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City hosts Affordable Housing summit

The City of Oxford hosted an affordable housing summit Thursday night to discuss possible solutions and generate community ...

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Tech school contract talks continue between Oxford and Lafayette

Discussions between Oxford School District and Lafayette County School Districts regarding a new contract agreement for the Lafayette-Oxford ...

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City adds vape pens, electronic cigarettes to smoking ban

Soon the use of vape pens or electronic cigarettes will be prohibited in establishments around Oxford. During their ...

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Inclement weather plans announced for Ole Miss’ Commencement ceremony

Mother Nature forced the University to move Saturday morning’s Commencement ceremony from its usual location in The Grove ...

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Portion of University Avenue to be closed

A portion of University Avenue will be closed later this month in an attempt to correctly and efficiently ...

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Oxford Police proposes ban on Kratom products

During Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting a ordinance to ban a synthetic product known as Kratom was proposed ...

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Lafayette County renews contract with MS Critterz

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors decided to continue its partnership with MS Critterz during their regular meeting ...

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Snackbar’s Bhatt wins James Beard Award

When Vishwesh Bhatt heard his named called he was in a state of disbelief. This was not the ...

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Parking garage moves closer to completion with topping ceremony

With a little over four months until the project’s completion date, city officials got a close-up of the ...

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Mayor Tannehill: I apologize for ‘lack of communication’ about meter stickers

After stating people would be ticketed for parking in spots with a broken meter, or if the meter ...

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LOU Transportation Plan presented to the public

The City of Oxford held a public meeting on Thursday where they presented a draft of the LOU ...

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Parking Commission adds metered spaces to revenue model

The city’s Board of Aldermen will soon decide the Downtown Square’s future in terms of paid and free ...

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City warns of parking in spots with broken meters

Over the past month, the city has placed red stickers to parking meters warning drivers to not park ...

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MS Critterz hosting inaugural ‘Critter Crawl’

This year is a big one for MS Critterz, as they are working on rebuilding the animal shelter’s ...

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Oxford set for 4th annual Pride Weekend

For years the LGBTQ community in Oxford wanted to have their voices heard and a chance to celebrate ...

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Oxford’s transit system to see changes

Donna Zampella has been involved in Oxford’s transportation system for many years, but now she is able to ...

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City to not fund next phase of West Oxford Loop extension

During a work session on April 23, Oxford’s Board of Aldermen and the Downtown Parking Commission discussed impending ...

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Della Davidson class prints newspaper

Fourth-grade students from Della Davidson Elementary culminated a two-week unit in journalism last week by creating their very ...

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Double Decker sees another successful year

This past weekend saw another successful production of the Double Decker Arts Festival as thousands flocked to Oxford’s ...

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Oxford and Lafayette school districts affected by state’s pay raise error

Mississippi teachers finally received good news when a pay raise was approved by state legislators and signed by ...

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Arrest made in death of infant

The Oxford Police Department arrested a person in relation to the death of an infant early Sunday morning. ...

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Oxford High School continues journalism dominance

Earlier this month, Oxford High School’s journalism department once again solidified itself as the state’s top student newspaper. ...

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