Late in the evening of Friday, June 18, a turbulent storm blew through the region. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for several areas throughout Southwestern Ohio, including Greene County.

Having last month approved a $35.5 million master plan to construct a K–12 school at the middle/high school campus on East Enon Road, the Yellow Springs school board is nearing a decision about a levy measure to support the project.

“Jim Crow, 80 years of convict leasing, systemic discrimination, wanton police brutality, and relentless voter suppression since 1865, have literally destroyed the lives and aspirations of millions of Black people.”

Harmonica master and consummate performer Frédéric Yonnet performed his possible final “summer camp” show of the year at Rose & Sal Mercantile on Dayton Street last Saturday, June 12, with his “Band With No Name” and several guest musicians.

The 10th annual YS Pride celebration is slated to be held on Saturday, June 26, at Antioch Midwest. In celebration of the anniversary of YS Pride, this year’s celebration will feature a variety of events and experiences.

P. Jack Harding passed away in the early morning hours on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. He was 79.

Frances Loucinda Lewis died on June 14, 2021, at Springfield Regional Medical Center in Springfield, Ohio. She had been receiving treatment there for several weeks following an emergency. She was 91 years of age at the time of her death. 

Dudley Clinton Bravard, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Fairborn. He was 79.

Barbara Estelle Gilbert Bernstein died peacefully at home in Greenfield, Mass., of congestive heart failure on May 31, 2021.

Performances are slated for Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, at 7 p.m. on the south lawn of Yellow Springs High School. The event is free and open to the public, but $10 donations to the company are encouraged.