News

Charlene Mize, ‘the face of The Beacon,’ dies at age 90

Oxford lost an icon when Charlene Mize, a longtime business owner of The Beacon restaurant, passed away at ...

News

Oxford’s Jim Dees chronicles job as reporter for the EAGLE

Jim Dees has emerged in recent decades as one of Oxford’s most notable and identifiable personalities. Now, he ...

Crime

Woman charged with DUI of drugs

A Lafayette County woman is facing felony drug charges after being pulled over by a Lafayette County deputy ...

Crime

Crime Report

— Wednesday Oxford Police Department Reports 2 alarms 1 ambulance assist 4 suspicious activities 2 welfare concerns 2 ...

Education

Who is EdBuild and what is their purpose?

By Kate Royals Mississippi Today Since an announcement Tuesday from legislative leaders that they had hired a two-year-old ...

Education

Tollison: Re-visit student restraint

Mississippians and others across the U.S. are cringing after watching a video that surfaced last week of a ...

News Main

City officials consider spending extra million for bigger Activity Center

Earlier this year, the Oxford Park Commission board were told city officials committed to spending $7 million on ...

News

OUT sees record numbers

When preparing the budget for the fiscal year 2016-2017, Oxford University Transit officials predicted ridership would hit 1 ...

News

Mississippi’s budget divide: partisan politics shapes discussions

By The Associated Press Mississippi lawmakers are on separate tracks as they discuss state taxes and spending, with ...

Crime

Crime Report

— Tuesday Oxford Police Department Reports 6 malicious mischiefs 2 suspicious vehicles 3 welfare concerns 1 disturbing the ...

News

Oxford, UM to host ‘The Conversation’ traveling tour

By Edwin Smith University of Mississippi Continuing an ongoing dialogue about race, a regional literary festival featuring 17 ...

Education

Abbeville to host Fall Excel by 5 play date

  LOU Excel by 5 is going on the road with its quarterly play dates; however, they aren’t ...

News

UM anthropology class digs for evidence of slave life

By Christina Steube University of Mississippi   A University of Mississippi research group and the Center for Archaeological ...

Lafayette County

Toys for Tots kicks off in Oxford

While fall has barely made its way into Oxford, local and national organizations have already begun getting ready ...

News

Ed Dept. retiree contracts draw fire

Legislative leaders raised concerns Tuesday about the Mississippi Department of Education contracting with 114 retired employees, saying the ...

News

Mississippi education funding formula revamp proposed

By The Associated Press Mississippi’s Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday that they want to rewrite the state’s nearly ...

News

Kemper Plant ‘99 percent’ complete

By Kendra Ablaza Mississippi Today In rural Kemper County, about 20 miles north of Meridian, stands a tangled ...

News

SFA prepares for symposium

By Ally Langston Special to The EAGLE The Southern Foodways Alliance preserves and documents the diverse, changing food ...

Education

Hussey named Associate Dean for UM College of Liberal Arts

By Edwin Smith University of Mississippi Every time Charles “Chuck” L. Hussey thinks he’s achieved the last height ...

Education

Oxford school board holds retreat

Last night, from 5 to 8 p.m., the Oxford Board of Education began its annual retreat and training ...

Oxford Commons Residents Debate PUD Changes Amidst Traffic and Safety Concerns at Board of Aldermen Nov. 7 Meeting

News

Improvements to highway ramps needed for Oxford Commons

A new hotel planned for the Oxford Commons area could be the last commercial development allowed to be ...

Crime

Citizens hold burglary suspect down

An Oxford man was arrested Friday for allegedly breaking into vehicles in the area of Circle K on ...

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