By John Cofield Flem Mize came home after the Beacon’s first day in 1959 and placed a $100 bill on the dining room table. His ...

Interfaith Compassion Ministry has worked behind the scenes to meet the needs of Oxford and Lafayette County’s most ...

For the first time in history, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church is from the United States. On Thursday, Cardinal ...

FNB Water Valley announces the appointment of Leshon Polk as vice president, market manager. Polk, an experienced community ...

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I’m gearing up for a traumatic event. It’s coming. I suspect it will be sooner rather than ...

Oxford High School won Best in Debate at the annual state championship event, presented by the Mississippi High School ...

By Stella Connell UM School of Business Administration After 21 years as a faculty member at the UM School of Business ...

A Holly Springs woman died when her vehicle hit a tree. On Friday at approximately 6:22 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol ...

Oxford School District’s orchestra program has seen remarkable growth and has become a vibrant part of the district’s fine ...

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route May has arrived and it feels like the June of my youth. I checked the beehives, of ...

On Friday, May 2, the University of Mississippi Environmental Coalition organized a study-in protest on campus, in ...

Many Oxford and Lafayette County residents woke up Wednesday morning to leaves, limbs and in some cases, trees in their yard ...