Articles About Fourth of July

• Dino-four

  By Reilly DixonAugust 1, 2025

  

  At high noon on July 4, a steady stream of village organizations, youngsters, golf carts, firetrucks and horses filtered through the downtown avenues for the Fourth of July parade.

• YS Chamber of Commerce seeks Fourth of July funds

  By Jessica ThomasJuly 1, 2025

  

  At Village Council’s June 16 meeting, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Phillip O’Rourke approached the group to apprise members of the need for additional partners to fund the fireworks, which cost $10,000 annually.

• Just four fun

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 9, 2024

  

  Torrential rainfall may have put the kibosh on the village’s annual July Fourth celebrations last month, but that didn’t deter the village festivities altogether.

• New Chamber of Commerce chair, upcoming events slated

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 30, 2024

  

  Area resident and co-owner of the Mills Park Hotel Alex Price, has taken charge of the Chamber as its new board chair. Price, 34, succeeds Mark Heise, whose three-year term expired in December.

• 2023 Fourth of July festivities

  By YS News StaffJuly 7, 2023

  

  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.

• Yellow Springs’ Fourth of July parade and fireworks set

  By Reilly DixonJuly 3, 2023

  

  The parade through downtown Yellow Springs is scheduled to kick off at noon July 4; the fireworks display at Gaunt Park will begin after sundown, about 9 or 9:30 p.m.

• Fourth of July events set in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffJuly 3, 2022

  

  The Yellow Springs Fourth of July parade will step off at 2 p.m. from East Herman Street and head north on U.S. 68/Xenia Avenue to end at John Bryan Community Center.

• New fireworks law in effect

  By YS News StaffJune 30, 2022

  

  A new state law allows Ohioans to discharge consumer fireworks on specified holidays, unless their local political subdivision bans the use.

• Tale of two flags

  By YS News StaffJuly 5, 2018

  

  The Yellow Springs’ Pride and Fourth of July parades in pictures by Diane Chiddister, Karen Wintrow and Matthew Collins. 

• Fourth of July: Crowds, not clouds

  By Matt MindeJuly 6, 2017

  

  Clouds threatened rain, but that didn’t stop hundreds of villagers who lined Xenia Avenue downtown Tuesday for the annual Fourth of July parade.