For excellence in journalism, design and advertising, the News was named “Newspaper of the Year” in its division at the Osman C. Hooper Non-Daily Newspaper Competition, presented by the Ohio News Media Association.

The proposed resolution stipulates that the Village may charge individuals or organizations $75 per hour of law enforcement video footage produced from body-worn cameras or police cruisers. The total charge per recording cannot exceed $750.

At a special meeting, Monday, March 31, Village Council approved two resolutions to provide advocacy services to victims of misdemeanor crimes of violence committed not just in Yellow Springs, but also in Jamestown and Cedarville.

On Friday, April 11, the “Olde Wrestling Extravaganza” will debut for Yellow Springs a motley lineup of period-specific wrestlers — mustachioed pugilists, crooked politicians, masked luchadores, strongmen, moonshiners, sad clowns and others.

How are our small-town shops, stores and services weathering this economic moment? To what extent have rising costs fallen on the consumer — villager and visitor alike? And what, ultimately, can be done to mitigate the worst effects?

At Village Council’s most recent meeting, Monday, March 17, the group unanimously approved a resolution to authorize Village Manager Johnnie Burns to enter a contract with Springboro-based law firm Smith, Meier & Webb, LPA to provide prosecution services for the Village.

Neutrals and Friends packed both the stage and the house on Friday, Feb. 28 at the Emporium’s weekly music and wine tasting night.

Sharon Lane, Kyleen Downes, Dawn Cooksey and Rhue Buddendeck will perform an intergenerational musical showcase at the Little Art Theatre on Wednesday, March 26 — just a few days before the end of Women’s History Month.

Critically acclaimed and world-renowned traditional Irish band Lúnasa took the stage at the Foundry Theater at Antioch College on Tuesday, March 11.

Windsor aims to demolish the former student union to make space for a two-building, 128-unit complex; renovate the Kettering building to install 43 units; and explore funding to demolish the Sontag Fels building.