Although Oxford, Mississippi didn’t receive much damage from Hurricane Katrina, the city is definitely feeling the devastating storm’s aftermath. On Tuesday, Sept. 6, a ‘resource center? was opened in the community offering hurricane evacuees from the Gulf Coast assistance ranging from financial aid to counseling to food and water. Housed in an empty Wal-Mart building […]
The essence of the recent H2O water drive and convoy was one community helping another in a time of great need. But for me, on a personal level, it was about one family pulling together to help others. I must say I’m quite proud of my wife Connie and daughter Larissa for the generous roles […]
A petition seeking to stop the Oxford Village Council from spending anymore tax money on cityhood without a prior vote of village residents has garnered enough signatures and been filed. Bill Dunn, village resident and township supervisor, has collected 361 petition signatures seeking the enactment of a village ordinance that places a ‘spending prohibition? where […]
William Faulkner called Oxford, Mississippi his ‘little postage stamp on earth.? From 1930 until his death in 1962, the Nobel Prize-winning author called the southern city his home. Today, vistors to Oxford can tour his antebellum home dubbed ‘Rowan Oaks.? But you don’t have to be a giant in the literary world to appreciate all […]
Not all of Hurricane Katrina’s victims are people. Some are furry, four-legged and can’t ask for help. That’s where Catherine Theisen comes in. A doctor at the Oxford Veterinary Hospital on Lincoln Street ? and the clinic’s former owner of 14 years ? Theisen recently spent two weeks in Louisiana with a Veterinary Medical Assistance […]
If Addison doesn’t contribute its share of funding to Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance next year, its children and families will not receive local services. Youth Assistance’s Board of Directors voted Sept. 6 ‘to eliminate services to? Addison’s youth as of Dec. 31, 2005 ‘unless the municipality notifies OAYA of its intention to provide funding for OAYA’s […]
Concept plans for a proposed 99,951-square-foot retail shopping center next door to Meijer are the subject of a 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 22 public hearing before the Oxford Township Planning Commission. Located on the east side of M-24 on an 11.47-acre parcel between Meijer and East Market Street, the proposed shopping center is meant to […]
Drive-through took on a whole new meaning Sept. 17 when a car ended up on the front lawn of Oxford Bank shortly after 12 p.m. A 1990 Oldsmobile driven by a 20-year-old Oxford woman landed on the bank’s lawn as a result of a collision with another vehicle on M-24. According to the Oxford Village […]
As the Oxford area continues to grow by leaps and bounds, so does the number of vehicles on the road and the number of traffic violations. Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski told council last week that as of Sept. 1 his officers have issued an additional 1,245 traffic violations this year compared to all […]
A combination of safety pins, colorful beads and the desire to help others allowed students at Lakeville Elementary to raise $271 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Fifth-graders in teachers Rob Murray, Krista Faison and Jill Stuk’s classes recently made and sold Mardi Gras-inspired pins to raise money for the American Red Cross. Fifth-grader Bradley Mitchell […]