Army daughter serves in Iraq while teacher mom send love from home

While U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Julia Ludeman is helping civilians in Iraq, her mother, Oxford Elementary teacher Mary Ludeman, is busy keeping the home fires burning. Julia, a 2000 graduate of Oxford High School, was recently deployed to Iraq, where she’s aiding civilians in that worn-torn Middle Eastern nation as part of the U.S. Army […]

Drama Club on the auction block

Have you always wanted a personal servant to handle those unpleasant and tedious household chores? Does the mere thought of manual labor make you break into a cold sweat? Fear not, the Oxford High School Drama Club is offering the answer to your cheap labor prayers. More than 25 Drama Club members will place themselves […]

DECA raises awareness and money to help end drunk driving

Once again the Oxford High School DECA Club is raising public awareness and money for a worthy cause, this time by asking students one simple question – “Got a ride?” DECA members Kate Hubbard, Lauren Caleca, Kathleen Roberts and David Reile are working together to stop drunk driving by educating their fellow students about its […]

Grandson’s request raises $3,957 for Rivests

Addison resident Sam Harris, 9, heard about a local family in need and asked his grandfather, also named Sam Harris, to help them. The result – $3,957 was raised to benefit the Rivest family of Addison Township, who lost their home and two family members in a Jan. 5 explosion and fire. “I felt very, […]

Ford sentenced to one-year probation, ordered to pay OPFEC $1,324

Gary Ford will pay for his crime, but he won’t pay as much as Oxford officials wanted him to. On Tuesday, the former Oxford police chief was sentenced to one year probation in Oakland County Circuit Court and ordered by visiting Judge Alice Gilbert to pay the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission the sum […]

Evidence of explosion at house fire

What was once advertised as a ‘retreat in the country, just minutes from shopping and amenities? is now a collection of charred and crumbling ruins thanks to a devastating fire and possible explosion. Located at 1897 Man-A-Lee Lane in Oxford Twp., a 6,230-square-foot luxury home was consumed by flames late Friday afternoon. The cause of […]

Dad confessed to beating daughter with bat, cops say

A 20-year-old Oxford woman was hospitalized Monday morning after she was allegedly brutally beaten by her father with a baseball bat while she was sleeping at 77 S. Glaspie St. The father, Robert Brian Kelly, 52, of Oxford, was arrested after turning himself in and confessing to the assault, according to village police. Kelly was […]

Tractor Supply coming to Oxford

Oxford Township’s development drought is finally coming to an end. Tractor Supply Company (TSC) is expected to submit preliminary plans later this month for building a new 20,000-square-foot store (not including outdoor sales space) on the east side of M-24, just south of Meijer, on approximately 3.5 to 4 acres owned by the Clinton Township-based […]

Village cop resigns after Tasering dispatcher

An Oxford Village Police officer is out of a job after accidentally shooting a dispatcher with a Taser on Easter morning. Officer Mark Lampkowski, ‘voluntarily resigned? from the department following a May 3 disciplinary hearing, according to Police Chief Mike Neymanowski. ‘He was a hard-working officer and did everything right, but he screwed up on […]

OHS auto students shine at state competition

Oxford is rapidly becoming known as the school district that produces first-rate automotive students. Case in point, OHS seniors Nick Colangelo and Chris Marshall walked away with tons of honors at the Michigan Industrial & Technology Education Society’s (MITES) annual automotive competition held April 29 at the Tuscola Technology Center in Caro. ‘I’m just ecstatic,? […]