By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer The Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team launched an investigation into a residence on Dakota Street in Pontiac and obtained a search warrant for the property, which was carried out on Thursday, August 27. While there, according to multiple reports, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office found a startling amount of […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Announcing his candidacy in January, the seven months of campaigning paid off for Joe Kent on August 4. Utilizing “Count on Kent” as one of his campaign slogans, the 29-year Addison Township resident, who possesses an Oxford mailing address, defeated Royal Oak’s Susan E. Anderson by eight-percent, 54-46, to […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Featuring a strong field of 18 schools, the Oxford Wildcats girls’ golf program tied for eighth-place, with the Lake Orion Dragons, in the Troy Colts Invite at Twin Lakes Golf Club on August 27. Citing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the event was limited to 72 […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Having played four of their five matches on the road thus far in 2020, the Oxford Wildcats boys’ tennis team battled the Macomb Area Conference’s (MAC) Romeo Bulldogs on Tuesday, September 1. Splitting the singles flights, the Wildcats won just one of the doubles flights and lost the match, […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Looks like there will be football and marching band hoop la on Oxford High School’s famed blue field afterall. Last Thursday, the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s (MHSAA) Representative Council reinstated the 2020 fall football season after Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 176, lifting restrictions that previously did […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Faced with the prospect of decreased state funding due to cutbacks attributed to the coronavirus (COVID-19), Polly Ann Trail Manager Linda Moran, in concert with Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Solwold, elected to hold a bottle drive fundraiser at the station’s garage in May. Hoping to raise a few […]
One for the road At 4:56 p.m. on August 21, Oxford Village Police officers received a Be On The Lookout (BOL) from Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies regarding a red, 1999 Mercury Cougar. The vehicle, which did not have verified insurance, was seen leaving the Lake Orion Kroger, headed northbound on S. Lapeer Road. A fellow […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Featuring a limited summer and just 12 days between their first practice and the season-opening match against the Brandon Blackhawks on August 24, head coach Ryan Ruzziconi expected to see some rust from his varsity boys in the campaign’s early stages. Quickly quelling any possible concerns about what to […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer On Tuesday, August 25, the Oxford Wildcats girls’ golf program made the nearly 40-mile trip southwest to compete in the first of two Oakland Activities Association (OAA) White Division meets on this season’s calendar. Held at Farmington Hills Golf Club, located at 37777 11 Mile Road, the competition included […]
Extremely uncooperative At 6:27 p.m. on August 14, Oxford Village Police officers were dispatched to perform a welfare check on S. Glaspie Street. An individual was reported to be bleeding from the mouth. Three officers responded to the scene, finding a man, identified as a 65-year-old Oxford resident, lying on the sidewalk near a bicycle. […]