On Tuesday morning, Shane Murray Cummings went from a wanted man to a man behind bars. Members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Team (FAT) took the 37-year-old Oxford resident, who’s accused of stealing $5,110 from the main branch of Oxford Bank on Friday, July 26, into custody. FAT located Cummings at a relative’s […]
To say attendance was light at the July 25 informational meeting regarding Oxford Township’s police and parks operating millage proposals would be an understatement. A total of seven people showed up and of those, three were members of the local media, one was a parks department employee and one was the parks director’s wife. Despite […]
Let’s face it, nobody really likes paying taxes. Nobody jumps for joy when filing their federal income tax return. Nobody does cartwheels when they receive their property tax bill in the mail. Nobody willingly overpays their taxes and tells the government to “keep the change.” If you do, there’s something seriously wrong with you. But […]
Local developer Dave Weckle is building a bomb-making facility in downtown Oxford. But, the only thing these bombs will be exploding with is flavor. During the July 24 groundbreaking ceremony for Weckle’s three-building, mixed-use development along E. Burdick, Mill and Stanton streets, it was announced that Evergreens Coffee and Bakeshop will occupy the ground floor […]
When it comes to dining out, there’s no shortage of options in Oxford and soon, there could be one more. Plans to build a 4,105-square-foot Culver’s restaurant with a drive-through have been submitted to the township. The proposed site is 3.46 acres on the west side of M-24 between Tractor Supply Co. to the north […]
Thanks to an $800 donation from the Oxford Chamber of Commerce, the Oxford Village Police Department now has the money to purchase its fifth and final tactical vest. As a piece of body armor, tactical vests provide a greater degree of personal protection because they can stop a rifle bullet, something the bulletproof vests currently […]
It’s not often a guy gets to return to his hometown to show everybody the movie he helped make. On Sunday, Aug. 4, Zach Throne, a 2012 graduate of Oxford High School, will be doing just that. There will be a special showing of “Cadia: The World Within” at the OHS Performing Arts Center. Doors […]
Oxford resident Adalyn Sikora, 6, views models of the Apollo Command Module and an astronaut at the Oxford Public Library. They’re part of an exhibit that’s on loan from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The exhibit, which highlights the Apollo program and the future of space exploration, will be on display at the […]
On Tuesday morning, Shane Murray Cummings went from a wanted man to a man behind bars. Members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Team (FAT) took the 37-year-old Oxford resident, who’s accused of stealing $5,110 from the main branch of Oxford Bank on Friday, July 26, into custody. FAT located Cummings at a relative’s […]
Shane Murray Cummings is a wanted man. There’s an active arrest warrant for the 37-year-old Oxford resident in connection with the July 26 robbery of the main branch of Oxford Bank at 60 S. Washington St. According to village Police Chief Mike Solwold, Cummings was charged with one felony count of bank robbery and one […]