Grand jury indicts Herrington on capital murder charge
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. has been indicted by a grand jury on the charge of capital murder for his involvement in the death of Ole Miss student Jimmy “Jay” Lee on July
2022 Lafayette County election results
Lafayette County held it’s midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Here are the results. 1st Congressional District US House of Representatives WINNER: Trent R. Kelly [R] (7,921 votes, 62.94%) Diane D. Black
Lafayette County Detention Center makes facility updates
The Lafayette County Detention Center is making improvements including the installation of money and educational kiosks and the building of a new, expanded commissary room. Sheriff Joey East and Jail Administrator Johnny
Lafayette County meets and exceeds 50% fully vaccinated
As new daily COVID-19 cases fall, vaccination rates continue to rise in Lafayette County. Last week, the county reached a celebratory milestone of 50% of the population being fully vaccinated. The milestone
‘It doesn’t represent me’: Mohawk, a 63-year-old veteran, has protested the Confederate monument for weeks
Amid the bustle of a football game weekend, a crowd gathered last Saturday in front of the Confederate monument on the Square, many of them carrying signs with quotes like “Love your
Community members gather on Square to protest Confederate monument
Oxford community members marched around the Lafayette County Courthouse lawn at 4 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 24 calling for the removal of the Confederate statue that stands there. The crowd gathered in
Board of Aldermen has no plans to move Confederate monument from the Square
At this week’s Board of Aldermen meeting, Mayor Robyn Tannehill said that there are no plans to move the Confederate monument from the center of the Square unless the Lafayette County Board
Lafayette County sees record voter registration numbers as it returns to paper ballots for the 2020 election
The last time Lafayette County residents took to the polls for the March primaries, they voted on a paperless, direct-recording electronic (DRE) system, but this November, the county will return to paper-based
Citizens project ‘TAKE IT DOWN’ onto the Lafayette County Courthouse Confederate monument
For roughly thirty minutes on Saturday night, two men illuminated the Confederate monument on the Square with the words ‘TAKE IT DOWN,’ using a projector mounted atop their car on South Lamar
Elwood Higginbottom’s family helps unveil Lafayette County lynching memorial
Filling the wooden pews that line the sanctuary of Second Baptist Church on Jackson Ave., a sea of black and white faces sat as one, bound together in remembrance of Elwood Higginbottom.