Lauren “Chuck” Shows writes briefly about cabbage soup and American attitudes toward food assistance.

The deadline for the Yellow Springs Community Directory — The Red Book — approaches. We take a trip back to 1989 to when the first Red Book was produced — and explore why it was produced in the first place.

The end of January marks 40 years since the worst snow storm Yellow Springs — and Ohio — has ever seen.

Lauren “Chuck” Shows shares a recipe for a vegan Tom Kha-style soup and chews on the meaning behind cooking for loved ones.

Lauren “Chuck” Shows shares a recipe for a traditional holiday breakfast treat.

Welcome to Way Back Wednesday, a series of posts that look back into the stacks of the YS News. Today’s post — from the Nov. 3, 1960 issue — is a little off date-wise, but this is the internet, a virtual Wild West where anything goes. So cut loose, and dive back into the past with us.

Welcome to Way Back Wednesday, a series of posts that dip into the archives at the YS News to bring a little nostalgia to the midweek slump. Today’s post comes from the Oct. 25, 2001 issue of the News.

Welcome to Way Back Wednesday, a series of posts that take a glance through the bound archives at the YS News.

Welcome to the inaugural Way Back Wednesday, the first in a series of posts that take a glance into the archives of the YS News.

As most news outlets have been reporting feverishly in the last few weeks, parts of the U.S. will experience a total solar eclipse of the sun on Monday, Aug. 21. The YS News office will be closed for the day.