On Wednesday, May 13, the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Radio Preservation Project held a return ceremony for Central State University’s historic radio station, WCSU 88.9.

Passed as an emergency ordinance and taking effect immediately, the moratorium will last 180 days and stops the issuance of any use, zoning and building permits, as well as certificates of occupancy for new smoke shops. 

John Morris Guest, a Yellow Springs native, passed away on April 20, 2026, in Olympia, Washington, just before his 79th birthday. He was a proud member of the YS High School Class of 1965 and returned often to Yellow Springs for class reunions.

Professional boxer and Yellow Springs resident Samuel Wildenhaus has been training doggedly for his next big fight, set for Saturday, June 13, at Middletown’s Land of Illusion.

At present, about 84% of the Village’s electricity comes from renewable sources — wind farms, hydroelectric dams and gas emitted from landfills. Around 3.6% local energy comes from the Village’s own, one megawatt solar array on Glass Farm, which went online in 2017.

The area chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, recently debuted a new Yellow Springs-based series titled “Connection and Care,” which meets the second Monday of each month, 6–8 p.m. The next is June 8.

Great Council State Park will host a Heritage Celebration on Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. as one of the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s America 250 events.

Equal parts vintage thrift store and small appliance repair shop, Golden Goods plans to open its doors at 252 Xenia Ave. — the site of the former toy store — on Friday, June 5. Tentative hours will be Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

A weeklong series of events centered on immigration and community connection is coming to Yellow Springs next week, anchored by a June 5 speaker event featuring journalist Jose Antonio Vargas and author and University of Michigan public health professor William Lopez.

Carl Anthony Moore, of Yellow Springs, passed away unexpectedly at home on the morning of May 18. He was born Feb. 16, 1962, in Cincinnati.  He was 64.