For many, Halloween means trick-or-treating on the night of Oct. 31 and bingeing on candy for the next week or so. But some local organizations and communities this year are bringing Halloween festivities to town a little earlier and drawing large crowds in the process. Read the full story
Millions of Christmas lights will brighten a 200-foot tunnel through Choccolocco Park in Oxford. At the end of the tunnel, will be a “holiday village,” featuring an ice-skating rink, arts and crafts and the big man himself, Santa Claus. Read the full story
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago. Read the full story
Back in the day, Anniston had its chance to envelope Oxford. Not kill it but absorb it in a bloodless electoral conquest, the massive (by Calhoun County standards) over the meek. Except, Oxford wasn’t meek. Read the full story
Millions of Christmas lights will brighten a 200-foot tunnel through Choccolocco Park in Oxford. At the end of the tunnel, will be a “holiday village,” featuring an ice-skating rink, arts and crafts and the big man himself, Santa Claus.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Back in the day, Anniston had its chance to envelope Oxford. Not kill it but absorb it in a bloodless electoral conquest, the massive (by Calhoun County standards) over the meek. Except, Oxford wasn’t meek.
A Munford man was jailed Wednesday after police charged him earlier that day with two robberies from more than a year ago.
Two men faced charges Wednesday morning after, police said, they got into an altercation at the Circle K gas station in Oxford on Saturday.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
The Oxford City Council voted Tuesday night to have Oxford attorney Ron Allen ask Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office whether any state law might restrict the city from imposing an excise tax for retail businesses based on the percentage of alcohol sold for off-premise consumption.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Oxford police were investigating Saturday after, they said, a man tried to run a second man over and the second man fired at the first man earlier that day.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Hot-car deaths began to rise in the 1990s, when auto safety experts realized that riding in the front seat was dangerous for small passengers. When car seats moved to the back, and then in many cases became rear-facing, children were out of sight and sometimes out of mind.
Oxfordfest Committee secretary Teresa Crosson said the event gives people the opportunity get out of the house, socialize, and enjoy good music and good food.
Photos of Oxfordfest 2019
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Oxford police announced Wednesday that they have passed a case involving the Friday death of an 11-month-old to the Calhoun County District Attorney’s Office and have made no arrests in the case.
The parking lot was already full of people 20 minutes before the event officially began at 6 p.m., with kids getting plastic fire and police caps and stopping at vendors to get cotton candy and free pizza from the police department.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
First responders say handling any sort of emergency is difficult, but it’s especially hard when a child is killed or injured. That's happened three times in the past month in Calhoun County.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
An 11-month old child is dead and another was being treated after being left in a vehicle at a car dealership in Oxford on Friday, officials said.
Cheaha Regional Humane Society has a location picked for its new headquarters. Now it’s just a matter of having it built.
Oxford police charged a man last week after, they said, he sexually abused a child younger than 12 between 2011 and 2013.
Mountain bike trails at McClellan are set to grow significantly next year, after the McClellan Development Authority voted Wednesday to approve a new phase of construction.
