News

City tries to stay ‘green’

Proposed changes to the city’s Landscaping Ordinance aim to update “antiquated” language and keep Oxford as green as ...

Crime

Man charged with strangling partner

Investigators with the Oxford Police Department arrested an Oxford man for allegedly strangling his partner. According to reports, ...

News

OPC hires John Davis as new community relations director

The Oxford Park Commission approved hiring a local sports writer as its new Community Relations Director. John Davis ...

Crime

Crime report

— Friday-Monday Oxford Police Department Reports 11 suspicious activities 4 open doors 28 alarms 3 welfare checks 1 ...

Education

Mississippi Department of Education Ceremony at Oxford Middle School

The Oxford School District was bestowed with an A grade from the Mississippi Department of Education back in ...

Opinion

Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson appreciated for service

There will be plenty of opportunities to honor Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson when his time in office expires ...

Lafayette County

First draft of county comp plan presented Monday

While the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors seemed satisfied with most the first draft of the county’s new ...

News

Special Christmas Day issue of the Eagle coming Sunday

We’re doing it differently this Christmas. In years’ past, Christmas Day has always been the one day of ...

Lafayette County

Supervisors review, table regulation changes

Supervisors reviewed proposed changes to the county’s Subdivision Regulation during a public hearing Monday and eventually voted to ...

Lafayette County

Why Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson is ready to step down

Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson loves everything about Oxford, especially its citizens. “They’re my family,” said the sixth-generation Oxford ...

News

2 Mississippians on President Obama’s pardon, commutation list

Staff and Wire Report President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of ...

News

Freezing fog shrouds Oxford; Advisory in effect early this morning

It’s an unusual late December morning in Oxford — with temperatures in the low 20’s but a heavy ...

Crime

Two more charged in Oxford firearm theft

The Oxford Police Department arrested two more people in connection with a burglary where 13 guns were stolen, ...

Lafayette County

Despite residents’ concerns, development starts on Pebble Creek

Pebble Creek subdivision has been given the go-ahead on the first phase of their development, despite concerns from ...

Crime

Local woman receives multiple life sentences

An Oxford woman will most likely spend the rest of her life in prison for her role in ...

Lafayette County

Library has mailbox with direct Santa service

Oxford children now have a way to get their letters to Santa faster with a mailbox designated just ...

News

Ole Miss employees give and receive through Books and Bears program

“You haven’t been blessed until you are able to bless someone else,” Donald Cole said Friday morning (Dec. ...

News

Madison judge sets new order in response to UM student’s death

By Alyssa Schnugg alyssa.schnugg@oxfordeagle.com Lauren McGraw has no doubt that if she had known her son, Rivers, had ...

Business

Coleman Funeral Home expands to Olive Branch

OLIVE BRANCH – Oxford-based Coleman Funeral Home will soon boast a new facility in fast-growing DeSoto County to ...

Education

Two Ole Miss band members receive Carr Scholarships

By Hannah Pickett University of Mississippi Each year, University of Mississippi alumnus Jimmy Carr awards scholarships to two ...

News

How two Oxford churches with dwindling congregations joined forces to serve the community

BY CHARLES HITCH Sunday service at Oxford First United Methodist Church begins with a song from the leader ...

Crime

Crime report

Oxford Police Department Reports: 4 Alarm 1 Fire Department Assist 1 Domestic Disturbance 3 Welfare Concern 1 Shoplifting ...

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