Oxford police have recently formed a task force aimed at reducing underaged vape use in the city. Lieutenant Geoff Robinson says the six member group was formed after school resource officers reported a large amount of vape related items seized from students at Talawanda Middle School and High School. Robinson told city council this week that 87 devices were found at the middle school and 124 were taken at the high school. 23 of the vape items tested positive for marijuana. Police recently held an undercover compliance check of stores that sell vape related materials. There were 55 attempts from kids to purchase vape items, with 7 successful buys, and 48 refusals. Out of the seven, four of the buys involved one store. Robinson says police started following up with the stores this week.

Miami University students left behind literal
tons of furniture, food, clothing, and electronic waste when they left campus in May for the summer break. That's according to Dr. Carol Michael, who serves as president for the board of ShareFest, a group of concerned residents who have been collecting the abandoned items since 2005. Michael says they were able to save 79 tons of items from going into local landfills. Instead, volunteers were able to provide a windfall to organizations like Goodwill, who received seven trailers full of goods, and the Talawanda Oxford Food Pantry, who added more than 3600 pounds of food to their warehouse. Michael reported the statistics to Oxford City Council this week.

(Photo Courtesy: ShareFest Organization)