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Bob Ratterman grew up in Cincinnati and graduated from Miami University in 1971. He has worked at the The Oxford Press since that time as a reporter covering city, Talawanda school board, Miami University and sports news and was named editor in 1989.
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Salute to Pioneers celebrates 50 years
REILY TWP. — Indian Creek Church has stood since 1830, but was in a sad state of disrepair and reduced to sheltering sheep from the weather in the early 1960s when a group of residents decided to do something to save the structure.Once that was accomplished, the group changed into ...
Relay for Life offers chance to be part of history
BROOKVILLE, IND — Franklin County residents will host a Relay for Life event on June 1 with a twist that will let participants be a part of history.The annual Relay for Life typically draws 300 to 500 participants and as many 35 teams working together to both raise money to ...
Day of celebration kicks off Little League season
OXFORD — “Let’s Play Ball!” With those words, Marvin Wilhelm changed Miami Little League Day from one of celebrating what the group has to one of putting it to use. Instead of the traditional Opening Day, the Miami Little League board switched to a day of celebration Saturday to avoid ...
Progress made during rebuilding year for THS softball team
OXFORD — “Rebuilding year” is a term applied to many sports seasons and is a phrase used several times by Talawanda High School softball coach Christina Beckett in looking back at the 2013 season.The phrase is inescapable for a team that finished 7-19. When the season began, though, this is ...
$11M windfall from state will help finance Kramer
OXFORD — What was expected to be a showdown vote on plans to build a new Kramer Elementary School using a unique funding vehicle, turned into a celebration Monday when the Talawanda Board of Education was told it should expect $11 million from the state this fall.A resolution to use ...
Talawanda girls win SWOC track championship
OXFORD — Make it two in a row league championships for the Talawanda High School girls track team as it now reigns as the Southwest Ohio Conference winners in the league’s first year of existence.The girls also captured a league title in 2012 in the final year of the Fort ...
New lieutenant brings ‘energy’ to OPD
OXFORD — The newest police lieutenant was introduced at Tuesday’s Oxford City Council meeting.John Jones, who rose through the ranks and has held a number of jobs with the city dating back to his student years at Miami University, took the oath as a police lieutenant earlier and was welcomed ...
Braves ride Smith’s arm, hot bats to first-round tourney win
OXFORD — A seven-run first inning got the Talawanda High School baseball team off to strong start in its Division I sectional tournament game Tuesday.The Braves won 12-2, using a bases-loaded walk in the sixth inning to end the game with a mercy-rule finish. The win sets up a Thursday ...
3,000 pounds of food donated to local pantry
OXFORD — Two major donations totaling more than 3,000 pounds of food were made to the Oxford Community Choice Pantry Monday, helping the pantry in its mission to feed the hungry in the Talawanda School District.First, on Monday morning, the pantry staff accepted 997 pounds of food and personal items ...
Walmart site plan moves forward
OXFORD — Years in the making, a Planned Unit Development to replace the old Walmart store on South Locust Street got a hearing before the city’s planning commission Tuesday and the commission voted to recommend approval to Oxford City Council.The PUD was before the commission for final approval, although it ...
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