By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Celebrating 75 years of honoring and improving the lives of veterans and serving the community, North Oakland VFW Post 334 received national recognition from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States on August 11. Presented by Senior VFW 5th District Commander Su-Jen Mauldin and accepted by North […]
Not too young to get ticket At 5:52 a.m. on September 2, a sheriff’s deputy witnessed a white Jeep Liberty traveling at an excessive speed on N. Lapeer Road in Oxford Township. Using his radar, the deputy clocked the Liberty at 80 miles per hour (MPH), 25 MPH above the posted limit. Initiating a traffic […]
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 Displaying a sense of entrepreneurism and initiative well beyond their years, two Oxford students, Faith Diegel, a tenth grade high school student, and her brother, Luke, an eighth grader, turned what started out as a fun activity with their friends into a new business for themselves. Called Yard Card […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Oxford School Board just extended emergency powers for Superintendent Tim Throne for the duration of the 2020-2021 school year. The resolution passed 7-0 at the Sept. 1 board meeting. The resolution gives the superintendent “greater flexibility to respond quickly and appropriately to the evolving crisis, including ensuring compliance […]
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 […]
The faitful at Oxford United Methodist Church welcomed their new pastor this past Sunday, durimg an outdoor service. The Rev. Dr. Julius Ernest Del Pino replaces full time pastor, Rev. Jennifer Jue and interim pastor, Steven Black. Rev. Del Pino was born in Savannah,Georgia and grew up in a Methodist parsonage along with five siblings […]