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There’s plenty of 80s nostalgia when walking by the Ingersoll Theatre of Performing Arts (ITOPA) building and passing by the window display. It features elements of 80s fashion and music, a crucial part of ITOPA’s latest production, Bingo!

On the heels of South West Oxford Township (SWOX) Mayor David Mayberry’s and Coun. Jim Pickard’s retirement announcements, Coun. Valerie Durston has confirmed she will not be seeking re-election.

Commonplace Books in Ingersoll will be celebrating the beloved children’s classic The Paper Bag Princess, by the late Robert Munsch.

Laughter, lively conversation, and the comforting aroma of chili filled St. David's United Church in Woodstock on Saturday, Feb. 21, as the One Act Players Community Theatre presented its Chili and Baked Potato Buffet.

Laughter, conversation, and the aroma of freshly flipped pancakes filled the hall at Old St. Paul's Anglican Church on Tuesday evening as the church hosted its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper.

Jordan Tiegs has been too focused on his job to take it all in.

Surviving the unavoidable contrast between victory and defeat is endemic to the Finbow family’s divided athletic house.

The Woodstock College Avenue (CASS) Knights ran out the clock on the St. Thomas St. Joe’s Rams in a Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) Southeast AA junior boys basketball semi-final ‘game of runs’ Tuesday, February 17 in Woodstock.

The Ingersoll DCI junior Blue Bombers are headed into the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletics Association AA girls volleyball championships as the top Thames Valley Regional Athletics Southeast seed.

Ingersoll DCI Blue Bombers curling coach Mike Bryson does hear his share of teenage slang. But he doesn’t employ it, at least not seriously.

Woodstock is in the driver’s seat in its Provincial Junior Hockey League first-round series, leading Dorchester three games to none. Game four is scheduled for Friday night at home.

Football may not seem to be as popular as hockey or soccer in the city, but one look at the Wolverines social media channels paints a picture of a growing association.

The Woodstock Oxford Rotary kicked off its new monthly evening series, Dining and Dialogue, with an inaugural event held on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Chartwell Oxford Gardens Retirement Residence.

Woodstock staff have been directed to prepare a report for council that will look into the increasingly problematic issue of illegal dumping, particularly in the downtown core.

“I have seen some change, but it’s just not enough.” That’s how Tracey Reynolds Sherman described the current state of the system in place in Oxford County to support the homeless who often have mental health and addiction issues.

Ontario’s most powerful police bureaucrat confirmed Monday he is conducting an independent inspection of police corruption in the province. The move comes after eight current and former Toronto police officers were charged in Project South, a massive corruption investigation.

New ideas to boost tourism in Oxford County could receive funding from the Oxford County Tourism Innovation grant.

The Ontario government has recognized Elgin-St. Thomas and Oxford County as age-friendly communities for their contributions to more inclusive physical and social environments for aging adults.

Oxford County municipalities continue to face high demand for the critical product, which remains in short supply.

At least part of a mystery has been solved after human remains were found in South-West Oxford Township, but one question remains – how did Cory Gigault’s body wind up in the yard of a residence on Beachville Road?