Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office

Ohio Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute in Oxford, Mississippi

TLV News July 29, 2024

A Dayton, Ohio man was sentenced on Friday, July 26, 2024, to 96 months in prison for...

Oxford, Mississippi Woman Charged with Contempt of Court, Cyberstalking 35 year old Khristina Renee Hastings of Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford, Mississippi Woman Charged with Contempt of Court, Cyberstalking

Oxford Police Department July 24, 2024

On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at approximately 11:43 pm, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office dispatched to Highway...

Abbeville, Mississippi Man Arrested for Felony Fleeing, DUI 4th, and Several Misdemeanor Offenses 41 year old William David Pettit of Abbeville, Mississippi.

41 year old William David Pettit of Abbeville, Mississippi.

Abbeville, Mississippi Man Arrested for Felony Fleeing, DUI 4th, and Several Misdemeanor Offenses

Lafayette County Sheriff July 24, 2024

On Sunday, July 21, 2024, at approximately 7:30 pm, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office was on patrol...

Oxford, Mississippi Man Arrested for Stolen Firearms After Suspicious Person Report on County Road 119 Antavious Dukes, 21, of Oxford, Mississippi.

Antavious Dukes, 21, of Oxford, Mississippi.

Oxford, Mississippi Man Arrested for Stolen Firearms After Suspicious Person Report on County Road 119

Lafayette County Sheriff June 27, 2024

On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at approximately 11:45 am, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received a call...

Abbeville, Mississippi Man Arrested for Rape 58 year old James Allen Colton of Abbeville, Mississippi.

Abbeville, Mississippi Man Arrested for Rape

Lafayette County Sheriff June 20, 2024

On Sunday, June 16, 2024, at approximately 5:09 pm, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received a call...

Oxford, Mississippi Man Charged with DUI 4th 38 year old Andrew Shane Parker of Oxford, Mississippi.

Oxford, Mississippi Man Charged with DUI 4th

Lafayette County Sheriff June 20, 2024

On Sunday, June 16, 2024, at approximately 1:15 pm the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received a call...

Oxford, Mississippi Man Arrested for Burglaries in Old Oaks Subdivision 32 year old Robert Houston of Oxford, Mississippi.

Oxford, Mississippi Man Arrested for Burglaries in Old Oaks Subdivision

Lafayette County Sheriff June 20, 2024

On June 9, 2024, Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a residential...

Oxford Man Arrested for Sexual Assault Cory Lemond Smith 47 years old of Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford Man Arrested for Sexual Assault

Lafayette County Sheriff June 3, 2024

On May 29, 2024, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Unit received notification of a reported sexual...

Oxford Man Arrested After Domestic Assault in Tula Dakota Bowen 27 years old of Oxford, Mississippi.

Oxford Man Arrested After Domestic Assault in Tula

Lafayette County Sheriff June 1, 2024

On May 27, 2024, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Tula Community for a report...

Marshall County Man Arrested in Lafayette County After Automobile Collision Larriel Milam (30 years old, black male) of Marshall County.

Marshall County Man Arrested in Lafayette County After Automobile Collision

TLV News June 1, 2024

On May 28, 2024 at approximately 9:45 am, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received a report of...

Lafayette County Man Arrested for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender Willie Kelsey Woods.

Lafayette County Man Arrested for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

Lafayette County Sheriff May 31, 2024

On Friday – May 31, 2024, at approximately 11:00 am, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender...

Harmontown, Mississippi Father Arrested for Shooting His Son KODAK Digital Still Camera

Harmontown, Mississippi Father Arrested for Shooting His Son

Lafayette County Sheriff May 23, 2024

On Sunday – May 19, 2024, at approximately 2:08 am, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were...

Man Arrested for DUI 4th After One Car Accident on County Road 215 KODAK Digital Still Camera

Man Arrested for DUI 4th After One Car Accident on County Road 215

Lafayette County Sheriff April 26, 2024

On April 19, 2024, a Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to County Road...

Lafayette County Sheriff Deputy Arrests Man in Harmontown Fleeing the Scene with a Chainsaw KODAK Digital Still Camera

Lafayette County Sheriff Deputy Arrests Man in Harmontown Fleeing the Scene with a Chainsaw

Lafayette County Sheriff April 26, 2024

On April 21, 2024, a Deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to County Road...

Mississippi Man Arrested at Ole Miss Morgan Wallen Concert for Assaulting Patrons and Police KODAK Digital Still Camera

Mississippi Man Arrested at Ole Miss Morgan Wallen Concert for Assaulting Patrons and Police

Lafayette County Sheriff April 22, 2024

On April 20, 2024, Deputies from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office were assisting the University of Mississippi...

Structure Fire on Lafayette County Road 119 Takes the Lives of Two FireLineDoNotCross

Structure Fire on Lafayette County Road 119 Takes the Lives of Two

TLV News February 20, 2024

Lafayette County, MS – On Monday February 19, 2024, at 6:30 am, Lafayette County Fire Department was...

Married Abbeville, Mississippi Pastor Fired Days After Pregnant Mistress Confronts Him During Service in Viral Video pastor-rickey-scott-sr-and-sharon-scott

Married Abbeville, Mississippi Pastor Fired Days After Pregnant Mistress Confronts Him During Service in Viral Video

TLV News January 18, 2024

A married Mississippi pastor has been fired by the church in the wake of an alleged cheating...

Harmontown Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child KODAK Digital Still Camera

Harmontown Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child

Lafayette County Sheriff December 11, 2023

On December 4, 2023, Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of County...

Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Four After Stolen Checks Cashed at Oxford Bank KODAK Digital Still Camera

Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Four After Stolen Checks Cashed at Oxford Bank

Lafayette County Sheriff December 11, 2023

On November 18, 2023, investigators with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation regarding several stolen...

Abbeville, Mississippi Man Arrested for Sexual Assault KODAK Digital Still Camera

Abbeville, Mississippi Man Arrested for Sexual Assault

Lafayette County Sheriff August 25, 2023

On August 20, 2023, Investigators with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the Baptist...

Jan Walker on Andrea Staten Set for Solo Spotlight at Hill Country PicnicJune 14, 2026
Davis, I really appreciate this excellent article about Andrea. She’s a gifted musician and a wonderful person.
Kevin Medlin on Starke Miller: “Did You Know: The Lost ‘Ode to Billy Joe’ Lyrics are in the Ole Miss Archives?”May 15, 2026
Always wondered why the song title ended up Ode To BILLIE JOE. That’s the Southern vernacular for a female (ie…
Dr Janine Ambrose on Blue Velvet Rising: Effie Burt’s All-Female Blues Collective Finds Its VoiceMay 7, 2026
Awesome!!!
Chesley Pearman on Will Griffith to Celebrate Book Release for “The Oddest Sea”May 6, 2026
YAAAAAAYYYYYYY, WILL!!!
Jeffrey Vallens on Blues Musician and Scholar to Deliver Annual Last LectureApril 30, 2026
Congratulatuons on your retirement! They can find another English teacher. We need him to keep playin' his harp...And giving lessons.…