A 54-year-old Oxford woman, who tested positive for crack cocaine, allegedly broke into a downtown Oxford restaurant early Friday morning, then fled the scene and led police on a high-speed chase through the village and along M-24. The chase ended with the suspect’s vehicle rear-ending a sheriff’s patrol car near Clarkston Road in Orion. Oxford […]
A leaking water line caused a giant hole to open up Wednesday in the middle of Moyer St. between Hovey and Pontiac streets. Don Brantley, Superintendent of the Oxford Village Department of Public Works, said the hole was about “6 feet in diameter and 8 inches deep” and located in the roadway in front of […]
From cheering for the Blue and Gold of Oxford to cheering for the Maize and Blue of the University of Michigan, Amanda Szabo has come a long way. The 2003 Oxford High Shool graduate is one of the newest editions to the U-M cheerleading team. The college freshman now spends her Saturday afternoons in the […]
Drahner Road is under siege and the Road Commission for Oakland County has taken action to protect it. The commission recently banned all “trucks and other commercial vehicles” from traveling Drahner Road between Lapeer and Rochester Roads in Oxford and Addison townships until Oct. 28. Trucks making local deliveries constitute the only exception to the […]
An out-of-town contractor was cited last week for the alleged theft of township water from a fire hydrant behind the Oxford Meijer. The New Haven-based Pamar Enterprises, Inc. was ticketed for allegedly violating two township ordinances when the driver of one of its tanker trucks was discovered Sept. 3 allegedly using a fire hydrant to […]
Back when I was a budding young conservative journalist battling the lunatic Left at U-M, it used to drive me crazy when the Michigan Student Assembly (our feeble student government) would debate and approve resolutions that had nothing to do with their real role on campus. MSA passed numerous resolutions opposing wars in far-off countries, […]
The name is Grace. Tom Grace. And he and his action hero creation, Nolan Kilkenny, are coming to Oxford Tuesday, Sept. 23. On that day, Grace, the author of three science-thriller novels, will address the Rotary Club of Oxford at noon and speak at the Oxford Public Library at 7 p.m. The architect-turned-author from Dexter, […]
In 400 B.C., the Greek Hippocrates, known as the Father of Medicine, developed an oath of medical ethics in which one of the chief tenants was ‘do no harm.? For nearly a half-century, Dr. David Jennings has not only honored that tenant, he’s gone above and beyond it by becoming a force for good in […]
The Oxford Veterinary Hospital is bigger and better than ever and the public is invited to take a look. Hospital owner Dr. Cathy Theisen is hosting an open house from Monday, Sept. 22 through Friday, Sept. 26 at her newly expanded and modernized 6 Lincoln St. facility. The public is invited to stop by any […]
An Oxford man who spent years sexually assaulting a string of young boys is now facing life in prison. Robert Basat, 50, was found guilty Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court of five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of possessing child sexually abusive material. […]