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Backpack food program at Andersonville

Many children don't get enough nutritious food, even in Clarkston. For students at Andersonville Elementary this fall, Blessings in a Backpack is there to help. The national program is for students receiving free or reduced lunches during the week at school....more >>

School board meetings now posted on website

The Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education meetings are now available to watch online. The link to the board's last meeting, on July 11, is found on the bottom of the district's home page at www....more >>

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OHS grad headed to China to teach history, maybe football

One of Oxford's sons left for China this week to teach students in the Far East about this nation's past and, if there's enough interest, how to wage the 100-yard war. Gerald Wichman III, a 2004 graduate of Oxford High School, landed a job teaching U....more >>

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Born June 18th

1877: James Montgomery Flagg, American artist and author.

1896: Blanche Sweet, film actress.

1937: Gail Godwin, writer (The Perfectionists, The Southern Family).

1942: Paul McCartney, songwriter and singer, member of the Beatles.

1949: Chris Van Allsburg, children's author and illustrator (Jumanji, The Polar Express).

June 18th
in history

1864: At Petersburg, Union General Ulysses S. Grant realizes the town can no longer be taken by assault and settles into a siege.

1873: Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote for president.

1918: Allied forces on the Western Front begin their largest counter-attack yet against the German army.

1928: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane.

1936: Mobster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano is found guilty on 62 counts of compulsory prostitution.