June 30

Features

The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Start chopping

“We need dry wood, multiple cuts. Tinder, kindling and overnighter logs. We have all these, but the fact that they need to be there every day is exciting.”
Yellow Springs Development Corporation prioritizes housing

At the May YSDC meeting, the group discussed ways in which the Village could help meet the housing needs of employees of a planned Honda EV battery plant coming to the area.
Perry League T-ball represents best of community

Friday night Perry League games contain all of the elements one would witness in sandlots around the world. It is a sport embraced on a global level.
African culture, history at Gyamerah Imports

From a Dayton Street storefront, local resident Gyamfi Gyamerah hopes to do more than sell West African art — he wants to make cultural connections.
Celebrating a local horn player

Yellow Springs resident Danny Sauers has spent nearly six decades blowing his horn all around the country, sharing stages and audiences with blues legends, friends and even his small-town neighbors.
Yellow Springs’ Fourth of July parade and fireworks set

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.
World House Choir plans for 10th anniversary concerts

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.
Trace Lysette talks humanity, joy in ‘Monica’

Earlier this month, the Little Art Theatre premiered “Monica,” a film starring Trace Lysette, who grew up in Yellow Springs and the wider Miami Valley. Lysette spoke briefly with the News via phone after the film’s local debut.
Ohio tick numbers on the rise

According to the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, website, blacklegged (deer) tick populations are expanding in the state.
18 students graduate from Antioch College

Eighteen Antioch College students became the college’s newest alumni following commencement ceremonies Saturday, June 24.
2023 Yellow Springs Pride Festival

On Saturday, June 24, thousands of kaleidoscopic revelers — villagers and visitors alike — attended the 2023 Yellow Springs Pride Festival.
Air quality plummets in Midwest, haze returns to Yellow Springs

On Wednesday morning, June 28, the air quality index, or AQI, for Yellow Springs hit 211, classified as “very unhealthy conditions” — the highest it’s been all month.