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• Yellow Springs is SWAT member

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 6, 2014

  

  In recent years, there has been increased awareness of the growing number of SWAT team raids in this country. Since the 1980s, police departments’ use of SWAT has risen about 1,500 percent, resulting in about 148 SWAT raids daily, according to University of Eastern Kentucky criminal justice professor Peter Kraska in a June 9 New York Times article.

• She led with her heart and her spirit

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 31, 2014

  

  Becky Teilhet was beloved by many in the Yellow Springs community, known by family and friends for her unusually kind and generous nature.

• Charles Murray Closz

  By YS News Staff

  

  Charles Murray Closz, formerly of Yellow Springs, died Saturday, July 26, at Shenango Presbyterian Senior Care in New Wilmington. He was 93.

• A balance of buskers and business in the village

  By Megan Bachman

  

  A staple of downtown Yellow Springs, the local street music scene may soon change with a new, self-regulating policy approved Monday by Village Council.

• New Herndon Gallery director— An artist of ‘scrappy resourcefulness’

  By Jenn Wheeler

  

  After leaving the art world behind for two decades to pursue a career as a registered nurse, Jennifer Wenker, the new creative director of the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College, has returned to art with an enthusiasm that can be seen reflected in her involvement in a wide range of art organizations in Dayton and […]

• Indians are Minor League champs

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  They did it again: the Minor League Winds Cafe Indians repeated as regular season champions, finishing the 2014 season with a 7–1 record after taking a pair of games last week to seal the top spot for the second straight year.

• Village Council denies appeal to stop solar array

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At its July 21 meeting, Village Council voted unanimously to deny an appeal of Planning Commission’s June 23 decision to allow a solar array at Antioch College. The decision means that the college solar project is allowed to go forward.

• Learning to fly with T-ball

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  Darija Lackovich-Van Gorp, 4, is delighted with her brand new Perry League T–shirt. She tells me how wonderful it is as she stands at the tee not swinging her bat.

• Soccer mania comes to village

  By Megan BachmanJuly 24, 2014

  

  The World Cup may have ended on Sunday, but a massive local soccer championship is just kicking off.

• Rain doesn’t dampen players’ spirit

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  Last Friday’s soaking rain played havoc with last week’s Minor League schedule, wiping out both Saturday games, leaving only a single completed game for the week as the only other scheduled contest was a forfeit.