Floyd E. “Catfish” Merritt of Xenia died May 30. He was a member of Yellow Springs Lodge #279, I.O.O.F., and a former Morris Bean employee. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, at A House of Prayer in Xenia. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice […]

Albert L. “Bud” Burden, age 75, of Xenia, passed away Monday, Oct. 11, at Hospice of Dayton. He was born March 14, 1935 in Osborn, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his mother and step-father Ruth and Richard Hoag Sr., formerly of Yellow Springs; his father Albert A. Burden, formerly of Dayton; brothers Richard […]

Helen L. Nehez died peacefully on Sept. 21 at Friends Care Community surrounded by her loving family. She was 87. Helen was born Dec. 23, 1922, in Clairton, Pa., three months after her parents, the late Steve and Zsofia Sumegi, immigrated to the United States from Hungary on the Laconia II through Ellis Island. She […]

Edward Relt Eckenrode III, beloved husband of Samantha (Williams) Eckenrode, died at home in Yellow Springs on May 25. Born in Harrisburg, Pa., Eddie first came to the Dayton area in 1963 to attend the Dayton Art Institute, or DAI, which was then part of the University of Dayton. At DAI, his teachers included New […]

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Coffee, hula hoops and transformation are all on the agenda for two upcoming music festivals in Bellefontaine, organized by the local promotion company Funky Bean Productions and featuring local musicians.

The Yellow Springs High School/McKinney School present Urinetown: The Musical. Click on the title for showtimes and a link to an audio slideshow with stills from rehearsals and interviews with the actors.

It might be the weather, it might be youth, but the combination proved irresistible last Sunday morning.