Here comes June, are you ready for the heat?

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June is just around the corner and we have a fresh paper for y'all to peruse. Pick up a print copy or download the PDF and check out big features on Foxfire Ranch's new podcast, Manila Skillet, and the new coffee table book from Nautilus Publishing - A Season to Remember. We also have a special bonus edition inside every Local Voice - The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Guide, with lots of great reads and information.

Our next print edition is coming Thursday, June 25.

Events & Entertainment this week in Oxford & Ole Miss

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Relive the Most Dramatic Season in Ole Miss Football with "A Season to Remember"

A Season to Remember: Talent, Turmoil, Betrayal, Resilience & the Greatest Season in Modern Ole Miss Football is a new coffee table book released this Spring captures every dramatic, confusing, frustrating, and inspiring moment of the unprecedented 2025–2026 football season that Ole Miss players, coaches, and fans endured. Read more

Pick up a FREE printed copy of TLV to read these stories, online version coming soon!

We Are the Promised Land: An Inheritance, a Future, an Altar

by Noreen Ocampo

with photographs by Megan Wolfe

Chef Irish Fe Leigh’s Skillet Brings Manila to Mississippi

by Noreen Ocampo

with photographs by Megan Wolfe

Thursday May 38–Sunday May 31 @ Clarksdale

The Second Annual Son House Tribute Festival returns to Clarksdale, Mississippi

Sunday, May 31 at 4 pm @ Proud Larry's

Will Griffith to Celebrate Book Release for The Oddest Sea

Writer and musician Will Griffith, a.k.a. The Great Dying, will celebrate the release of his 1st book with a release party on Sunday, May 31. Read more

Wednesday, June 3 at 5:30 pm @ Off Square Books

Square Books Presents Josh Weil for What Came West

What Came West is a sweeping, emotionally charged historical adventure with the pulse of a thriller set at the cusp of the Gold Rush in the Sierra Nevada of Northern California. Read More

MDWFP Encourages Residents to Be BearWise This Summer

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) is reminding residents to be bear aware, understand typical bear behavior, and take simple precautions to safely coexist with these native wildlife residents.

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Public Health Concern or Misconduct? Study Gauges Views of Hazing

UM researchers identify groups more likely to tolerate hazing practices Read more

Researchers Develop Method to Detect Diseases Before Symptoms Appear

Alternative intersections could aid in reducing traffic fatalities Read more

Mississippi's Future Leaders Find Their Voice

UM alumni, students, and staff help Boys State and Magnolia Girls State delegates grow Read more

Former Ole Miss Football Players Draw Up a Play to Honor Coach

Rebels contribute to fund Alumni Center construction, name balcony in honor of Billy Brewer Read more

UM Writing and Rhetoric Faculty Member Named Top Online Instructor

Colleen Thorndike honored with Paragon Award for leading a class of 'digital explorers' Read more

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Malco Theaters release Midweek at the Malco Lineup

9-Week Summer Event to Benefit Various Children’s Hospitals Across the Mid-South Read more

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Bronwynne Bailey

Lafayette County Master Gardeners: "Armeria" Read more

Randy Weeks

The View Beyond The Balcony: “2026: An Inner Space Odyssey” Read more

Dana Criswell

Dana Criswell: "Why Mississippi Should Want Data Centers — Mississippi was first — PART 4" Read more

Dana Criswell

Dana Criswell: "Mississippi: Two Rules, One Winner" Read more

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MDWFP and Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Receive Keep Mississippi Beautiful Award

Delta Blues Museum Receives MAC Mini Grant

2026 Youth Fish Camp at the Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery

TLV 20th Anniversary Flashback #20:

WTF NEWS: "Shepard Smith purchases Oxford, Mississippi newspaper, The Local Voice"

by Sherman Smithers

Remember in 2016 when The Local Voice punked Oxford with this April Fool's story? For months after we ran this satire, we recieved calls and emails from many ambitious Ole Miss students seeking internships and the opportunity to work with the Fox News star. Gotcha! Read the original column here