Reversing a decision it made in November, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ruled this month that the Cemex Fairborn cement plant has one year to complete a trial burn using scrap tires as a partial fuel.

Registration and orientation for the Yellow Springs Sea Dogs will be Monday, June 2, 6-7:30 p.m. at the YSHS cafeteria. Fees are $75 for individual swimmers and $100 for families. Scholarship assistance is available.

Perry League, Yellow Springs’ fascinating and phenomenal T-ball program, opens its 2008 season Friday night, June 6, 6:30 p.m. at Gaunt Park.

Emily K. Blackwood, a long time resident of Yellow Springs, passed away Tuesday, May 20, in Eaglewood Care Center in Springfield. She was 95. She was born in Unionville, Pa., on October 18, 1912, the daughter of David Reed and Sarah Margaret (Hall) Keatley. Emily was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and […]

James William Jackson of Yellow Springs passed away on May 24. He was 82. James, better known to his family and friends as Jimmie, was born in Ripley, Ohio, on October 26, 1925. He was the seventh child and third son born to Samuel Robert Jackson and Lora Vaughn Parker. He attended school in Ripley […]

The only unlocked door on the Antioch College campus these days is that of Main Building, where a small staff remains until the college officially closes on June 30.

If the bold colors and perfumes of spring provoke gratitude for the natural world, they should also spark deep appreciation for the work it takes to keep it that way.

At the regional preliminary meet on Tuesday, May 27, the YSHS boys 4×800 relay squad qualified for State with a second place finish in 8:11.6.

Ellie Dale’s family will hold a celebration of her life at the Friends Care Center on Saturday, May 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. Any who wish to join in are welcome. Anyone with a story to tell about Ellie is welcome to share it.

Rick Caslin, loving son of Teresa and the late George Caslin, died Sunday, May 18. He was 59. Rick fought a valiant battle against acute promyelocytic leukemia.