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TUPELO • Following a vote that divided its board of aldermen, the city of Oxford will require its citizens and visitors to wear masks while in public, beginning Wednesday.

OXFORD • As litigation over unclear residency requirements awaits a ruling from the state’s highest court, Oxford’s election commission on Tuesday night certified a candidate for June's general election despite previous eligibility concerns. The commission voted this week to certify Afton Thomas, the Democratic candidate for the board’s Ward 2 seat. Commissioners previously questioned whether she should appear on the ballot because she had not lived in the ward she’s hoping to represent for at least two years. A recent opinion from Attorney General Lynn Fitch's off...

2 min read University of Mississippi associate professor of sociology and international studies Miguel Centellas has officially entered the race for Board of Aldermen, running to represent Ward VI. Centellas, a Democrat and Oxford resident since 2015, will face incumbent Republican Jason Bailey for the seat. Centellas joins Afton Thomas as the second university employee to enter the race for a seat on the Board of Aldermen. Thomas is running as a Democrat against incumbent Republican Mark Huelse to represent Ward II. In a Facebook post on Monday, Centellas said he decided to r...

4 min read Afton Thomas, associate director for programs at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, entered the race for a seat on the Oxford Board of Aldermen last week. Running as a Democrat, Thomas will face Republican incumbent Mark Huelse to represent Ward II. Thomas said she decided to run after being encouraged by members of the community to run based on her involvement with various nonprofit organizations in Lafayette County.  “I was asked, ‘Have you ever considered it?’ and I hadn’t considered it. I said, ‘You know, now you have me thinking about it,�...