Abbeville News

BY ERROL CASTENS Daily Journal Oxford Bureau OXFORD - Lives are returning to normal, but not without scars and painful memories, six months after twisters ripped apart industrial and commercial buildings and ...

The summer months are upon us at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, and that means lots of visitors traveling through the area, including people from Ireland, Zimbabwe and the Netherlands just this past week.

At an Economic Development Foundation meeting last June, developers announced plans for a new neighborhood, nestled on 2,400 acres in between the city of Oxford and Abbeville, with the potential of 15,000 ...

Run buses at night and fill them with drunk drivers. Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: Opinion Lafayette County's recent vote to withdraw support for the Lafayette Oxford University Transit System highlights the ... via The Daily Mississippian

An Oxford man has been sentenced to two years of house arrest after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated when he caused a 2006 accident in which Joe South of Abbeville died. via WAPT

“My niece kept asking me if I was all right.”

ABBEVILLE, Miss. - Katie South knew something wasn't right. Her husband, Joe, has been dead for almost three years. via Hattiesburg American

“There's still a lot of work to be done”

Nicole Spinuzzi and Nickolaus Childress Media Credit: Bill Latham A month after a tornado ripped through this section of Oxford's Caterpillar Plant, repair work is steady and some manufacturing has even ... via The Daily Mississippian

Minor injuries reported in Oxford, Red Cross shelter set up at local church Paul Quinn Issue date: 2/6/08 Section: News A tornado ripped through northeast Lafayette County late Tuesday evening, causing heavy ... via The Daily Mississippian

“We were about as lucky as we could be in a storm”

Ground crews moved through tornado-targeted areas of north Mississippi on Wednesday to examine damage left by the deadly storms that injured at least 14 people, apparently none critically. via WMC TV

“We was sittin' watching the news on TV and I heard it start hittin the house and I just grabbed my wife and went in there in a little closet. It's still standing. There's not a scratch in it.”

Witnesses reported two twisters Nearly one dozen people sent to hospitals Several homes destroyed dennis.turner@wreg.com We showed you the heavy damage from the industrial park in Southaven last night, but ... via WREG-TV Memphis

“It's hard. Nearly everything is gone.”

By Errol Castens Daily Journal Oxford Bureau OXFORD - In a storm system that killed at least 55 people in several states, Lafayette County got off light. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

“It's not every day you see a tornado”

OXFORD - Crews used first light this morning to inspect damage left by a tornado left scattered damage across several Mississippi counties, including to three industries in the Lafayette County Industrial Park. via Hattiesburg American

Sad: Wow, your story [" Toxic Town ," by Todd Spivak, December 6] is a real jaw-dropper. I lived in Somerville as a child and moved away after high school. via Houston Press