Articles About history

• News from the Past: June 2024

  By Guest ContributorJune 27, 2024

  

  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.

• News from the Past: May 2024

  By Guest Contributor

  

  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.

• News from the Past: April 2024

  By Guest ContributorMay 2, 2024

  

  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.

• News from the Past: March 2024

  By Guest ContributorApril 12, 2024

  

  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.

• ‘Like a war zone’ | Yellow Springs residents remember the 1974 Xenia tornado

  By Reilly DixonApril 9, 2024

  

  This year, grim memories of the Xenia tornado turn 50. To mark the occasion, the News talked to several dozen current and former local residents who shared their stories of that fateful and fearful day, what came after and how they were — and continue to be — affected.

• News from the Past: February 2024

  By Guest ContributorMarch 11, 2024

  

  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.

• News from the Past: January 2024

  By Guest ContributorFebruary 1, 2024

  

  “Several dozen villagers and students from Yellow Springs High School and Antioch College assembled at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to protest Operation Desert Storm, which began in full mid-January 1991.”

• News from the Past: November & December 1973

  By Guest ContributorDecember 21, 2023

  

  “Ice skating on DeWine’s pond was made possible by last week’s cold weather. Above: Saturday’s all-day-long hockey battle was photographed against a background that includes Whitehall.”

• Building Community | McGruder brings expertise, experience to local orgs

  By Jessica ThomasJuly 28, 2023

  

  Kevin McGruder, who has lived in Yellow Springs for 11 years, has spent his time in the village finding space for himself, and in turn, creating space for others.

• Little Peace Conferences envision post-war peace

  By Guest ContributorFebruary 15, 2023

  

  At a time of war, a small Ohio village and the college within it also thought of peace. These thoughts focused on how things should be once the Second World War ended and to be ready for it when it was over.