Most people expect gifts, like money or fun toys, for their birthday, but Orion resident Nadine Lychuk decided to do something different for her 80th birthday Dec. 23. ‘At my age, when you have a birthday, you don’t need a darn thing,? she joked. Her husband, John, wanted to throw her a birthday party, but […]
After months of court dates, financial hardships and even having to sell her gymnastics center, Jeni Ochoa, former owner of Elite Gymnastics in Oxford, is glad it’s all finally over. Cheryl Ann Zardus, 40, of Ortonville, was sentenced Friday for embezzling $108,000 from Oxford’s Elite Gym Starz Parent Club. Oakland County Circuit Judge Rudy Nichols […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home on the 900 block of Pinewood in Addison Township after the homeowner discovered three semi-automatic handguns missing last Wednesday. According to Sgt. Robert Brudvig, commander of the Addison Twp. sheriff’s substation, it is unclear when the guns were taken from the closet of the master bedroom. […]
An 19-year-old Oxford man found himself in a ditch along W. Drahner Rd. and Glaspie St. early Monday after reportedly speeding on the icy road. The 1993 Ford Ranger pick-up truck was heading westbound on Drahner when he accelerated too rapidly and lost control, rolling on its side. Luckily, no one was injured during the […]
Come play some Texas Hold’em poker and help fund a township splash park while you’re at it. On Friday, Feb. 29, the Oxford Kiwanis Club, Lions Club and Rotary Club will host a Charity Texas Hold’em Tournament at Boulder Pointe Golf Club and Conference Center to benefit the building of a $390,000, handicap accessible splash […]
If you ever make the mistake of drinking and driving, you may end up facing not only a judge, but hundreds of eighth-graders at Oxford Middle School. Instead of her usual courtroom at the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills, Judge Julie A. Nicholson brought her court to the Commons Area at OMS on Thursday, […]
Teachers need all the help they can get when it comes to outfitting their classrooms with the proper materials to help the learning process. Thankfully, the Lakes Community Credit Union in Lake Orion understands this. That’s why they distributed a $250 mini-grant to second grade Leonard Elementary teacher Jillian Opalach, and Daniel Axford Elementary teacher […]
Congratulations to Rachel Grzanka, a fifth-grader at Leonard Elementary, for winning the school’s Geography Bee on Jan. 9. Students were required to answer geography questions relating to places, names, locations of cultures, physical features, landforms, climate and bodies of water. Grzanka’s winning question was which continent the country Liberia was located, which of course is […]
Reading is always a way for one to escape to another time, world and person’s mind. That’s why the Oxford Public Library has the theme of Armchair Travel for their 7th Annual Adult Winter Reading Program. Just pick up your Reading Passport and suggested reading list and you’ll be ready to go. Here are some […]
It seems playing games on the road has paid off for the Oxford Varsity girl’s basketball team. The Ladycats won both their games at Brandon on Friday and at Linden Monday night. At Brandon, junior captain Joelle Harms had 13 points, junior Le’Essa Collier had 12 points and seven rebounds, while junior captain Brooke Bocquet […]