Ruddnette Jefferson, one of the last surviving African American women of her generation born and raised in Yellow Springs, passed away on Feb. 14, 2022.

Since October 2021, Villager Diana Castellan has made or mended and donated nearly 300 blankets with the support of a Blanket Fund, established last year at the YS United Methodist Church.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s consideration — and anticipated approval — this month of a COVID-19 vaccine for young children, aged 6 months through 4 years old, has been put on hold, the FDA announced Friday, Feb. 11.

Mary Sylvia Ware was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to William and Harriet Gooden on Aug. 11, 1922. Mary passed away into the Lord’s care at the age of 99 on Feb. 7, 2022, at Friends Care Community in Yellow Springs.

Village Job Openings: Gaunt Park Pool Staff

Village Council

Public Meetings

The trails of Glen Helen Nature Preserve will be closed temporarily Sunday, Feb. 20, and Monday, Feb. 21.

The Yellow Springs Board of Education will meet in it’s new location, the Graham Conference Room, on Thursday, February 10, from 7 to 9 p.m.

50 years ago, in 1972, an Antioch student strike loomed. “The Antioch College campus has been in a turmoil since Friday and appeared to remain uneasy as the News approached press-time today.”