Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.

• Book examines college readiness

  By Lauren ShowsMay 21, 2022

  

  Barbara Fleming spoke to the News last month about her two-year research and writing process and her intentions for the work, which she said she hopes will be a reference text for educators and community leaders.

• Revisiting the Kingwood Solar project

  By Carol SimmonsMay 20, 2022

  

  Thousands of pages of testimony, motions, exhibits and other related documents have been filed in the ongoing effort by Texas-based Vesper Energy to build and operate a large-scale solar power field that encompasses land in Miami, Xenia and Cedarville townships.

• The Briar Patch | The Myth of Reproductive Agency

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  “We stand on the precipice of a time in which the reproductive rights of millions of teenage girls and women hang in the balance in the shadow of a disintegrating medical system and toxic patriarchy.”

• COVID Update | May 19, 2022

  By YS News StaffMay 19, 2022

  

  The number of new cases in the state, tallied for April 29–May 5, was 11,013 compared to 8,731 April 22–28.

• Meet the new owners of the Mills Park Hotel

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Mills Park employee Ryan Aubin and his husband, Alex Price, purchased the business and 1.6-acre property on April 27 for nearly $4.5 million from the Yellow Springs-based Hammond family. Jim Hammond, his wife, Libby, and daughter, Katie, have owned and operated the hotel since the family opened its doors in 2016.

• Abortion Rights | Locals decry leaked SCOTUS draft

  By Jessica ThomasMay 18, 2022

  

  About 30 people gathered at the corner of Limestone Street and Xenia Avenue on Saturday, May 7; the reason — abortion rights.

• YSHS students inducted into Honor Society

  By YS News StaffMay 14, 2022

  

  On Monday, May 2, 12 YS High School students were inducted as new members of the Yellow Springs chapter of the National Honor Society.

• COVID Update | May 12, 2022

  By YS News StaffMay 12, 2022

  

  The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Ohio and Greene County last week, according to the latest data released by the Ohio Department of Health on Thursday, May 5.

• Extended Coverage | More Chappelle shows at Wirrig Pavilion OK’d

  By Carol SimmonsMay 10, 2022

  

  Another summer of outdoor shows presented by Dave Chappelle at the Wirrig family pavilion got the green light Thursday evening, April 28, when the Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals, or BZA, voted to approve a temporary conditional use request by property owner Steve Wirrig.

• ‘Returned’ join World House Choir

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 7, 2022

  

  Twelve “returned,” or formerly incarcerated, artists, including rap performers and visual artists from several area prisons, will join the World House Choir to present “Solidarity Dividend: Art in Action,” Saturday, May 14, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m., in the Foundry Theater on the campus of Antioch College.