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Obituary: Richard Frank Bailey

Obituary: Richard Frank Bailey

Richard Frank Bailey, dear family member and friend, passed away on Dec. 18, 2025. He was born in Trenton, NJ to Frank A. Bailey and Alice Kuestner Bailey on Sept. 12, 1946 and graduated from Ewing High School in 1964. He earned his BS degree in engineering from Lafyette College,

Black school children at Oxford’s segregated North School, pre-1887.

Local Legends: We Will Be There

A display of chocolate

Valentine’s Day Chocolate

Volunteer Cade Henney, left, retired 1st Sgt. Robert Sauer, and interns Autumn Johnson and Ada Bright pose for a photo

Oxford Seniors Community Adult Day Service turns 25

Talawanda High School’s Model UN team poses for a photo following the Ohio Model UN Conference in Columbus in December 2025.

Talawanda High students bring back Model UN, debate club after hiatus

Butler Tech Aviation Education Hangar opens to students

Butler Tech Aviation Education Hangar opens to students

Milford Township Board of Trustees Vice President Mike Green at a meeting

Milford trustees to submit fire levy for May ballot

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Milford Township Board of Trustees Vice President Mike Green at a meeting

Milford trustees to submit fire levy for May ballot

The proposed levy would be a continuation of the current rate.

Councilors Bill Snavely (left) and Jim Vinch listen during public comment at the Oxford City Council meeting on Feb. 3, 2026.

Oxford City Council lays groundwork for mayor’s court

A close up of an Oxford Police Department patch

OPD responds to several theft and intoxication reports

Hanover Township fire and EMS vehicles sit in a designated parking lot in 2019.

Hanover Township trustees submit new fire levy for county approval

Oxford Lane Library experiences 2nd electrical fire since September

Oxford Lane Library experiences 2nd electrical fire since September

Miami students stage walk-out to protest ICE

Miami students stage walk-out to protest ICE

Oxford City Councilors Jason Bracken, left, and Roxanne Ornelas discuss sidewalk improvements

Oxford City Council discusses sidewalk improvements, ICE concerns raised

Community

Volunteer Cade Henney, left, retired 1st Sgt. Robert Sauer, and interns Autumn Johnson and Ada Bright pose for a photo

Oxford Seniors Community Adult Day Service turns 25

The facility is one of only two in Butler County and the longest serving by nearly a decade.

Talawanda High School’s Model UN team poses for a photo following the Ohio Model UN Conference in Columbus in December 2025.

Talawanda High students bring back Model UN, debate club after hiatus

“Brown Road” by Margaret Kanner Myers.

‘Rooted Here’ exhibit examines Oxford’s history of art

Greater Oxford Community Foundation announces local grants

Nick Schwab, middle left, is honored during a Reily Township Board of Trustees meeting. Schwab is posed with Jeremy Sears, left, Randy Eaton and Clayton Lightfield.

Reily Township honors 3 VFD, EMS retirees

Community Snow Photos

The front cover of Wil Haygood's "The War Within a War."

‘The War Within a War’ examines racial complexities of the Vietnam War

Opinion

Black school children at Oxford’s segregated North School, pre-1887.

Local Legends: We Will Be There

"Although historical segregation was mainly associated with the American South, it also existed in Ohio, and elsewhere in the North, for many years beginning with the passage of a state law in 1848."

A display of chocolate

Valentine’s Day Chocolate

Oats (clockwise from bottom) steel-cut, quick and rolled.

On My Plate: Oatmeal

Observations: Political Decency

Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching

Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching

Doug Jordan

Veterans Among Us: Doug Jordan

Lottie Moon

Local Legends: Unreconstructed

Development

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Council talks 2026 priorities during work session

Commission recommends redevelopment of vacant nursing home

Housing Commission recommends new affordable housing plan for Hester Road development

Fast-charging EV stations coming to Oxford through grant funding

Old buildings, new developments and alternative visions

Business

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Uptown business rebrands as Blessed Links Jewelry

Council OKs new electric aggregation program and economic development plan

Mini City Homestead brings small-scale focus to local produce scene

Best of Oxford: Local businesses excel in Journal-News’ Best of Butler County contest

Misrule Brewery partners with Bello to open Oxford taproom

Talawanda School District

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Talawanda High students bring back Model UN, debate club after hiatus

‘Best decision’: Exchange students in Oxford share experiences at host-family lunch

Talawanda BOE members sworn in, discuss budget

Talawanda receives donations to help with lunch debt

Talawanda student lunch debt at a high