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

• News from the Past: July 2026

  By Don HollisterAugust 6, 2026

  

  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.

• Room for all on the Perry League diamond

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  The league operates under a few simple and unique rules: there are no teams, no assigned positions, no batting order, and every batter gets 1,000 strikes.

• New cleaning business opens in Corry Street Plaza

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  A clean space where people feel at home and at peace — that’s what Quetzal Gomez, of 111 Cleaning Services, hopes to deliver for her clients in Yellow Springs and beyond.

• Local governing bodies hold joint meeting — growth, levies and taxes broached

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  For the first time in over three years, representatives from all three local governmental bodies — Village Council, Yellow Springs Board of Education and Miami Township Board of Trustees — gathered in one room. The goal of the two-hour meeting held Thursday, July 9, was to discuss ways the three groups could work more closely and collaboratively on matters of development, finances and, more generally, small-town cohesion.

• Sea Dogs season ends with a splash, awards

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 4, 2026

  

  A nonprofit started in 1991, the Sea Dogs are run by a parent-board, who rent the pool from the Village, organize competitions, take photos, fundraise, and cheer on swimmers as they compete.

• A local chef’s mobile ‘roots’

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 3, 2026

  

  Van Ward, known to patrons of MAZU restaurant as a purveyor of adventurous specials and dining events, struck out on her own last month with Taproot, the “mobile kitchen” she founded with her wife, Bee Ward. The new business aims to offer private dining experiences with a vegan menu, while continuing to collaborate with MAZU.

• New aircraft manufacturing facility planned north of village

  By Reilly DixonAugust 2, 2026

  

  On Tuesday, July 21, American aerospace company Electra announced plans to construct a new aircraft production facility to be sited at AirPark Ohio, adjacent to Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport and three miles north of Yellow Springs.

• Miami Township Trustees decline legal review of reimbursements

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Miami Township Trustees voted 2–1 Monday, July 6, not to seek additional legal advice on whether the Township can reimburse Township staff and officials for health insurance premiums, likely closing a months-long dispute over the legality and propriety of the practice.

• Gov. DeWine announces sales tax holiday

  By YS News Staff

  

  Gov. Mike DeWine has announced the dates for this year’s sales tax holiday: midnight Friday, Aug. 7, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9.

• YS Senior Center— Sale of Livermore property falls through ahead of expected close

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 30, 2026

  

  The YS Senior Center reported this week that the planned sale of its Livermore Street property has fallen through, leaving the nonprofit with what it described in a press release as a “critical, $325K shortfall” as a deadline approaches for its purchase of 108 Cliff St.