Oxford and Ole Miss are almost one in the same, but in 1840, a town on the Mississippi Coast was almost chosen as the University of Mississippi's home.

I long imagined I’d end up living in a college town. I just assumed it would be Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a half-hour drive from my hometown of Raleigh. When I took a job at the University of ...

The last decade has seen exponential growth in the housing market and general economic development in and around Oxford, ...

A man pleaded guilty to murder and tampering charges and was sentenced to 40 years in the killing of a University of ...

This story originally aired on March 5, 2022. When investigators found the body of Ally Kostial, a student at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, in July 2019 near Sardis Lake, an abandoned ...

The man who pled guilty to killing University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee will be sentenced in Oxford. The sentencing hearing for Sheldon Timothy ...

Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. pleaded guilty in connection with the death of University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee.

Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. is accused of murdering University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee in July 2022. Lee, ...

Shahbaz Gul and Heba Marzouk, students at Oxford High School, have each accepted a spot in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy’s competitive Early Entry program. The Early Entry program ...

OXFORD, Miss. — A vice chancellor at the University of Mississippi has been indicted on charges of animal cruelty after law enforcement says they found dead and malnourished dogs at a home last month.

If you’re not careful, a visit to Oxford might land you in the “Velvet Ditch.” Incorporated in 1837, the small college town with its bustling historic square earned the nickname in the 1950s after ...