Opinion

Unemployment numbers aren’t telling the whole story

The numbers tell a good news story: Mississippi’s jobless rate set a new all-time low in January. Mississippi’s ...

Opinion

Highway 7 project stall is frustrating

Lafayette County Board of Supervisors President Jeff Busby spoke the so-called whole truth and nothing but the truth ...

Opinion

Baseball giving Rebel fans something to cheer about

We watched the Ole Miss baseball team sweep another opponent this weekend. This time, Eastern Illinois was the ...

Opinion

An alternate plan for Spring Break

Spring Break 2018 has arrived, meaning that Oxford, Lafayette County and Ole Miss students and educators will slow ...

Opinion

Another example of the LOU’s generosity

The Lafayette County, Oxford and University community has a big heart, there’s no denying that. The latest example ...

Opinion

Town buzzing about Old Navy’s arrival

When we released the news last evening that retailer Old Navy is coming to Oxford social media buzzed ...

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Rebels will soon have a new basketball coach

Ole Miss will play the late game tonight in the SEC men’s basketball tournament, filling the last-place seed ...

Opinion

History cannot be erased, but it can be learned from

We can’t erase history. We can only better explain and hope to learn from it. That’s why the ...

Opinion

Oxford loses another good man

A life well lived. That’s all we can ask for. The late Mike Overstreet not only got that, ...

Opinion

Sherman is one of Lafayette’s best

John Sherman worked the impossible but laudatory trifecta: He coached basketball successfully as a mentor and leader at ...

Opinion

Fire safety is still important

Fire deaths aren’t a regular occurrence in Oxford and Lafayette County, thank goodness. We are stunned and saddened ...

Opinion

Mississippi has cheapest gas in the nation

Five years ago, it would have seemed risky to take a bet that gas prices in the United ...

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Forward thinking Oxford Police Department key for safer community

We are often reminded how fortunate we are to have a strong police department in Oxford. From officers ...

Opinion

Oxford likely to set new rainfall record

This rain has been too much, literally. Lafayette County is seeing its rainiest February on record and there’s ...

Opinion

Kennedy will always be a winner

Coaching changes are never easy in college athletics, particularly when one has been there for more than a ...

Our View

It’s almost time for Ole Miss baseball

Next week, Ole Miss head baseball coach Mike Bianco begins his 18th season leading the Rebels. It is ...

Opinion

Government shutdown is the last thing America needs

The United States Government shut down for five hours overnight but avoided another longer-term shutdown when a bipartisan ...

Opinion

Vigilance needed on Facebook

Parents and social media users beware, there is a child pornography video targeting inboxes of users in the ...

Opinion

Thankful for those who make the community better

Marian Barksdale will be stepping down from the Oxford School Board in March when her term expires, and ...

Opinion

Game night is a good idea

Sometimes state laws can seem silly. Like the one stopping Tallahatchie Gourmet on the Oxford Square from hosting ...

Opinion

Parking garage on Square sorely needed

We have been reminded in the past week why the City of Oxford is building a parking garage. ...

Opinion

Empty Bowls supporting a great cause

We have so much talent in Oxford when it comes to food and the arts that our stars ...

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