Tornado season is upon us once again and, as such, next week marks Severe Weather Awareness Week across the state. The goal is to educate the public about proper safety precautions, but according to SKYWARN member Ed Peters, they aren’t the only ones needing the education. ‘To me, this is a safety need for the […]
An Orion Township woman, who police say was in the process of divorcing from her husband, has been charged with two counts of felonious assault after the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department said she fired a 12-gauge shotgun at her husband and struck him in the back with a claw hammer. According to an OCSD report, […]
Jason Fleck, 28, is in Oakland County Jail charged with assaulting his girlfriend and a police officer. The incident took place on Bellevue Island Aug. 21 at 7:20 a.m. According to Lake Orion Police Lieutenant Harold Rossman, officer Rob Barker was on patrol when he was stopped by a man worried about his daughter. The […]
Twenty-five years ago this month, the body of a young man who had been brutally murdered was found along the side of a road in northern Oxford Township. Unfortunately, the person (or persons) responsible for this reprehensible act was never identified and apprehended. But that doesn’t mean the authorities have given up. In fact, they’re […]
OCSD DEPUTY REPORTS Monday, March 24, various equipment reported stolen from a construction site on Interpark Drive North. Three trailers were broken into, and dozens of items were taken from one. *** Tuesday, March 25, trespassing arrest on Brown Road. A 46-year-old Pontiac man was caught in a residence after breaking and entering. Immigration violation […]
Daniel Mark Chase, 18, of Lake Orion, was sentenced to 8-15 years in prison last Friday in Circuit Court. Chase pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence causing death earlier this year, in a late 2006 accident on Lapeer Road that killed a 24-year-old Oxford woman. Members of Sherry Burke’s family […]
Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk is asking the residents of Orion Township who join the board of trustees in opposing a proposed land swap for Bald Mountain property with a private developer, to pick up their pens, take to their keyboards and write their government representatives. Although the United States Department of the Interior (USDI) […]
Raising money to help little kids live their dreams typically gives folks a heartwarming feeling. But in the case of eight Oxford Jr. Wildcats (OJW) coaches, it was more like heartburn. As part of a fund-raiser for the popular youth football program, these coaches participated in a hot dog eating contest at the 24th Street […]
Ron Davis is fed up with the way people are flagrantly violating ? and in some cases, just plain ignoring ? the rules at Seymour Lake Township Park. ‘It’s getting out of hand at the park,? said the director of the Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Department. ‘I always tell people if this was your […]
Sandy Pinchback enjoyed being around kids so much when she worked as a secretary in the front office at Lake Orion High School that she went back to school to get her teaching certificate. Now, five years later, she has been named the district’s high school teacher of the year. ?(Pinchback) came into this field […]