Families affected by Oxford school shooting win key decision in lawsuit against district
May 12, 2023 GMTDETROIT (AP) — A group of families won a key court victory Friday in an effort to pin some responsibility on a Michigan school district for a shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded in 2021.
Man indicted in death of still-missing Mississippi student
March 29, 2023 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A man has been indicted on a capital murder charge in the death of a University of Mississippi student who went missing last summer and whose body has not been found, police said Wednesday.
Double win for Cambridge over Oxford in annual Boat Race
March 26, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — It's four wins out of five for Cambridge in one of England’s oldest sporting events after it powered to victory over Oxford in the men's Boat Race on Sunday.
And it was a bold move by Cambridge cox Jasper Parish on the River Thames that proved the difference in the annual contest between the two universities which started in 1829.
Court considers if parents of school shooter can be charged
March 7, 2023 GMTDETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday defended charges against the parents of a teenager who killed four students at a Michigan school in 2021, telling an appeals court that extreme drawings and the boy's fascination with guns should have been a wake-up call on the day of the shootings.
Judge: Oxford Schools, staff immune from shooting lawsuits
March 4, 2023 GMTPONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge has ruled that staff and administrators at Oxford High School cannot be sued for a mass shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded.
Oakland County Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Brennan also dismissed Oxford Community Schools from civil lawsuits related to the shooting, stating that the district and staff are protected by governmental immunity.
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FACT FOCUS: Conspiracies misconstrue ‘15-minute city’ idea
March 3, 2023 GMTCities where people can live a short walk from work, school and other daily essentials rather than braving traffic-clogged highways or long commutes: utopian ideal or dystopian nightmare?
Ole Miss wins first game without Davis, beats LSU 82-69
February 26, 2023 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaemyn Brakefield scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Mississippi won its first game with acting head coach Win Case, beating LSU 82-69 on Saturday night.
Case took over the program on Friday when Ole Miss fired Kermit Davis, who was nearing the end of his fifth season at the helm in Oxford.
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Ex-Apple designer behind Charles III’s coronation emblem
February 11, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — The official emblem of King Charles III’s coronation, created by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive and his associates, honors the monarch’s love of nature by joining the flora that symbolize the four nations of the United Kingdom in a single image.
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RBC Bearings: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot
February 9, 2023 GMTOXFORD, Conn. (AP) — OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — RBC Bearings Inc. (RBC) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $36.3 million.
The Oxford, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of $1.05 per share.
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Oquendo rallies Georgia, keeps Ole Miss winless in SEC 62-58
January 14, 2023 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Kario Oquendo scored all 15 of his points in the second half and his 10 straight points in the final four minutes carried Georgia to a 62-58 win over Ole Miss on Saturday.
The win came in first-year Georgia coach Mike White's first trip to Oxford, where he was a four-year starter for the Rebels, leading them to three straight 20-win seasons before becoming an assistant coach on teams that won two Southeastern Conference West titles.
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New director of Mississippi’s officer training academy named
January 7, 2023 GMTJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has named a new leader for its law enforcement officer training academy.
Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell on Friday announced the appointment of Anthony Carleton to director of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer Training Academy in Pearl.
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Ole Miss rallies behind Murrell, Ruffin for 63-55 win
December 18, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Matthew Murrell scored 21 points and Daeshun Ruffin had 17 with the two combining for 28 in the second half when Mississippi rallied to beat Temple 63-55 on Saturday.
After shooting just 27% and giving up 16 points off turnovers in the first half the Rebels (8-3) rebounded to shoot 48% in the second half and overtake the Owls.
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Ole Miss jumps out early, cruises to 98-61 win over Valpo
December 10, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Matthew Murrell scored 17 points, Daeshun Ruffin added 14 points and six scored in double figures as Mississippi rolled to a 98-61 victory over Valparaiso on Saturday.
Ole Miss (7-2) ended a two-game skid and has won all five of its home games.
Oxford Dictionaries names ‘goblin mode’ its word of the year
December 5, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase.
Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that “goblin mode” has been selected by online vote as its word of the year.
It defines the term as “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.”
Man charged with murder of Ole Miss student released on bond
December 2, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The man charged with first-degree murder in the case of a University of Mississippi student who has been missing since early July was released on a $250,000 bond Thursday.
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, faces a murder charge for the suspected killing of 20-year-old Jimmie “Jay” Lee, whose body has yet to be found after his July 8 disappearance.
