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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Local naturalist to teach bird language
Set to take place every Tuesday between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22, the course promises to deepen participants’ relationships with the natural world around them by honing awareness of bird language patterns.
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Remembering Gail Lichtenfels— A life in pages
At a special Village Council meeting on Friday morning, Aug. 21, Village Manager Johnnie Burns announced his resignation, ending his more than 12 years spent working for the Village of Yellow Springs.
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Another T-ball season concludes
We are grateful to be involved with such a wonderful activity, and to have had the opportunity to spend time with the players and families alike; it truly takes a village to make it happen.
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Many friends made on the Perry League field
Like sand through an hourglass, summer is winding down. The passage of time often slips by with little notice, and its subtle changes often go unseen.
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It lives!— Yellow Springs Zombie Walk returns next Saturday
Equal parts food drive, festival and fundraiser, the revived Zombie Walk is open to all living and undead; it’s set for Saturday, Oct. 3, 3–9 p.m., with activities and live music to be staged on the front lawn of the John Bryan Community Center.
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Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center celebrates a century
In the fall of 1926, eight children entered a nursery school founded, from the start, to serve a socially and economically diverse population, open to families beyond the village’s most privileged circles.
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Wheeling Gaunt Day programming set
Wheeling Gaunt Day 2026 will take place Saturday, Sept. 12, and will include a slate of activities honoring the 19th-century land owner and philanthropist who purchased his freedom from enslavement before settling in Yellow Springs.
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News from the Past: August 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.
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Tin Can Economy | Govern with audacity
“No more of this “Aw, shucks. How did we get to this point?” If we agree we want something — affordable housing, greater diversity, a downtown that favors villagers over visitors — then divert the resources to make it happen tomorrow.”
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Tin Can Economy | Dispatches from parental leave
“There’s no place Arthur isn’t. In fact, he’s wriggling around on my lap as I type this. He’s upended the grammar of our daily lives and I’m sure he’ll be swaddled by every line I’ll ever write again.”
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