Features

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  News from the Past: April 2026

  
  
  

  Contributing writer Don Hollister dove into the YS News archives to uncover past articles and more in his most recent installment of his News from the Past column.

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  Spring(s) | Beloved Community transformed

  
  
  

  “The fact that Mrs. Obama and her brother are purposefully focusing on personal interaction as opposed to any audience expectation of politics is subtly and exactly right for where we are in America today.”

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  Barlow Hudson’s posthumous mystery, ‘Stephanie’s Secret’

  
  
  

  Edited and published posthumously by her son, Rex Hudson, “Stephanie’s Secret” is more than a mystery. It is, in some ways, a reflection of Hudson’s own life: a story of caregiving and career ambition, and a woman navigating male-dominated institutions while guarding a private truth.

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  Antioch College as a Federal Work College, two years on

  
  
  

  According to faculty member and Dean of Cooperative, International and Community-Based Learning Luisa Bieri Rios, in those two years, the model has helped reshape what campus life looks like for Antioch students.

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  Advocates map road to LGBTQ+ equality

  
  
  

  “The Roadmap Back to Equality,” an “Evening for Equality” conversation, will feature Jim Obergefell, the Ohio man whose name became synonymous with marriage equality in 2015 when he became the lead plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that established same-sex marriage rights in the U.S.

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  Antioch School scholarship fund honors past teachers

  
  
  

  The Beloved Teachers Scholarship Endowment, which provides dollars to prospective or current students in the name of some of the school’s most cherished educators.

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  Chappelle opens new merch store in downtown Yellow Springs

  
  
  

  On Saturday, April 25, local resident and famed comedian Dave Chappelle’s merch shop — dubbed The Chappelle Shop — started doing business inside his newly renovated commercial building at 221 Xenia Ave.

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  Primary election Tuesday, May 5

  
  
  

  Ohio voters head to the polls next week on Tuesday, May 5, for the state’s primary election. All Yellow Springs residents vote at Antioch University Midwest at 900 Dayton St., 6:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

Village Council

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  Village Council’s housing goals come into view

Obituaries

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  Ralph Emerson Simmons Sr.
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  Ross L. Morgan
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  Ellen Kubay Adkins
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  Harry S. Morgan
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  Thomas Joseph Noftle III

Sports

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  Bulldog Sports Round-Up | May 1, 2026
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  Varsity baseball, softball teams both Metro Buckeye champs