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Lane Kiffin signs new contract with Mississippi
November 29, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Lane Kiffin has signed a new contract to remain at Mississippi, the school announced Tuesday.
Details of the deal were not released. The 47-year-old Kiffin has gone 23-12 in three seasons with the Rebels, who lost four of their last five games to finish the regular season at 8-4.
Kiffin plans to return; No. 20 Ole Miss falls to Bulldogs
November 25, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State coach Mike Leach admitted the Egg Bowl series with Ole Miss ranks among the nation’s elite rivalries in unpredictability.
“Both sides let the other think they’d won it,” Leach said.
Ole Miss hits just enough FTs, holds off UT Martin 72-68
November 19, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Matthew Murrell scored 16 points, Myles Burns added 13 and Mississippi held off UT Martin for a 72-68 victory on Friday night.
KK Curry scored four points during a 12-4 run that pulled UT Martin to 70-68 with 16 seconds left.
Murrell’s 2nd half lifts Ole Miss past Chattanooga, 70-58
November 16, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Matthew Murrell put up 25 points, knocking down 6 of 10 shots from behind the arc and sparking a 13-3 run midway through the second half to earn Mississippi a 70-58 win over Chattanooga on Tuesday night.
US Rhodes scholars chosen to begin Oxford studies in 2023
November 13, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A new group of Rhodes scholars from the U.S. has been chosen for the prestigious academic program in a selection process that was conducted online for the third consecutive year.
The class of 32 scholars for 2023 was “elected entirely virtually, with both candidates and selectors participating remotely, safely, and independently,” American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot F.
Young’s 3 TD passes lifts No. 10 ’Bama past No. 11 Ole Miss
November 13, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban wondered which Crimson Tide team would show up in Mississippi. As it turned out, he didn’t need to be worried, especially about quarterback Bryce Young.
Brakefield leads Ole Miss scoring contingent past FAU
November 12, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaemyn Brakefield scored 17 points on 6-for-6 shooting and Ole Miss saw 11 players score in its 80-67 win over Florida Atlantic on Friday night.
Matthew Murrell scored 10 points distributed seven assists and Robert Allen scored 10 off the bench for the Rebels.
No. 10 Alabama aims to rebound on visit to No. 11 Ole Miss
November 10, 2022 GMTLane Kiffin has intimate but limited experience with how his old boss Nick Saban handled regular-season losses.
Murrell scores 20, leads Ole Miss over Alcorn State 73-58
November 8, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Matthew Murrell made five 3-pointers and finished with 20 points to lead Mississippi to a 73-58 victory over Alcorn State on Monday night in a season opener.
Murrell was 7-of-18 shooting from the floor and added six rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Mississippi residents accused of defrauding federal program
October 26, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss (AP) — Fourteen Mississippi residents have been arrested on criminal charges related to a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain government funds through a federal program for small businesses, the U.S.
Winkle, professor and Mississippi Constitution expert, dies
October 25, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — John W. Winkle III, a longtime University of Mississippi political science professor who wrote a definitive reference book about the Mississippi Constitution, has died.
Truck hits 2 Ole Miss students, killing 1; suspects arrested
October 17, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A pickup truck struck two University of Mississippi students in a parking lot in downtown Oxford, killing one of them and injuring the other, police said.
Two suspects, both from Collierville, Tennessee, were arrested by Monday in the crash, which occurred early Sunday, authorities said.
No. 9 Mississippi runs wild and holds off Auburn 48-34
October 15, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) —
Jaxson Dart is warming up to the idea of being a running quarterback.
Dart ran for 115 yards, one of three Mississippi 100-yard rushers, and the ninth-ranked Rebels rolled up 448 on the ground in a 48-34 victory over Auburn Saturday.
No. 14 Mississippi beats mistake-prone No. 7 Kentucky 22-19
October 1, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Lane Kiffin changed his opinion of his defense after No. 14 Mississippi forced two turnovers in the final three minutes to preserve a 22-19 win over No. 7 Kentucky on Saturday.
4 Mississippi judges tapped to help with backlog of cases
September 25, 2022 GMTJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four former circuit court judges will help handle a backlog of criminal cases that have accumulated in Mississippi's largest county during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph appointed Andrew K.
