Last year, when local artist Iden Crockett launched “Gender X,” the art exhibition — which aimed to highlight the work and stories of trans and gender-nonconforming artists — was intended as a sort of alarm bell, as Crockett told the News at the time.

Patricia “Pat” Margaret (Hixson) Simon peacefully passed away on May 14, 2026, at her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at the age of 86 years.

Rebecca Anne Campbell passed away a year ago on April 19, 2025. She was 92 years old.

Anne Cifranic (nee Fulton) age 95, of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2026.

Denny Partridge, of East Hardwick, Vermont, died suddenly on May 2, 2026, en route to visit dear friends in Paris. She was 79.

Margaret Ellen Hackett, 67, passed away June 10, 2026.

Village Council Special Meeting Agenda: Housing Retreat

Public Meetings

This year’s local celebration of Juneteenth will take place throughout the day Friday, June 19, beginning with a gathering at 9:45 a.m. in front of Antioch College’s Olive Kettering Library, where a historical walk will begin at 10 a.m., led by 365 Project youth walking-tour guides.

A longtime presence at Antioch College, Michael Casselli told the News that being suspended indefinitely with conditions, in his view, amounts to being fired without the due process historically afforded to, and expected by, tenured faculty — a concern also raised by the American Association of University Professors.