The Reverend Dwight Smith is the new pastor at Central Chapel A.M.E. Church.

The Yellow Springs Board of Education has decided to close village schools Friday, Feb. 20 due to bitter cold and icy roads.

Villager Patti Dallas was surprised to find a photo of her father, Meredith, in a photo exhibit of the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Ala., in an Asheville, N.C., photo exhibit of the work of James Barker.

After a long pause following its 2013 launch, the Public Arts Commission was busy last year, making progress on a number of projects, according to PAC member David Turner in the group’s 2014 report to Council at Council’s Feb. 2 meeting.

A former 19th-century cannery will churn out aluminum cans once again when a local brewery starts canning its beer there later this year.

Human rights issues, original work from local choreographers and new things to do with chairs come together at this year’s annual Yellow Springs Community Dance Concert.

A celebration of the life of Marilyn Dowdell and her contributions to her family and the community will be held Saturday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church. The service will be followed by a reception in the church’s Westminster Hall.

About 15 years ago in Knoxville, Tenn., Opolot Okia was riding his bicycle past the daycare where his son was playing with other kids in the school yard.

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Ruth Ella Lakes, 86, died Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Friends Care Center.