Oxford News

By Errol Castens NEMS Daily Journal Oxford Bureau OXFORD - The ball is rolling on making a 1.7-acre city-owned lot on McElroy Drive the site of a new animal shelter to replace the one now in use.

By Patsy R. Brumfield Daily Journal OXFORD - A tearful Marainna Torres stood before Circuit Court Judge Andrew Howorth on Wednesday and publicly admitted she killed her toddler stepsister, Enna Barreto.

The son of anti-tobacco lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for knowing about a judicial bribery scandal and not reporting it to authorities.

Mississippi in mid-July isn't at the top of most travelers' wish lists. For starters: it's damn hot.

YAHOO! Oxford still a literary center Writers attracted to read, sign and live in Faulkner's world OXFORD -- Oxford is known for a charming downtown and tailgating in the Grove, but William Faulkner's hometown ...

On what's now a parking lot at the University of Mississippi between the engineering building and the old chemistry building, Ole Miss plans to build a center to teach manufacturing management skills.

Famed anti-tobacco lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs is headed to prison for five years for conspiring to bribe a judge.

J.D. Greear persuaded his church to drop the word 'Baptist' from its name, sell its historic building in Durham, N.C., and move into a local high school.

BY ERROL CASTENS Daily Journal Oxford Bureau OXFORD - Oxford is known for a charming downtown and tailgating in the Grove, but William Faulkner's hometown is still a literary haven, dubbed by author Pat Conroy ...

Rising water along the Mississippi River has forced the closure of the Steele Bayou flood control gates to protect low-lying land in the Mississippi Delta.

J.D. Greear persuaded his church to drop the word "Baptist" from its name, sell its historic building in Durham, N.C., and move into a local high school.

OXFORD - Mississippi is dangerously thin at quarterback after incoming recruit Chris Wilkes signed with the San Diego Padres.

The University of Mississippi, the city of Oxford and the state of Mississippi have been afforded a tremendous opportunity with Ole Miss selected as the venue of the first 2008 presidential debate.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series on economic development. Nearly every type of business operation relies to some degree upon transportation opportunities afforded by roads and rail.

After honing their musical Spidey sense , and honoring Harry Nilsson with a track-by-track cover of his 1974 set Pussy Cats , the Walkmen will return to the LP game Aug.

The Walkmen The music that inspired The Walkmen to compose You and Me follows in a tradition of song writing that goes back to early rock 'n' roll: the intimacy and energy of Elvis Presley's and Buddy Holly's ...

By Patsy R. Brumfield Daily Journal OXFORD - People have said the rise and fall of famed attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs would make a great book.

U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, R-Miss., will speak Sunday at the dedication of the historic L.Q.C. Lamar House in Oxford.

Maps and charts showing new-highway route alternatives mean nothing if no money's available to build new four-lanes, but two heavily attended public hearings this week measure the depth of interest in new ...

The vice chairwoman of the Mississippi Democratic Party broke a long silence Tuesday by committing her superdelegate vote to Sen.