Oxford News

The newest members of the Butler County Elderly Services Program board share an interest in helping promote awareness of the services available to area seniors.

A fund is now in place to help people laid off from Miami University. The school announced a few months ago that it was laying off dozens of employees.

It appears Jane Howington, the woman chosen as Kalispell's new city manager, made few controversial decisions during her previous stint as city manager of Oxford, Ohio.

The North Texas Wind Symphony, conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon, will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at Hall Auditorium on the Oxford campus.

Two-lane resurfacing of U.S. 27 in the city of Oxford is scheduled to begin Monday, July 6. Work, which will be performed from Chestnut Street to High Street, will consist of milling existing asphalt and repaving, Traffic will be maintained with a flagging operation.

Assistant City Manager Jane Howington has resigned after a two-year stint. She has accepted the manager's position in Kalispell, Mont., a city whose population was estimated at 20,000 in 2007, according to that city's Web site.

Continuing this week's theme of BBQ-themed etymological explorations, let's turn quickly to look at that classic companion of the hamburger on-the-grill, namely, the hot dog.

Larry Wayne Richards * Professor of architecture, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, * June 29, 2009 Having grown up in the Muncie area, I am always pleased to receive Star Press clippings from my mother, Virginia Richards, who lives near Matthews.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 430 AM EDT.

School officials have said they wanted construction on the new Talawanda High School to begin as early as August, but a political action committee is attempting to repeal the bond issue that is funding the construction.

Just as state and local officials were beginning to investigate a blaze that destroyed the clubhouse at Indian Ridge Golf Course in Hanover Twp.

OXFORD, Ohio - Officials at Miami University in Ohio say 1,087 couples renewed their wedding vows in a special ceremony, surpassing a previous record.

The clubhouse at the Indian Ridge Golf Course is destroyed by flames on June 22, 2009.

As thousands of Miami graduates make their way into Oxford for the bicentennial celebration of the university's Alumni Weekend, one man sincerely hopes none of them get lost.

On a day late in August 2005, the first day of class in her freshman year at Miami University, Stephanie Reid, 22, of Germantown was running late, and was the last student to arrive in the classroom for English 111.

Jerry Sarquis said a smile broke across his face when he learned he and his wife, both Miami University chemistry professors, would be honored for their work.

A fully integrated video distribution solution, HaiVision's Video Furnace allows Miami University to use its existing IP network to deliver high-quality video to desktops and laptops with a high degree of flexibility and minimal maintenance.

A Some area residents are weighing options to stop construction at the new Talawanda High School.

An investigation is underway after a deadly accident in Butler County Wednesday afternoon.

An Oxford woman died Wednesday afternoon, June 10, in a two-vehicle crash on Reily-Millville Road west of Cochran Road in Hanover Twp., according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office.