By Bonnie Brown Columnist I can honestly say that I have cousins by the dozens.  My father was one of 9 children, and my ...

Staff Report Wade Hill drove in four runs on three hits to lead Regents School past the Tunica Academy Blue Devils 8-4 on ...

The Mississippi Arts Commission announced the appointment of Ann Fisher-Wirth of Oxford as the state’s new Poet Laureate on ...

By T.J. Ray Columnist Yesterday, with a handshake, I met a fellow I didn’t know. All the information I had about him was the ...

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

Music lovers are invited to gather their lawn chairs and picnic blankets for the fourth annual Women in Blues Festival, a ...

By Harold Brummett Star Denmark Route I had never known a time in Oxford without the Beacon.  I remember Winter’s hamburgers ...

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 ...

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2025 Patient Experience Award. This award ...

Battle for the Golden Egg against Mississippi State will take place on the Friday after Thanksgiving in Starkville. The game ...

Oxford and its community partners have been nominated in six categories for Mississippi Magazine’s 2025 Best of Mississippi ...

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