Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.

• Villager’s new novel heads west

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 2, 2025

  

  “As with Geisel’s earlier work, the physical settings in ‘Orcas’ Call’ map directly onto real places: Orcas Island, the Salish Sea, the Olympic Peninsula.”

• My Name Is Iden | At the speed of suffering

  By Iden CrockettDecember 1, 2025

  

  “I go for a lot of walks now. I go mostly in the morning. I like the morning time. It’s quiet, the whole day is open before me and so much still feels possible to me in the morning.”

• School board to fix more eyes on state, federal legislation

  By Lauren Shows

  

  At its Thursday, Nov. 13, meeting, the YS school board discussed ensuring that more eyes stay fixed on state and federal legislation as lawmakers at both levels make decisions that could dramatically affect public schools.

• News from the Past: November 2025

  By Don Hollister

  

  Contributing writer Don Hollister dove into the YS News archives to uncover past articles and more in his most recent installment of his News from the Past column.

• Miami Township Trustees talk property taxes

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 25, 2025

  

  Miami Township Trustees spoke at their Monday, Nov. 17, meeting about statewide efforts to quell rising property taxes — including a citizen-led effort to abolish property taxes entirely.

• Planning Commission approves preliminary plan for 190-unit subdivision expansion

  By Reilly DixonNovember 23, 2025

  

  At the group’s most recent meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 11, Planning Commission approved a preliminary plat application for a sizable addition to the Spring Meadows subdivision in the northwestern reaches of Yellow Springs.

• State bills stymie schools, district leaders say

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 22, 2025

  

  In October, the Ohio House approved House Bills 186, 335, 129 and 309. The measures, if passed by the Senate, will affect the calculation of the 20-mill property tax floor and inside millage increases, and give county budget commissions authority to reduce or override voter-approved school levies.

• ‘No Visas’ for Foundry artists

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 21, 2025

  

  “NO VISAS: A Hip-Hop Journey from Jaffa to Jerusalem to Yellow Springs,” will take place Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m., at the Foundry Theater.

• Ten-Minute Play fest seeks submissions, actors

  By YS News StaffNovember 20, 2025

  

  Yellow Springs Theater Company is accepting submissions and actors for its annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, projected to be presented Feb. 13 and 14, 2026.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Lengthen night, shorten day

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “A beautiful Midwest morning out at the Hall. I woke at sunrise and a mist was hanging over the cornfields. Very pretty indeed.”