One of Yellow Springs’ most acclaimed and celebrated writers will have a homecoming of sorts next year: The late children’s author Virginia Hamilton will be honored with a literary festival in her name.

Many hands made light work of dismantling a human-made rock dam in the Little Miami River on Monday, Oct. 12.

The YS Theater Company is currently accepting submissions from Ohio playwrights for its annual Ten-Minute Play Festival.

The “Echoes From the Past” tour,  now in its second year, builds on those memories and on local history. Created by local resident Carrie Staugler, the ghost tour runs Friday and Saturday evenings through Halloween.

“Are We American? The Tipperary Coal Miners Musical,” premieres Oct. 22–25 at Antioch College’s Foundry Theater.

After about an hour of discussion and some debate, Planning Commissioners ultimately voted to go forward with Holt’s recommendations — specifically to set a cap on the number of smoke shops in Yellow Springs at one per every 1,000 residents, and that they can be no closer than 300 feet “as the crow flies” to one another and any youth-centered establishment.

A local resident and former executive director of Tecumseh Land Trust, Magaw is running as the Democratic candidate for Ohio House District 71 against Republican incumbent Levi Dean, who won the seat in 2024, running against Magaw.

YS Public Arts and Culture Commission will present the sixth and final free talk in its year-long America 250 Speaker Series on Friday, Oct. 16, 7–8:30 p.m., in Rooms A&B at John Bryan Community Center.

There were balloons and cheers at Yellow Springs High School’s Gifted Savings kickoff Tuesday morning, Sept. 29, when seniors celebrated the start of a program that gives each of them $1,000 — and a school year to learn what to do with it.

On Monday evening, Oct. 12, former and beloved Yellow Springs High School social studies teacher Kevin Lydy will host another night of trivia at the brewery — this one, a special occasion, as he’s celebrating a year of schooling and stumping local drinkers and thinkers.