As Ohio settles into summer, four of its state parks are offering ways to combine nature and story with the recent unveiling of four new Storybook Trails. One of those trails is right at home for Yellow Springs residents, having opened at John Bryan State Park a few weeks ago.

Virtual Meeting • Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1 p.m.

Yellow Springs Schools will begin the 2020–21 school year with a resumption of “regular, in-person classes,” Superintendent Terri Holden has announced. Families with “vulnerable” students, however, will be offered an online learning option.

Facing Race: This is first in a series on the impacts of racism in Yellow Springs and local anti-racist efforts and activities.

Patrick M. “Pat Butch” Butcher, of Fairborn, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Friday, June 26.  He was 59.

Arbra D. Dorsey passed away Dec. 22, 2019. He was 67.

Yellow Springs Board of Education • Regular Meeting

VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS PUBLIC MEETINGS

Virtual Meeting • Monday, July 6 , 2020 at 7 p.m.

Body cameras worn by every Ohio police officer. Psychological evaluations of those who hope to become an officer. More training in implicit bias and de-escalation. Requiring officers to report on another officer’s misconduct. Those are a few proposed law enforcement reforms Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced at a press briefing last week in response to national outrage after high-profile killings of Black people by police in recent weeks.