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• Locals protest firing at Antioch College’s Wellness Center

  By Lauren ShowsApril 18, 2024

  

  The community push for mediation between former Wellness Center employee Guy “Tron” Banks and Antioch College continued Friday, April 5, when several dozen local residents held a demonstration on college grounds.

• Sankofa Talk | A victim of Jim Crow tactics

  By Bomani MoyendaApril 17, 2024

  

  “The longer I live, the more incidents of mistreatment, ranging from covert to blatantly overt, keep piling up. Sometimes it feels like I’m at the bottom of a pile of football players and they just keep jumping onto the pile.”

• Planning Commission | 32-unit senior housing advances

  By Reilly DixonApril 16, 2024

  

  Following unanimous approval from Yellow Springs Planning Commission members at the group’s most recent meeting, Tuesday, April 9, a 32-unit, senior-focused development is one step closer to realization.

• Porchfest on hold, for now

  By Lauren ShowsApril 15, 2024

  

  Beloved local music festival Porchfest is likely on hiatus, according to the event’s organizers — though they hope it’s a temporary one.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | History repeating

  By Guest ContributorApril 13, 2024

  

  “This year I will be getting myself another knife; I have accepted that I have a knife habit. It is a fixed-blade all-rounder of a knife made by Helle of Norway, and it’s called ‘Sigmund,’ which is cute.”

• Storytellers to headline Antioch School Scholarship Gala

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The Antioch School Scholarship Gala returns Saturday, April 20, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Foundry Theater at Antioch College. Headlining this year’s event are Sam Bartlett and Omopé Carter Daboiku, each of whom will bring their distinctive brands of storytelling to the Foundry stage.

• 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.

• Yellow Springs Theater Co. climbs to new heights in ‘Roof Man’

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  “Roof Man” will be staged on Fridays and Saturdays, April 12 and 13, and April 19 and 20, at First Presbyterian Church; curtain is at 8 p.m. each night and admission is $15.

• A village and a virus, four years on

  By Reilly DixonApril 11, 2024

  

  This year marks the fourth anniversary since the novel coronavirus began spreading uncontrollably throughout the world, shuttering businesses, upending routines, overwhelming hospitals and ultimately claiming the lives of over 1 million U.S. residents.

• Antioch vigil honors Nex Benedict

  By YS News Staff

  

  Nearly a quarter of Antioch College’s student body gathered alongside Antioch President Jane Fernandes on the steps of the old student union building Sunday, March 3, to attend a candlelight vigil in honor of Nex Benedict.