Oxford News

Oxford residents and officials have no lack of issues to command their attention.

The following information was taken from the log book at the David M. Bryan Justice Complex.

A little Mardi Gras spirit will be injected next week into Oxford thanks to a recently created Mardi Gras society, which will host a ball to celebrate the holiday and, in turn, give back to the local arts community.The inaugural Red Clay Ball will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight Wednesday at Proud Larry's, and it is being described as "a night of ... (more)

This year's community film project, "The Show Must Go On," will feature about 130 Oxonians.

A man who twice sought to take his own life and then took the lives of two others died here... It was just one game.

The Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority is negotiating terms with the Canadian company Enerkem to build a new material-recycling facility at the Pontotoc landfill.

OXFORD TOWN - " Young Buffalo, the former-moniker of the solo work of Jim Barrett , was born in the summer of 2009.

After five weeks on the job, Lafayette County's first ever, African-American elected to Countrywide office says she's on a mission to help anybody she can.

Sutro Tower needs all stations transmitting from there to switch to their auxillary antennas on Saturday morning by 8am so they can do some tower work.

OXFORD, Miss. -- A man sentenced to death in the slaying of a father and son in Lafayette County in 2009 has filed an appeal with the Mississippi Supreme Court.

An EatingOxford.com reader recently sent in a tip that a new outpost of pita sandwich chain The Pita Pit will be opening soon at 309 N. Lamar Blvd.

Ole Miss' weekend rotation will have a completely different look in more than one way when it takes the field for the first time at TCU on Feb.

Saltillo fifth-grader wins NMMC Hospice art contest TUPELO - Dylan Allen, a fifth-grader at Saltillo Elementary School, recently won an art contest sponsored by North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice.

The Oxford Square and nearby downtown areas have an acute shortage of parking, and the Downtown Parking Commission is working on solutions that envision a more pedestrian-friendly square.

Eleanor Lauren Myers of Chapel Hill and Jesse Coleman Spinks of Oxford, Miss., were united in marriage Dec.

Gospel rappers, Christian motorcycle riders and jail inmates are expected to take turns spreading the Gospel during the Love Your Neighbor Rally tonight.

In honor of Black History Month, columnist and local historian Jack Lamar Mayfield tells us about the men and women of color who were slaves in the Oxford area during the Civil War years and how the war affected their lives.

Just 7 days after he was recommended for a pardon, Linda Smith's 18-year-old daughter, Charity, was killed in a violent car crash.

Cleveland Donald Jr., the second black graduate of the University of Mississippi, died last week at his home in New Milford.

OXFORD, Miss. -- A 51-year-old Arizona man has been sentenced to 33 and 1/3 years in prison for bringing child pornography into the State of Mississippi.