In 1886, as the area’s educational opportunities continued to attract African Americans 23 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 13 families from Yellow Springs and Miami Township formed a local chapter of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Over the summer Home, Inc. came to the Village with a plan to develop a senior apartment building on the Barr property, with the help of development partner, Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, based in Columbus.

A memorial service for Douglas M. Abner of Yellow Springs will be held at the Lower Shelter House in John Bryan State Park on Sunday, Oct. 9, beginning at 2 p.m

In its 90th year, the Antioch School — one of the nation’s oldest — will once again craft lessons around the passions of its students, all the while continuing its longstanding traditions and tested instruction methods, teachers said last week.

Norman Lorenzo Childs Jr. of Yellow Springs died Saturday, Aug. 27, at Springfield Regional Medical Center. He was 83.

Do-it-yourself is the latest thing among the young and hip and will be on display at the first Cyclops Fest in Yellow Springs this weekend.