Though municipal discussions are still underway and budgetary cuts are already being made, the Village’s General Fund, as of press time, is projected to operate in 2026 with a deficit of around $512,000.

At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, Oct. 6, Council members unanimously approved an ordinance to accept an annexation agreement, from Miami Township to the Village of Yellow Springs, of 28.3 acres of property along East Enon Road.

A new place to get pampered is opening up in downtown Yellow Springs this month: Running Errands, a nail salon set to open on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Yellow Springs voters are being asked to decide on several tax levies in the upcoming General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 4. Among those is a proposed tax levy renewal — Issue 10 on the ballot — for the Village of Yellow Springs: an 8.4-mill, five-year levy to collect $855,477 annually.

The dust hasn’t quite settled on the construction site, but local NPR affiliate 91.3 WYSO is gearing up to move in the coming weeks into its new headquarters in the historic Union Schoolhouse at 314 Dayton St.

Lights! Cameras! Action! These and much more are on the four-day docket of the annual Yellow Springs Film Festival, which is set to return for its third year, Thursday–Sunday, Oct. 2–5.

At Council’s meeting last week, several villagers and Council members expressed their dismay with the Village’s compliance with Gov. DeWine’s order to lower the municipal flag in honor of Charlie Kirk.

For the 2025–2026 academic year, Antioch enrolled 115 degree-seeking students, down from 121 last fall. Of those 115 students, 42 are new to Antioch, 70 are continuing students and three are returning, or re-admitted.

Labor Day marked the end of pool season in Yellow Springs. But before Gaunt Park staffers drained the only public pool in Greene County, they let local hounds take a dip.

On Friday, Aug. 29, members from the Yellow Springs-based nonprofit StoryChain made good on their promise to deliver a recording of an incarcerated voice to his family on the outside.