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OXFORD • A recent opinion by the state’s top legal agency over new residency requirements has now cut short a third candidacy for the Oxford Board of Aldermen. D. Ryan Grover, a Democratic candidate for the board’s 3rd Ward, has officially withdrawn from the Democratic primary, according to Oxford Municipal Clerk Ashley Atkinson. Atkinson did not state a reason for Grover’s withdrawal, but his eligibility was in question because he could not outright prove he had lived in Ward 3 for at least two years, according to records Atkinson presented at a Monday election commission...

OXFORD • Around 12 people have qualified to run for a seat on the Oxford Board of Aldermen, but with only one mayoral candidate right now. Two of city’s incumbent aldermen, Janice Antonow and Rick Addy, have said they do not intend to run for reelection this year. In Oxford’s Ward 1 seat, three people have qualified for the race so far. Harry Alexander, a realtor, qualified to run as an independent candidate. Erin Smith, the executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates, and Billy Crews, a development officer for the school of education at the University of Mississipp...