Acorn & Owl opened its Mongolian yurt earlier this year in Yellow Springs and offers holistic healing services, clinical therapy, guided meditation, yoga and more. It’s a circular, four-season space for the mind, body and spirit.

On Monday, Nov. 18, Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, pleaded guilty to the March 14 murder of Yellow Springs resident Connie Vang. Judge Michael Buckwalter sentenced Bleything to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 30 years. 

Over the last several months, the Glen Helen Association and crews has both completed and begun a handful of trail and infrastructure improvements with the aim of making the 1,125-acre preserve more accessible for all.

According to YS Home, Inc. Director Emily Seibel, the requested $180,000 would help defray phase two costs — which, ultimately, would add six more rentals — including the installation of an underground stormwater detention system, which would serve all eventual 32 units in The Cascades.

According to Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, Executive Director Michele Burns, the anticipated asking price is $22,000 per acre and “for sale” signs will likely be in the coming week.

Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 12, longtime Yellow Springs resident David Goodman will kick off an eight-week, Wu-style tai chi class, set to be held in First Presbyterian Church every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.

Tens of thousands of visitors and villagers flooded the downtown thoroughfares on Saturday, Oct. 12, for the Fall Street Fair.

On Wednesday, Oct. 9, Mills Lawn Elementary students crowded the school sidewalk to surprise a misty-eyed Officer Doug Andrus with signs of appreciation and thunderous cheers and applause.

Located in the former Calypso Grill space at 1535 Xenia Ave. — which closed after six years in October — the YS Smokehouse’s menu is slathered in classic southern Americana fare such as brisket, pulled pork, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, boiled peanuts and more.

The move to rezone the land was the latest step in the year-long effort to one day erect a 50-unit, low-income housing development on the land — colloquially dubbed by Village and district bodies as the LIHTC, or low-income housing tax credit, project.