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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 ...
$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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Search is on for Oxford’s ‘Unsung Heroes’
OXFORD — The search is on for the city’s “Unsung Heroes” and they will be honored in four categories as part of the kickoff celebration for the fall campaign of the United Way of Oxford, Ohio and Vicinity.The community is invited to nominate those who are “Unsung Heroes.”The traditional kickoff ...
Miss Oxford hopes to represent Ohio
OXFORD — The next Miss Ohio could be a Miami University student.Kat Howland, who will be a senior at Miami in the fall, was crowned Miss Oxford at the local pageant March 2 and will be one of 24 contestants in the Miss Ohio pageant June 19-21 at the historic ...
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 ...
Salute to Our Pioneers to have 50th celebration
REILY TWP. — Preserving history is important, but those who are part of the Indian Creek Church and Pioneer Burial Grounds preservation effort take time out every May to celebrate that past. This month, they mark 50 years of recalling that pioneer past.The annual Salute to Our Pioneers at the ...
Food drive, business loan focus of council
OXFORD — Food was on the agenda for Oxford City Council at its meeting Tuesday, both in a proclamation about Saturday’s “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive and in a resolution modifying the Revolving Loan Fund agreement with the MOON Co-op market.MOON Co-op received a modification of its Revolving Loan Fund ...
THS ready to host first SWOC track championships
OXFORD — Talawanda High School’s new track will host the first-ever Southwest Ohio Conference track championships on Tuesday and Thursday with the Braves having a solid chance to win the girls’ title.Talawanda coach Paul Stiver said he does not want to point to specific athletes or performances for this season, ...
Braves prepping for postseason baseball tourney
OXFORD — Talawanda High School’s baseball team will open postseason tournament play Tuesday with a home game against Princeton at 5 p.m.The Braves will host Princeton in a first-round sectional game in the Cincinnati I baseball Division I tournament. The winner will play Thursday at 5 p.m. against the winner ...
Wine Festival will be bigger, better than ever, organizers say
OXFORD — Growing every year, the Oxford Wine Festival has become a popular draw that brings many visitors to the city and gives residents a day of socializing, while enjoying art and music and toasting what the community has to offer.The sixth annual event will be held Saturday, May 18, ...
12 THS athletes making the jump to college
OXFORD — A dozen Talawanda High School senior athletes will continue their athletic careers in college, playing for a variety of Division III schools. Interim Athletic Director Denise Zimmerman, herself a college athlete in D-III, said the 12 seniors should be proud of the opportunity to continue in their sports ...
FOX anchor, MU alum to speak at graduation ceremony
Bombs exploding at the Boston Marathon, the capture of Saddam Hussein, natural disasters like Sandy and Katrina and the shootings at Sandy Hook have all drawn Bill Hemmer from his New York home to report on stories for television audiences. This weekend, Hemmer put those things aside for a brief ...
Carriage parade showcases days gone by
OXFORD — Horse-drawn carriages with riders in period clothing came down High Street Sunday afternoon in a salute to days gone by.The Red Bricks and Roses Carriage Parade made its way from Millett Hall to Uptown, where carriage owners and their horses were introduced. They continued their trek around Oxford ...
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