OXFORD, Miss. – Donald Shores Vaughan, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Mississippi, died Thursday in Tucson, Ariz., at age 86. He retired from UM in 1988, after some 33 years of service.

OXFORD, Miss. – You’re never too young – or too old – to help others, especially during the Christmas holiday season.

NEW YORK – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) has announced that Archie Manning will become the organization’s sixth chairman since its founding in 1947, succeeding Ron Johnson, who has fulfilled a two-year term.

OXFORD, Miss. – Members of the Mississippi Small Business Development Center recently attended a Franklin Covey Leadership Foundations workshop in Flowood.

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor of English has published a novel on the life of the late Finnish poet and translator Pentti Saarikoski.

OXFORD, Miss. – Carolyn Ellis Staton, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Mississippi since 1999, is stepping down at the end of the year.

OXFORD, Miss. – The pedestrian path that winds through Bailey’s Woods between the University of Mississippi Museum and William Faulkner’s historic home, Rowan Oak, has a new bridge.

OXFORD, Miss. – The faculty at the University of Mississippi is firmly supporting Chancellor Robert Khayat in his efforts to encourage a more equitable method of allocating funds for the state’s eight universities.