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• Mister Omar’s Chess Academy— Yellow Springs chess team seeks new players

  By Guest ContributorFebruary 14, 2019

  

  Right now in this peace-loving village, battles are waging in the form of a 1,000-year-old military game. No, not the animated, simulated gory gun battles of modern video games, but a noisy game of classical chess.

• Rowen Newsome

  By YS News Staff

  

  Rowen Richard Bradley Newsome, age 7 months, of Xenia, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at Greene Memorial Hospital. He was born June 28, 2018, in Centerville, and was the son of Ryan and Alexis Newsome.

• Miami Township Fire-Rescue — Lifesaving squad braves thin ice

  By Gary McBride

  

  Monday, Feb. 4, was a beautiful sunny day, with temperatures in the 50s. Around 11 a.m., motivated by the unseasonable weather, David See decided to wash his Jeep’s floor mats, so he took them behind his house on Clearcreek Trail in Bath Township to hose them off. He happened to look at the half-acre pond —  still mostly iced over — about 50 yards back on his four-acre property.

• Linda L. (Duncan) Sheets

  By YS News Staff

  

  Linda L. (Duncan) Sheets

• MillWorks seeks zoning change — New vision for an old park

  By Megan Bachman

  

  An industrial park in the village is set for transformation in the post-industrial era, according to its new owner.

• Carolina Carpenter

  By YS News Staff

  

  Carolina Carpenter

• Trustees change meeting time

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Miami Township Trustees moved Monday, Feb. 4, to eliminate a long-standing meeting time conflict with Yellow Springs Village Council.

• The border is here — Mauritanians fight deportation

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The United States President has declared an immigration crisis at the U.S.–Mexico border, focusing public attention there, while at the same time a crisis in our own backyard goes unseen by many Ohioans.

• Dr. John E. Fleming — Dedicated to preserving history

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Dr. John E. Fleming’s office at his home on Corry Street is a testament to his decades-long body of work: the walls are decorated with art by celebrated African-American artists, and his bookshelves are packed with books. Numerous plastic bins of papers and photos are neatly stacked against two walls. He sat comfortably in his office discussing his life’s work during a recent interview.

• Council to assess YSPD

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Village Council continued to discuss the disciplinary process involving a local officer at its Monday, Feb. 4, meeting.