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YSKP brings back the old West
“Bonanza Valley!” is anything but the typical “cowboys and Indians” narrative. Instead, the play retells the story of the Western frontier in a way that explores and challenges “Old West” traditions of...
View ArticleFire, EMS calls on the rise
Crew members of Miami Township Fire-Rescue are responding to more emergency calls than ever before, according to statistics recently released by the department. In the department’s annual report for...
View ArticleVillage Council — Solar producers challenge cap
Should the Village raise its cap on the amount of solar energy it buys from local residences? Village Council broached that question at its July 1 regular meeting, as solar producers and those looking...
View ArticleThe Longest Walk 2019— Spiritual journey makes stop
On the 137th day of a planned 155-day walk across the country, a small group of Native American activists stopped last week at Rockford Chapel on the Antioch College campus — on land where the Shawnee...
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A YSHS/news collaboration: Motivation and distraction in school
Editor’s Note: In collaboration with Yellow Springs High School, over the next few weeks, the News will publish a series of articles, written by students, for a project on the critical issues YSHS...
View ArticleSpringsFest’s diverse line-up
The fourth annual SpringsFest will return to the village on Saturday, July 6, with 12 hours of music, craft beer and food vendors on the grounds of John Bryan Community Center. SpringsFest producer...
View ArticleReward offered in Clark case
More than two months into the homicide investigation in the death of villager Leonid “Lonya” Clark, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest...
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Kathleen Ann Evans
Kathleen Ann Evans Kathleen Ann Evans (Kathi Young), 76, of Hudson, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 24, 2019, at Friends Care Center in Yellow Springs. She was born on April 20, 1943 in...
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Kim Rose Korkan
Kim Rose Korkan Kim Rose Korkan, 62, passed away at home on Tuesday, July 9, surrounded by loved ones. For the past 12 years, she had been dealing with an aggressive form of Parkinson’s Disease, to...
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William M. ‘Bill’ Tinker
William M. ‘Bill’ Tinker Commander William M. “Bill” Tinker (U.S. Navy, retired) died peacefully on July 8, 2019, at his home in Yellow Springs. Bill was born on March 25, 1946, in Cambridge, Mass. He...
View ArticleBy bi-plane
Yellow Springs News freelance photographer Luciana Lieff went to great heights to get this photo of the village from above last weekend. She caught a ride on a biplane at the Springfield Barnstorming...
View ArticleSteve Bognar receives a ‘Welcome to the Academy’
The news came by email. Subject line: “Welcome to the Academy.” For a moment villager Steve Bognar was stumped. “The Academy? The Taekwondo Academy in Fairborn?” he joked in an interview at his Yellow...
View ArticleAntioch Reunion — Talking town-gown links
• Read the related article, “Antioch College — Summer Institute series debuts.” Last week, ahead of a thunderstorm, a worker braved the heights of Antioch’s Main Building to repair wind damage on one...
View Article‘Interrupted Motherhood’— The juggling act of single motherhood
For playwright and actor Felicia Chappelle, art is therapeutic — whether it’s being received or created. This is especially true for Chappelle’s one-woman show, “Interrupted Motherhood,” which will be...
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Classroom climate — How do YSHS students learn?
A YSHS/news collaboration Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a collaboration with Yellow Springs High School. Written by students, the articles covered the critical issues YSHS students say...
View ArticleAntioch College — Summer Institute series debuts
• Read the related article, “Antioch Reunion — Talking town-gown links.” Taking advantage of Antioch College’s new academic calendar, which leaves the campus empty of students in both mid-summer and...
View ArticleVillage Council—Local electricity mega-green
Yellow Springs has the greenest power supply of the 139 municipal members of its electric supplier. It may even be the greenest on the region’s electric grid. Mike Migliore and Pam Sullivan of American...
View ArticleYellow Springs Schools — Holden addresses facilities
A good chunk of the anticipated agenda for the most recent schools facilities task force meeting, Wednesday, July 3, was set aside to make room for incoming Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Terri...
View ArticleWilhelmina Huber
Wilhelmina Huber, 89, died of acute myeloma leukemia on July 21, at Friends Care Community, under the care of Hospice of Dayton. A full obituary will appear in next week’s issue of the News. The post...
View ArticleLittle Art shows ‘Strangelove’
By Alan Barinholtz An unhinged general with his finger on the button, ordering a nuclear strike on Eastern Europe? In 2019? Wait a minute. Let’s go back to 1964, when “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned...
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