a real...

These Oxford 10s Reach the Pinnacle of Class, Hard Work, Compassion

Welcome to the first installment of our series, The 10s of Oxford. A previous article we published under this headline proved controversial in its...

The Walking Man

At 340 pounds, Trency Bynum decided to lose weight. So he walked it off. Thirteen miles a day. CHARLESTON, Miss. — Three miles in...

The Delta 101

By Julia Reed Last spring I went off on a book tour that took me everywhere from Knoxville to Vermont and I found myself having...

HUE Oxford: Way Better Than Watching Paint Dry

Have an end table in need of a facelift? What about that ottoman? Or the old kitchen chair? HUE Oxford has just what you’re...

The Oxford, Mississippi Dictionary: Creep in the Jeep

Needed nomenclature for a growing community. Editor’s Note: This is an installment in a series of blogs on new Oxfordisms. When I traverse Oxford’s highways, byways, sidewalks, and...