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.

• World House Choir to perform ‘Weather: Stand the Storm’ at Foundry Theater

  By Lauren ShowsApril 25, 2024

  

  The World House Choir will return to its home stage in the Foundry Theater at Antioch College Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, to perform a program of music that includes the 20-minute choral piece “Weather: Stand the Storm.”

• YS Schools present: Dark, lighthearted ‘Addams Family’ musical

  By Lauren ShowsApril 24, 2024

  

  The young thespians of YS High and McKinney Middle schools are gearing up for their annual spring musical — a performance that promises to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky.

• Agraria breaks ground on Mary’s Way

  By Lauren ShowsApril 23, 2024

  

  The Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice announced this week that the local nonprofit is moving ahead with Mary’s Way — a project more than four years in the making.

• GunderKline sworn in as Miami Township Fiscal Officer

  By Lauren ShowsApril 20, 2024

  

  New Miami Township Fiscal Officer Jeanna GunderKline was sworn in by Trustee Chair Don Hollister at the most recent regular meeting of the Township Trustees Monday, April 1.

• Locals protest firing at Antioch College’s Wellness Center

  By Lauren ShowsApril 18, 2024

  

  The community push for mediation between former Wellness Center employee Guy “Tron” Banks and Antioch College continued Friday, April 5, when several dozen local residents held a demonstration on college grounds.

• Porchfest on hold, for now

  By Lauren ShowsApril 15, 2024

  

  Beloved local music festival Porchfest is likely on hiatus, according to the event’s organizers — though they hope it’s a temporary one.

• Storytellers to headline Antioch School Scholarship Gala

  By Lauren ShowsApril 13, 2024

  

  The Antioch School Scholarship Gala returns Saturday, April 20, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Foundry Theater at Antioch College. Headlining this year’s event are Sam Bartlett and Omopé Carter Daboiku, each of whom will bring their distinctive brands of storytelling to the Foundry stage.

• School board discusses Mills Lawn greenspace preservation

  By Lauren ShowsApril 4, 2024

  

  At the regular school board meeting Thursday, March 14, local advocacy group Citizens to Preserve Mills Lawn Greenspace brought forward a potential plan to place a conservation easement on a portion of land on which Mills Lawn Elementary School is located.

• Severe weather forecast for Miami Valley area

  By Lauren ShowsApril 2, 2024

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs announced this afternoon that severe weather is likely headed toward the village this afternoon and evening.

• Miami Township Trustees | Fiscal Officer Margaret Silliman signs off

  By Lauren Shows

  

  After serving for 24 years in the position, Silliman retired this month; her successor, Jeanna GunderKline, who was elected last fall, will take over as fiscal officer beginning in April.