Dart, Judkins help No. 16 Mississippi beat Tulsa 35-27
September 25, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Although consistency for four quarters continues to be a top priority for No. 16 Mississippi, the Rebels relied on a 28-point outburst in the second quarter to cruise to a win against Tulsa on Saturday.
Mississippi court: officer was reckless in pedestrian crash
September 21, 2022 GMTJACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi's top appeals court has determined a police officer recklessly disregarded the safety of pedestrians in 2018 when he drove over the speed limit and crashed into a car.
4-year sentence, $2.9 million payback in sorority theft
September 18, 2022 GMTSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $3 million in restitution for embezzling money from a Mississippi State University sorority.
Arrests of UK anti-royal protesters spur free-speech debate
September 13, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — In a country famed for irreverence, some worry a new code of silence has taken hold.
Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a handful of people in Britain have been detained by police for expressing — often bluntly — anti-monarchy views.
Kiffin expects Ole Miss QB Luke Altmyer to be able to play
September 12, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin said quarterback Luke Altmyer should be able to play against Georgia Tech, but he isn't saying who will start for the 20th-ranked Rebels.
Altmyer sustained an upper-body injury in the second quarter of the game against Central Arkansas and didn't play in the second half of the Rebels' 59-3 win.
No. 22 Mississippi starts fast, routs Central Arkansas 59-3
September 11, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin has a well-deserved reputation for developing explosive offensive units, but Central Arkansas coach Nathan Brown took a different approach after No.
North Mississippi district attorney John Champion dies
September 6, 2022 GMTSENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — Longtime north Mississippi District Attorney John Champion died Sunday at his home in Senatobia, according to a funeral home.
USC transfer Dart helps No. 21 Mississippi beat Troy 28-10
September 4, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaxson Dart thought about it. But the Mississippi quarterback did not want to get greedy in his debut performance.
“I wanted to throw deep. I wanted to. It just wasn’t there,” said Dart after evaluating his performance as No.
No. 21 Ole Miss leans heavily on transfers against Troy
September 1, 2022 GMTMississippi is turning to an array of new players after a big season, while Troy will have a first-year coaching staff on the sidelines.
Mississippi businessman sentenced in pandemic relief fraud
August 15, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi businessman has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for misusing over $6 million in business loans through a coronavirus pandemic relief program.
Fire damages Mississippi church where Faulkner was married
August 15, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi church where William Faulkner was married nearly a century ago has been heavily damaged in a fire.
Man accused in Ole Miss student’s disappearance denied bond
August 9, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge on Tuesday denied bond for a man suspected of killing a University of Mississippi student who has been missing since early July.
Judge Grady F. Tollison III rejected a request to set bond for Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, of Grenada, during a preliminary hearing in Oxford.
Africa sees some artifacts returned home but seeks far more
July 31, 2022 GMTKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Apollo John Rwamparo speaks forlornly of the eight-legged stool, a symbol of authority for his ancient kingdom in Uganda, now glimpsed through a glass barrier at a museum thousands of miles away in Britain.
Mississippi man pleads guilty to bank robbery in home state
July 26, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing a bank in the northeast part of the state.
Jasper Michael Wagner, 56, of Tupelo, entered the plea onTuesday before U.S.
Man arrested in Mississippi college student’s disappearance
July 23, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man is in custody accused in the disappearance of a college student last seen July 8.
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, of Grenada, was arrested on a charge of murder in the case involving Jimmie “Jay” Lee, a 20-year-old University of Mississippi student.
Man charged with murder in missing Ole Miss student case
July 23, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi man has been charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of a missing Ole Miss student.
Oxford police announced Friday that they arrested Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, of Grenada.
Faulkner conference focuses on late author’s modernism
July 15, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Scholars of the late William Faulkner will gather in person and online to discuss the work of Nobel Prize-winning author.
The University of Mississippi’s 48th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference takes place Sunday through Thursday.
Father pleads for help finding missing Ole Miss student
July 14, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The family of a missing University of Mississippi student has issued a public call for help.
Mississippi news outlets report that the father of Jimmie “Jay” Lee recorded a video statement, distributed this week by the Oxford Police Department, discussing his son’s disappearance.
Search continues for missing Mississippi college student
July 12, 2022 GMTOXFORD, Miss (AP) — Authorities continued to search Tuesday for a University of Mississippi student who went missing days ago in the northern part of the state.
Oxford Police renewed a call to the public for any tips leading to the whereabouts of Jimmie “Jay” Lee.