The Oxford Police Department investigated a threat made against Oxford Middle School overnight and found no current threat to the school, students, or staff. According to OPD, school resource officers ...

We had moved to Woodson Ridge just a few short months before our second son was born. It was in May and the weather was warming up. I was feeling very pregnant so Tom was feeling the pressure of ...

The best thing I ever did for my family started with my son sucking at Monopoly. For more than three decades our family has spent time on the Florida Panhandle, typically renting the same house.

Significant changes to Mississippi’s youth court system are already affecting how cases are handled in Lafayette County, with the biggest change moving the initial review of juvenile cases out of ...

Morgan Freeman is lending his unmistakable voice to a story that began in the Mississippi Delta, but the soundtrack this time includes the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues ...

Oxford Utilities is asking customers to voluntarily cut their outdoor watering by 50% as the city’s water system faces historically high demand following a month of extreme heat and little rainfall.

Lafayette student William Dees does 42 pushups after the Commodores took a 42-0 lead over Wooddale, in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, August 28, 2026. Lafayette won 58-0. (©Bruce Newman) (Bruce Newman) 2/2 ...

Enrollment in the Oxford School District is showing a slight increase for the 2026-27 school year, reversing a previous downward trend. As of Aug. 18, the district had 4,615 students enrolled, ...

Ford Wade almost missed the bus. Not figuratively. He actually missed the bus. It was near the end of Wade’s sixth-grade year at Oxford when the middle school football coaches came to pick up ...

The Oxford Eagle announces the return of Jake Thompson to its staff. After spending nearly five years with the Ole Miss Spirit, Thompson returns to the Oxford Eagle where he spent over a decade ...

Oxford businesses and organizations joined fans around the world in remembering country music legend Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer. The Lyric Oxford honored ...

All my life, I’ve found it hard to resist a good bargain. So, the pandemic a few years ago briefly curtailed my excellent purchasing decisions. I was always out in the stores, shopping for the latest ...