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Michelle Miao, valedictorian of Talawanda High School’s 2022 graduating class, took 20 college classes at Miami as a high school student, including the class that staffs the Oxford Observer.

[Photo] Talawanda High School to end class rank distinctions

May 13, 2022
The state passed a law forbidding cities such as Oxford from banning polystyrene takeout food containers like these.

[Photo] State challenges city power over local issues

April 15, 2022
Ohio law allows medical marijuana to be sold as pills, lotions, oils or edibles, but not in a smokable form.

[Photo] Oxford could get medical marijuana dispensaries

January 21, 2022
The Oxford Aquatic Center, 701 Kay Rench Drive, operates throughout the summer, as seen in this 2021 photo.

[Photo] Oxford considers outside management for aquatic center

January 21, 2022
Pollinator gardens like this one in Carla Blackmar’s Oxford backyard attract insects and promote wildlife diversity.

[Photo] Environmental Commission urges legislation to allow natural gardens

January 21, 2022
An artist’s rendition done for the City of Oxford in 2020 showing what the proposed Amtrak platform might look like. A detailed design is in progress.

[Photo] Oxford Amtrak station project faces challenges

January 14, 2022
Polystyrene coffee cups and food containers like this one, are being phased out in Oxford in favor of more eco-friendly materials.

[Photo] Oxford’s Styrofoam ban to finally take effect

January 14, 2022
Fields of solar panels may provide clean energy, but some worry that they may end up hurting valuable farmland as an unintended consequence.

[Photo] Solar field bill receives mixed reactions

January 14, 2022
The mask mandate requiring all students, teachers, staff and visitors in Talawanda schools to be masked is to be lifted Jan. 10, the district says. For much of 2021, students such as Michelle Miao, a senior at Talawanda High School, had to wear masks in class.

[Photo] Talawanda lifts mask requirement starting Monday

January 7, 2022
McCullough-Hyde continues to offer drive-through COVID-19 testing at the hospital, 110 N. Poplar St., 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with a doctor’s order. The testing was closed Thursday and Friday because of the storm.

[Photo] Hospital president discusses COVID-19 conditions, testing

January 7, 2022
Oxford Police Chief John Jones says the department has been saving funds to cover the $35,000 contract.

[Photo] Lexipol to help Oxford Police with policy updates

December 10, 2021
Emerald ash borers, tiny beetles that kill trees by drilling tiny holes through the bark, as seen here, killed at least 10,000 trees in Ohio during the early 2000s, including many in Oxford.

[Photo] Oxford receives grant to plant 50 trees in 2022

December 3, 2021
The Storm Lake documentary about a small town newspaper was screened this week in Oxford.

[Photo] ‘Storm Lake’ documentary focuses on news deserts

October 22, 2021
Oxford is picking up leaves that are raked to the curb through the end of November.

[Photo] Leaf pickup program to run through end of November

October 22, 2021
Political commentator and expert on Mideast affairs Peter Beinart, speaks about the need to reach a shared-state solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

[Photo] Author will give speech about Arab-Israeli conflict Oct. 5

October 1, 2021
In this scene from the 2019 festival, apple butter is cooked the pioneer way, simmered and stirred in a huge copper kettle.

[Photo] Hueston Woods to host 56th Apple Butter Festival Oct. 2 and 3

October 1, 2021
Words and the symbols they depict line the walls of the Myaamia Center, on Miami’s campus.

[Photo] Myaamia Heritage Award student reflects on experience

August 13, 2021
Mike smiles beside his beloved wife, Crystal, who along with their kids, made up his whole world.

[Photo] Remembering the people, not the statistics

May 14, 2021
Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, a Western College graduate and former national president of the League of Women Voters, is this year’s commencement speaker.

[Photo] Miami to host in-person graduation this May

March 19, 2021
Last year Oxford received $1.4 million in federal COVID relief funds that it distributed to various local public health and service programs, including the Family Resource Center on College Corner Pike, which received $142,000. The latest federal relief package could see the city get as much as $4.3 million in aid.

[Photo] City of Oxford may receive $4.3 million from stimulus package

March 19, 2021
Talawanda School Superintendent Ed Theroux, says the district will make sure substitute teachers can do the job, even if they do not yet have their bachelor degrees.

[Photo] Talawanda considers non-bachelor degree applicants for substitute teachers

March 19, 2021
Miami and the city of Oxford hope to turn the university’s old food services building at 20 S. Elm St. into an innovation hub.

[Photo] Oxford and Miami work to raise funds to complete innovation hub

February 26, 2021
A construction sign in front of Marshall Elementary School.

[Photo] Marshall returns to remote learning in May to allow for building demolition

February 12, 2021
Owner Ann Kamphaus said she has restyled her Church Street Social establishment based on what customers said they wanted.

[Photo] Books & Brews drops franchise to become new social destination

February 12, 2021
Protesters gather outside the Oxford Police Department during last September’s Black Lives Matter demonstration.

[Photo] Oxford to assess social justice concerns through police survey

February 12, 2021
Construction delays mean the Talawanda Board of Education must decide what to do with students of Marshall Elementary School, during asbestos abatement and demolition at the old building.

[Photo] Talawanda combats fiscal and construction concerns amid pandemic

January 15, 2021
As shown in this photo from last fall, students living in dorms will be able to receive drive-thru testing in the Millett Hall parking lot during check-in next week.

[Photo] Miami requires students to receive COVID test when returning to campus

January 15, 2021
The Knolls of Oxford nursing home, 6727 Contreras Road, this week becomes the first place in Oxford to begin administering vaccinations against COVID-19.

[Photo] Local nursing home residents receive COVID-19 vaccinations

January 8, 2021
This vacant building at 20 S. Elm St. may one day house technology and entrepreneurship ventures to help stimulate job growth in the community.

[Photo] City and Miami apply for grant to turn Elm Street building into Tec Hub

November 20, 2020
Staff shortages have forced Talawanda High School and Talawanda Middle School to return to remote only classes.

[Photo] Talawanda School District keeps middle and high school classes remote until Jan. 18

November 20, 2020
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