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Boy Scout brings Flag Retirement Box to Oxford

Keerthin Karthikeyan, with BSA Troop 45, developed an “American Flag Retirement Drop Box” for his Eagle Scout Project last month.    The U.S. Flag ...

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Trash Pickup Changes for Independence Day

The City of Oxford Environmental Services and Lafayette County Solid Waste announced schedule changes for trash pickup in ...

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Oxford Student wins silver at Genius Olympiad

Keerthin Karthikeyan, a rising freshman at Oxford High School, won a Silver Medal at the Genius Olympiad International Project Competition at ...

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Proud to Be an American: How the LOU Community is Celebrating Independence Day

The Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce and Family Crisis Services are coming together once again, along with presenting ...

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Polls open today for Special Election

The special election to fill the vacant Ward IV Alderman seat for the City of Oxford is today.   ...

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OPD confirms one dead at gas station by the Square

One person died Saturday morning at Lindsey’s Chevron on North Lamar Boulevard near the Square, Oxford Police Department ...

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JUST FOR LAUGHS: How Oxford is using its funny bone again

By day Connor King works his 9 to 5 job, but by night, he is helping Oxford find ...

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UPDATE: Possible arrests pending in Armed Robbery case

More details have been released involving a June 22 armed robbery case. Oxford Police Department Captain Hildon Sessums ...

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Sneed’s Hardware home to Oxford’s first outdoor mural

The 1,800 square feet of the back of Sneed’s Ace Hardware building has been on the mind of ...

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John Cofield provides insight as Faulkner film wraps production

There have been several documentaries and film projects detailing the life and works of William Faulkner, but there ...

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Oxford Police make arrests for armed robbery, auto burglaries

An Oxford man turned himself in hours after robbing a Highway 6 convenience store last Saturday. Officers responded ...

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Oxford School District considering community service as a disciplinary action

Oxford School District administrators who must take disciplinary action towards a student will have a new option beginning ...

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Sisk Avenue project creates issue for special election

The Special Election to fill the Ward 4 alderman seat is on Tuesday, but voters might have a ...

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Drug Court ceremony honors 44 graduates

With family, friends and supporters in attendance, 44 people took the first step to getting their lives back ...

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Oxford School District approves agreement for ‘The Tech’

After months of negotiations and discussions, a contract has been agreed upon to operate the Oxford-Lafayette School of ...

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U.S. Marshals alert public of phone scam

The U.S. Marshals in the District of North Mississippi are alerting the public of an impostor phone scam, ...

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Absentee voting available for Ward IV special election, state primaries

Next month there will be a special election held to fill the now-vacant Ward IV alderman seat for ...

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City grants FEMA temporary use of Emergency Operations Center

The City of Oxford granted the Federal Emergency Management Agency permission to use its Emergency Operations Center on ...

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Lafayette County’s trust fund value drops more than $1 Million

Following the 2012 sale of old Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, Lafayette County established a trust fund to help ...

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Oxford School District making historic bricks available to public

Residents of Oxford who attended Central Elementary, or remember it fondly, can now have a piece of Oxford ...

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City asking for final public input on redistricting map

The redistricting of Oxford is nearly completed, but before any final votes are made, the Board of Aldermen ...

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Oxford Police Department joins new human trafficking task force

Human Trafficking has become prevalent in the northern parts of Mississippi, and to combat the crisis, a new ...

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