Yellow Springs was one of more than 350 cities and towns across the country to hold a demonstration after the killing of George Floyd by police in Minnesota earlier in the week.

This week, Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson and Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Terri Holden released statements addressing the recent death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and the ongoing issues of police brutality against people of color in the country.

Chester B. Cooper, age 71, of Xenia, passed away on May 26, 2020, surrounded by his family.

A visitation service for Jonas Bender was held on Friday, June 5 at Central Chapel AME Church, 6–7 p.m.

Too young and too sudden, our loving and beloved Martin Harold Benedict Borchers, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, died on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 10 a.m. in a car accident on Jackson Road.

The Class of 2020 graduated like no other before it, with a community parade and outdoor ceremony at Antioch University Midwest.

Yellow Springs Board of Education Special Meeting

VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS PUBLIC MEETINGS

Yellow Springs High School will host a “drive-in” style graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 on Wednesday, May 27. The special event will begin with a senior “clap-out” parade of Class of 2020 vehicles through the village, followed by an outdoor screening of the ceremony and presentation of diplomas to graduates in their vehicles. 

Friends, fans and and students celebrated the 85th birthday of longtime village resident, cellist and music educator Shirley Mullins Wednesday, May 13.