Feature Photos Section

• Class acts

  By YS News StaffJune 9, 2025

  

  The community celebrated the Yellow Springs High School Class of 2025 on Thursday, May 22.

• Short street, long dragon

  By YS News Staff

  

  In an afternoon of surprise performance events, members of the Ohio Wushu Academy followed the annual Senior Center flash mob on Short Street with a taste of what they’ll bring to the upcoming Asian Culture Festival on Saturday, May 31. 

• Float on

  By YS News Staff

  

  Last week, YS High School AP physics students tested the mettle of the craft they had created as part of teacher Brandon Lowry’s cardboard boat project in the Antioch College Wellness Center’s pool.

• Eyes on Iris

  By YS News Staff

  

  GRAMMY® nominated singer-songwriter Iris DeMent, left, performed her soaring folk, country and gospel tunes to a sold-out house at the Foundry Theater at Antioch College on Tuesday, May 15.

• Road rave

  By YS News Staff

  

  Friday’s Dan Carrigan Memorial Bike Hike saw third graders practicing safe riding on Jacoby Road, while fourth graders rode north through town to Ellis Pond via the connector path. Third graders are pictured above with local resident and volunteer Gary Zaremsky.

• Down to Earth | Native plants support ecosystem

  By YS News StaffMay 16, 2025

  

  April is officially recognized as Ohio and National Native Plant Month to bring awareness to the importance of native plants for sustaining biodiversity.

• Scout and about

  By YS News StaffMay 2, 2025

  

  Local girl scouts left their mark on Earth Day, April 22. With the help of Miami Township Trustee Don Hollister, the spry troop planted a little redbud tree in front of the fire station.

• Step by step

  By YS News StaffApril 17, 2025

  

  Audiences crowded the Foundry Theater at Antioch College last weekend for the return of the annual Valerie A. Blackwell-Truitt Community Dance and Performance Arts Concert.

• Gushing over the Glen

  By YS News Staff

  

  The last few weeks have brought to Yellow Springs and the Miami Valley nearly continuous rain, dramatic swings in temperature and more than one late-night tornado alarm.

• Facing headwinds

  By Matt MindeMarch 31, 2025

  

  In spite of several challenges, the Grammy® Award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet persevered last Sunday, March 23, in their Chamber Music Yellow Springs’s performance of contemporary works for winds.