The annual Fourth of July festivities went according to patriotic plan on Tuesday. By noon, crowds were assembled along sidewalks up and down Xenia Avenue to enjoy the parade as it made its way towards the north end of town.

A candlelight vigil for Isaac Estelle Powers is scheduled for 9 p.m. this Friday evening, July 7.

Public Meetings

Planning Commission Meeting Agenda

Ordinance 2023-33

Ohio native Lt. Colonel Donald S. Houk passed away in Webster, Texas, on June 14, 2023.

Jack Lee Nickell, beloved father of Desiree Nickell (Yellow Springs), Jacqueline Nickell (Los Angeles, California), and David Nickell (St. Petersburg, Florida), passed away June 18, 2023, from complications following heart surgery. He was 89.

On Tuesday, July 4, local resident Isaac Powers was struck by a vehicle while biking near Ellis Park. Powers, 15, was fatally injured in the crash.

The World House Choir invites new singers to join the choir as it prepares for its 10th anniversary concert program, “Standing on the Side of Love and Justice,” to be performed Sept. 21–23.

According to the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, website, blacklegged (deer) tick populations are expanding in the state.