This is our 92nd week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw increases in recent cases, total cases and the number of COVID-related deaths. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 4,664 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 4,991. Recent cases, which “… […]
Gosh, we’re into the second week of yet another year, and I just figured out, we have only 50 weeks left to make all of our goals — personal, financial and in business. As I pondered how far I am already behind schedule this year, far above me I heard familiar voices. From somewhere in […]
On Jan. 3, the Home of the Wildcats, Collier Lanes, hosted the Oakland Athletic Association Singles Championships. This is open to all OAA school’s varsity programs. The boys had 69 participants and the girls had 47 bowl to crown the 2021 singles champion. Oxford did well in their second tournament event of the year. The […]
Oxford resident William D. Miller died suddenly on December 27, 2021. He was 77. Beloved husband of Donnita Miller (nee Hawes); loving father of Elizabeth Miller of Oxford and Sarah Crisp of Rochester Hills; proud grandfather of Matthew Baker; great-grandfather of Maverick Allam; dear brother of Patricia (Robert) Hartwick, Karen (Al) Kochanowski, Janet Cranick, and […]
Michael (Mike) J. Bloomstrand was born Jan. 8, 1964, in Pontiac, and passed away Dec. 27, 2021, surrounded by his family. Mike was a loving husband, devoted parent, loving grandfather, and a pillar to his family. Mike began dating Kristin Bloomstrand late in life, but they quickly discovered they were soul mates. They met in […]
Ethel Mae Strzelecki of Oxford passed away peacefully Monday, December 27, 2021, at the age of 89. She is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Joseph Strzelecki, her mother and father Max and Mae LaValley (Brazeau) of Pontiac, her sister Doris LaValley, brothers Maxime LaValley and Thomas LaValley, grandson Joseph Armstrong of […]
Richard Allen “Dick” Valentine, 74, of Cary, NC went to be with his Lord and Savior peacefully on Christmas morning, December 25, 2021 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. Dick was born in Pontiac, on November 12, 1947 to the late Jack and Norrine Valentine. Dick was also preceded in death by his wife Betty […]
Photos by various Leonard residents Leonard’s tree lighting on Dec. 3 was more subdued than originally planned, out of respect for the tragedy in Oxford earlier that week. A prayer and a moment of silence were offered for the affected families, and the tree outside Rowland Hall was lit in their honor. Santa arrived after […]
The Oxford Leader office will be closed from noon this Friday (Dec. 24) to 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 3. Our email, ShermanPub@aol.com, will be periodically checked. We are working on the Dec. 29 edition now and it will be delivered by the USPS as usual. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! […]
School bands, orchestras and choirs around the country are proudly performing the Oxford High School fight song as an ode to the community. Over 80 videos have been posted on social media over the last two weeks showing bands, orchestras and choirs from Michigan, to New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and more performing the […]