John Blue said he grew up in the late 1950s and early 1960s sitting in the front seat of a taxi cab. Of course, he was teasing a little, but, from age three, he spent most days at either his grandfather’s taxi-cab station on Main Street in Oxford or his grandmother’s store next door.

Sometimes adversity blindsides people and either makes them or breaks them. Saks residents Jennifer and William Bussey choose the former, and they work daily to maintain a strong marriage as they raise their two handicapped children and their third child.

Efforts to upgrade Oxford Lake and solve its erosion problems could be underway soon. Engineering firm Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood of Birmingham presented nearly completed plans to fix the century-old lake’s longtime erosion problems and add amenities to the site during the Oxford City Council’s pre-meeting Tuesday.

The word “mariachi,” refers to a style of music played by Hispanic musicians that dates back more than 150 years ago.