Michael Charles Reed, 74, passed away peacefully on March 29, 2026, at Hospice of Dayton. He will be deeply missed and quietly remembered in all the ways that mattered most.

Luisa Lang Owen, Ph.D. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 3, in hospital. She was an accomplished artist, writer, poet, philosopher, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and was brilliantly funny.

Margaret Ann Stewart Diehl died on Monday, March 16, 2026, at the age of 96.

Four local musicians spanning generations in age will take the stage at Little Art Theatre for the second annual Women’s History Month Songwriters’ Round.

At its “State of the College” event Thursday, March 19, Antioch College announced the launch of an initiative to restore Antioch Hall — also known as Main Building — with renovations now underway.

The annual Valerie Ann Blackwell-Truitt Community Dance and Performance Arts Concert is set for Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, in the gymnasium of John Bryan Community Center, 100 Dayton St.

Galvin Cello Quartet will perform Sunday, March 22, for the last regular concert of the Chamber Music in Yellow Springs 2025–26 season. The 4 p.m. performance will take place in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, 314 Xenia Avenue.

Linda Jean (née Johnson) Dillenbeck, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, passed away on Feb. 12, 2026, after a brief illness.

Yellow Springs resident Frederick Dane Muenchau-Peterson was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his father and beloved villager, Frederick “Doc Pete” Peterson.

Margaret Hostetler Bird, of Yellow Springs, age 80, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 30, at the Dayspring Nursing Facility in Enon.