Although only 6% percent of Oxford residents are Black, nearly 10% of arrests by the Oxford Police Department in 2022 were of Black individuals. The number of arrests and citations given to Black individuals was highest since data collection began...
Oxford Police arrested fewer people in 2022 than in the previous two years. Police recorded 386 arrests in 2022; 568 arrests in 2021; and 455 arrests in 2020. Chief John Jones said the difference reflected both a reduction in uptown bar traffic...
Summer in Oxford will be in full swing as the Oxford Aquatic Center opens this Monday, May 29. In addition, on Memorial Day Weekend, Hueston Woods will kick off its new season. The aquatic center, opening for its fifth year, will have many events like...
Helaine Alessio, professor and chair of the department of kinesiology and health, gave up her car seven years ago. She and her husband share a car, but she rides her bike two-and-a-half miles to work daily. “I ride a bike—rain, snow, sleet or...
A memorial service will be May 27 for Abby Wood, the 12-year-old Talawanda Middle School student who died last week. The Butler County Coroner’s office said on May 25 that the cause of death remained under investigation. “Abby was very artistic,...
Miami University librarians are in the middle of a two-week voting period to form a union. A two-week-long election for a faculty union ended May 17, with 65% of the vote in favor of unionizing, according to unofficial results. The vote is expected...
