Council member Carmen Brown made a motion to reopen Short Street until Village administration presents a more clear vision of what a permanent community space would look like. Brown and Gavin DeVore Leonard voted in favor of the motion; Brian Housh and Kevin Stokes voted against it.

A 185-acre farm along Dayton-Yellow Springs Road is actively under contract for purchase by a local family who is working with local farm conservation nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust to place a conservation easement on the entire farm, thus precluding any future attempts to develop the land in any way.

When Lori Varlotta took office as the 23rd president of Antioch University on Aug. 11, she jumped right into getting acquainted with Yellow Springs.

As the News reported earlier this month, DeWine’s executive order — had it taken effect — would have significantly impacted the business of several downtown Yellow Springs retailers of hemp products.

With funding appropriations at a halt, 1.4 million Ohioans were put at risk of losing critical food access on Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits were set to renew for the month — but a number of Yellow Springs organizations have stepped in to keep villagers fed.

According to DDC’s preliminary plat application, which was sent to Planning Commission members on Friday, Nov. 7, 120 of the units will be attached single-family — 12 structures with 10 dwelling units in each — and the remaining 70 units will be detached single-family homes.

This weekend, the 10-movement dramatic cantata, “Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray,” will be performed in Yellow Springs Friday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 9, and in Cincinnati on Nov. 8.

Margaret “Margrit” Page Tydings Petrie died peacefully on the morning of Oct. 29, 2025, at Shawnee Estates Senior Living in Xenia, Ohio.

Billy Joe Hahn Jr., lover of life and liberty, left this realm, after a year-long battle with cancer.

Nancy Elizabeth Foster was the first of five children born to the holy union of Newton W. and C. Inez (Johnson) Foster on April 22, 1960, in Columbus, Ohio.