I have a close group of girlfriends of many years. We all live in different cities, but make an effort to stay in touch and get together once a year with our families. We all have children under 5, so it’s chaotic but fun…

Having served 20 years as a Yellow Springs school board member over a span of three decades, Angela Wright has seen her share of ebb and flow in the district.

Byron Keys Dann achieved a peaceful passing on Friday, Jan. 3 at Hospice of Dayton. He would have been 96 on Feb. 18.

In December, the News, inspired by a suggestion from the Human Relation Commission’s Linda Rudowski, asked villagers to name local residents who had acted as peacemakers or had helped to create harmony in the community in the past year.

January 9, 2014 Bulldog sports round-up

Local pharmacist Tim Rogers died on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 8:55 p.m. while surrounded by family.

Optometrist Dr. Todd McManus hung his shingle here in mid-November after observing that the village was without a local eye doctor for the first time in decades.

Epic Book Shop, which closed four years ago, reopened downtown last month as a used bookstore.

Village Council is poised to move forward quickly on the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, at its Jan. 6 meeting.

On Monday, Dec. 30, a Greene County Grand Jury found no indictments against the law enforcement officer who was identified as having shot and killed villager Paul E. Schenck.