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Expecting a great Double Decker Fest

Oxford’s signature Double Decker Arts Festival is shaping up this year to be another winner. Festival organizers announced ...

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Gillom sisters very deserving of Ole Miss honor

Sometimes an award makes so much sense. That’s the case with the upcoming 2017 Legacy Award at Ole ...

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Double dose of being Oxford High School proud

This has been quite a year so far for teams for Oxford and Lafayette schools. We have had ...

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Oxford Rotary Club enhances life in Oxford

Let’s thank the Oxford Rotary Club for a large planter being donated for the southwest side of the ...

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Oxford Police Department alerts community during power outage

We have praised the Oxford Police Department for its social media efforts in the past, but there’s nothing ...

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Craft beer bill a win for breweries

The craft beer movement has been underway for years now, but Mississippi is a bit behind the curve. ...

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Victory for arts in Mississippi

When the people speak loudly in a state like Mississippi voices are heard. That’s the case with bills ...

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Listening sessions could focus more on local issues

The Lafayette County Dems held the first of five Listening Sessions Monday night at the Lafayette County & ...

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Small businesses get a break

President Donald Trump is on the right path by working to creating a better environment for small businesses ...

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Oxford may pay a price for success

Progress sometimes comes at a price. Especially in Mississippi, when the rest of the state does not always ...

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Getting real answers to drug issue

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week was launched in 2010 by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse, a ...

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Online sales issue finally resolved

The Mississippi legislature needs to find money to help out the state’s struggling budget and has talked for ...

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Our View: Second Chance a good investment for Mississippi

Do the math. Mississippi is reportedly spending some $600 million in a total of state and local incentives ...

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Wake up call in need for zoning

The controversy brewing in Water Valley and Yalobusha County over a potential expansion of a trailer park not ...

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Freedom of speech is American

The women’s March for America held on the Oxford Square this past weekend was good to see. Hundreds ...

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Here’s to the spring semester

A new semester gets underway at Ole Miss on Monday and we are excited to see all the ...

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Entrepreneurial spirit continues to grow, prosper in LOU community

We think the upcoming Big Bad Business Series sponsored by the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation and the ...

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Respect for the office of President

Donald Trump and Mike Pence will be inaugurated as President and Vice President of the United States of ...

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More to sports than winning

We get so wrapped up in whether we win or lose the games we play that it’s easy ...

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EdBuild could hurt local schools

The EdBuild proposal presented to the Mississippi Legislature this week sounds inspiring in premise: Get more money to ...

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Our leaders need to step up

It’s a shame that on the day we celebrate the life and legacy of the greatest civil rights ...

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Making a difference on MLK Day

On Monday, Oxford and our nation has an opportunity to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., ...

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