Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.
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Varlotta takes the helm at Antioch University
When Lori Varlotta took office as the 23rd president of Antioch University on Aug. 11, she jumped right into getting acquainted with Yellow Springs.
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Ohio judge rules hemp sales can continue
As the News reported earlier this month, DeWine’s executive order — had it taken effect — would have significantly impacted the business of several downtown Yellow Springs retailers of hemp products.
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Yellow Springs responds to SNAP stall
With funding appropriations at a halt, 1.4 million Ohioans were put at risk of losing critical food access on Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits were set to renew for the month — but a number of Yellow Springs organizations have stepped in to keep villagers fed.
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Planning Commission to consider 190-unit addition to Spring Meadows
According to DDC’s preliminary plat application, which was sent to Planning Commission members on Friday, Nov. 7, 120 of the units will be attached single-family — 12 structures with 10 dwelling units in each — and the remaining 70 units will be detached single-family homes.
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World House Choir honors the legacy of civil rights fireband Pauli Murray
This weekend, the 10-movement dramatic cantata, “Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray,” will be performed in Yellow Springs Friday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 9, and in Cincinnati on Nov. 8.
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2026 Election | All issues pass, new faces elected
In local leadership races, Yellow Springers elected a slate of new faces to every local body — Village Council, Miami Township Board of Trustees, Yellow Springs Board of Education and Yellow Springs Mayor.
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Vote-seekers sound off at James A. McKee Candidates Nights
Villagers packed the Mills Lawn gym Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 15 and 16, for the Candidates Night community forums, hosted by the James A. McKee Association.
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Hear the voices of women Vietnam vets in ‘We Were There’
The reader’s theater production, adapted by Jane Blakelock, Amy Bennett and Louise Smith, with support from Mad River Theater Works, will be performed Nov. 1 and 2.
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Conscience and connection in new sci-fi novel
Set in 2275, “Interwoven” follows Chief Scientist Dr. Tah Morant, conflicted creator of the Deuteron engine, slated to be used in humanity’s last desperate mission off a dying Earth.
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John Gudgel honored for 45 years in YS Schools
“That’s the power of John Gudgel — to see what’s possible when others can’t, to open doors quietly but meaningfully, and to leave generations of students and families better because of his heart,” Assistant Superintendent Megan Winston said.













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