Lauren Shows was born to a preacher and a preacher's wife, and spent the majority of her earliest childhood years rollin' 'round the bible belt, to end up in Panama City, Florida. After graduating from Florida State University in Tallahassee, she spent the next several months in existential crisis, making lattes for snowbirds and spring-breakers, before moving to Kentucky to get an MFA in writing from Spalding University. A chance meeting at Spalding landed her in Yellow Springs. She was graciously hired by the News, though her only previous dealing with newspaper publication was in third grade, when she wrote a story about a bunch of skeletons rising from the dead on Halloween, which was printed in the Owenton News-Herald. Lauren enjoys cheese, giant squid, and Michael J. Fox.

• Class of ’04 honors past classmates with scholarship

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 26, 2024

  

  The remaining members of the Yellow Springs High School Class of 2004 seek to honor these former classmates through the establishment of a memorial scholarship fund, to be managed by the YS Community Foundation.

• School board approves soccer fields resolution

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 22, 2024

  

  At its Thursday, July 11, regular meeting, the YS school board approved a resolution that could help bring a proposed 50-unit affordable housing development closer to fruition — provided several further hurdles are cleared.

• ‘Bigger and Better’ sketch comedy at the Foundry Theater

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 18, 2024

  

  “Bigger and Better” — the third sketch comedy show produced by local duo Elliot Cromer and Adam Zaremsky, and the second accompanied by band The Boogie Bros — will elicit laughs from audiences Thursday–Saturday, July 18–20.

• PTO raises funds for school supplies

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 16, 2024

  

  Though summer vacation is still in full swing, the Mills Lawn Parent Teacher Organization, or PTO, is already preparing for the 2024–25 school year: Last week, the PTO kicks off a fund drive that will help provide school supplies for local students.

• GravityWorks takes to the air in ‘She Grows Wings’

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 9, 2024

  

  GravityWorks Circus will take to the air for the first time in their home venue, the Foundry Theater, with a trio of performances this month. “She Grows Wings” will be performed Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, July 14, at 2 p.m.

• Phillip O’Rourke named Chamber of Commerce executive director

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 1, 2024

  

  The YS Chamber of Commerce announced this week that it has hired local resident Phillip O’Rourke to serve as its executive director, beginning July 1.

• Mad River Theater Works | ‘Mysteries’ in youth theater

  By Lauren ShowsJune 27, 2024

  

  This year, the summer residency focuses on the theme of “Mystery.” Over 10 days, the students have explored the theme through discussions, games, exercises and collaborative vignettes.

• School board updates facilities design

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The facilities improvement project is slated to begin construction in January 2025, with completion expected by August 2026.

• Incarcerated chorus sings out in ‘Les Mis Inside’

  By Lauren ShowsJune 25, 2024

  

  Under the direction of local resident Catherine Roma, the NIA Men’s Chorus at Chillicothe Correctional Institution performed “Les Mis Inside,” a pared-down version of the popular musical with choral arrangements.

• Yellow Springer Krista Magaw to run for Ohio House

  By Lauren ShowsJune 18, 2024

  

  Villager Krista Magaw is running as the Democratic candidate for representative of Ohio House District 71, which encompasses all of Clinton County, the eastern half of Greene County — including Yellow Springs — and a southern portion of Clark County.