In our 30th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area saw big jumps in recent cases, and in total cases. According to numbers provided by Oakland County, last week we reported there were a total of 255 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 305 cases, nearly a 20 percent increase. Recent cases […]
While not exactly the cast of a Walt Disney movie, the dwarfs of Country Coney, on S. Lapeer Road, with names like Bossy, Sassy and Sudsy worked hard to keep customers happy, well fed and entertained. Too, bad Halloween only comes once a year. Photo by J. Sherman
Captain’s Log, Stardate 2020-1102: There. Is. Only one. Day left. The question we have asked ourselves is, “Can we survive Election 2020?” * * * I send this exciting chapter of Don’t Rush Me into the hallowed halls of Don’t Rushmedon on Monday, November 2. Mothership Earth is still spinning in the cosmos. Asteroids are […]
Our Student- Athlete of the Week, this week is Danielle Balinski, who is on the Cheer squad. She is a two year varsity member. After high school, she plans to study at Oakland University majoring in clinical and diagnostic sciences. Her career goal is to become a pathology assistant. Her goal for cheer is to […]
David L. Beardsley Jr., age 55 of Dryden, passed away October 26, 2020. David was born in Lapeer on March 19, 1965, and attended Oxford Schools. David worked as an excavator and also owned his own trucking business and carried the handle of “Black Sheep.” He was a family man who enjoyed hunting, fishing, tending […]
While there wasn’t a parade. While there wasn’t a packed-with-fans Wildcat Stadium. While the home team didn’t win, there was still pomp and circumstance in Oxford last Friday night. And, why not? It was Homecoming 2020. Last week, Oxford High School students voted to fill out the 2020 Homecoming Court. The court included: Freshmen: Holden […]
By Leader Staff Writers James Hanlon and Teddy Rydquist Voters who have not mailed in or dropped off ther ballots from the villages of Oxford and Leonard and from the townships of Addison and Oxford, will head the the polls starting 7 a.m., Tuesday, November 3. Here’s a quick rundown of what the locals are […]
Okay, by a show of hands, how many of you watched the last two minutes of the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons National Football League game this past Sunday? Now, by another show of hands, how many of you turned the game off with after the two minute warning mark in the fourth quarter? If you […]
They shatter the afternoon in a daily pitch of high-powered gunfire here in rural Oxford, Michigan. The neighbors are spitting lead into the fields once seeded with feed-corn and alfalfa. Never mind the horse farms near-bye the golf course across the street never mind any consideration of residents or common sense. Someone famous wants to […]
Leonard Elementary School students in 3rd through 5th grade participated in the 2020-2021 Student Council Election, last Friday. Their voices were heard as they expressed their choice in leadership. According to Student Council Advisors Chelsea Schlak and Jen Coggins, Student Council candidates spent the week campaigning by hanging posters throughout the school and participating in […]