The Yellow Springs Board of Education decided at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday evening, Jan. 6, to close village schools on Monday, Jan. 7, due to heavy snowfall. The Yellow Springs Community Children’s ...

Mary Gail Simpson, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, beloved mother, grandmother and community leader, passed away peacefully on Dec. 27, 2024. Born in Clayton, Alabama, she graduated from Central State ...

• YS Schools students created and released a short film, “OTIS” — described as a meta meditation on the unpredictable nature of art, among other themes — on the “MLQ Productions” YouTube channel. • ...

I just woke up. I was reading in my hammock. I don’t remember falling asleep, but I do remember waking up, so it must be true that I was sleeping. I like hammocks. I do most of my writing in hammocks, ...

On Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 28, an estimated 200 local residents turned out for the annual community meal at First Presbyterian Church. Attendees gobbled down the usual festive fare: Turkey, ...

Area resident and Mills Park Hotel co-owner Alex Price took charge of the Chamber of Commerce as board chair and interim executive director. Price succeeded Mark Heise, whose three-year term expired ...

• At Village Council’s first meeting of the year, Trish Gustafson was sworn in to serve a two-year term, succeeding Marianne MacQueen who chose not to run for reelection and stepped down from Council ...

Just down the road in Springfield, final preparations are being made for a party — and you’re invited. The Haitian Community Alliance, or HCA, is sponsoring a “Celebration of Unity” event, to be held ...

“Ask a Transperson” is an occasional blog written by News columnist Iden Crockett. The blog is a space dedicated to answering your questions about what it means to be trans — from Crockett’s ...

The YS Dharma Center will offer a Winter Introduction to Meditation Course on Wednesday evenings for six weeks beginning Jan. 8. The course is open to those who want to begin a practice as well as ...

Local resident Dr. John E. Fleming has spent much of his life working to bring visibility to American history — in particular, African American history — via his five decades as a historian who has ...

Local police nab ‘Numbers King.’ “Smart fast police work on the part of Police Chief Russell Bradley is credited by Mayor Paul Kintzel as bringing about the first arrest and conviction here Tuesday of ...