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Lafayette County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 55,813. [1] Its county seat is Oxford. [2] The local pronunciation of the name is "la-FAY-et." The county's name honors Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero and American general who fought during the American Revolutionary War. [3]
Boyd grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. [3] She is the daughter of Lafayette County Extension Home Economist, Joyce Akins and Noal Akins, [3] who was an educator, coach, businessman, and former representative of the 12th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012. [4]
WTNM broadcasts a news/talk format to the Oxford and Batesville, Mississippi, area. [3] The station was assigned the call sign "WQLJ" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 16, 1992. [1] On May 28, 2015, WQLJ changed their format to news/talk, branded as "Super Talk Mississippi" (swapping formats with WTNM 105.5 FM
Lafayette Police urge caution for flooded roadways Sept. 11/10:32 a.m. Residents of southeast Louisiana are bracing for Hurricane Francine, and flooding and road closures are expected in Lafayette ...
Week 2 of the high school football season in the 337 is upon us. After kicking off the season last week, 18 area teams have already snagged their first win — proving they were more than ready ...
There were a total of 2,394 students enrolled in the Lafayette County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 47% female and 53% male. The racial makeup of the district was 29.20% African American, 69.13% White, 1.42% Hispanic, 0.13% Native American, and 0.13% Asian.
The superintendent is voted on and elected by the school board. From 2013 through 2017 the superintendent was Brian Harvey. Harvey graduated from the district in 1990 and worked in the district for 17 years; as a middle and high school teacher, the assistant principal at Oxford High School, and the principal at both Central Elementary and Oxford Middle School.
Waller was born on October 21, 1926, near Oxford in Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Percy A. Waller and Myrtle Gatewood. [1] He and his two siblings worked on their parents' 300 acres (1.2 km 2) farm in their youth. The family was not affluent, but fared better than many of their neighbors during the Great Depression.