Are the needs of a developer at odds with those of the school district? When will a local landowner donate property to the district, and under what conditions? How much does it cost to turn a ...

• In January, the theme of the 2024 MLK Day celebration was “Disenfranchised: NO MORE!” Coretta Scott King Center Director Dr. Queen Meccasia Zabriskie was the keynote speaker, and villager Basim ...

On the third Saturday of each month, there’s a kind of family meal at First Presbyterian Church. The Beloved Community Project, which hosts the free monthly meals, considers anyone who crosses the ...

Keeping New Year’s resolutions can be tough. Putting down the phone, cutting caffeine or jogging once again are no small feats. By February, many of us are back off the wagon. That’s probably because ...

UPDATE, 3:16 p.m., Jan. 11: In the “Yellow Springs Open Discussion” Facebook group, local resident Deborah Dixon confirmed the identity of the individual who died last night from their gunshot wounds: ...

Though “design” is often considered in the aesthetic sense, local resident Molly Finch has a broader perspective on the term. That perspective is shaped by her new business, Goldfinch Garden Design.

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Edward Robert Prether passed away Jan. 4, 2025, surrounded by his family. Ed was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He worked at Morris Bean & Co. and Meijer before retiring in 2021. He loved ...

Village Council members began their first meeting of the year not together, but apart — physically, at least. Winter Storm Blair dressed Yellow Springs — along with much of the Midwest and ...

Judith “Judy” Dell (Bridgett) Harrison, age 84, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Jan. 5, 2025. She was born March 13, 1940, in Enon, Ohio, the daughter of the late James and ...

Monty Woodall Cox, born Sept. 26, 1945, in Durham, North Carolina, died at Friends Care Community on Dec. 28, 2024. An only child, Monty was born to Alfred LeRoy Cox and Eva Avery Woodall Cox. He was ...

Carolyn Meranda Abel, 83, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, died Dec. 17, 2024, comforted by family and caregivers throughout her decline and passing. The family extends its heartfelt gratitude to Ohio’s ...