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• Down to Earth | ‘Capture the positive’ on Earth Day

  By YS News StaffMay 26, 2022

  

  “The human species is facing so many difficult issues in our world community right now, ranging from the war in Ukraine to climate change. Let’s use this Earth Day to capture the positive.”

• Comedian Donnell Rawlings to host local events

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  The four-day series, dubbed “Donnell Land,” will include shows at Wiley’s Comedy Club in Dayton, kayaking down the Little Miami, and a kickball game in Gaunt Park.

• COVID Update | May 26, 2022

  By YS News Staff

  

  The number of new cases in the state, tallied for May 13–19 was 19,556, compared to 15,950 for the week of May 6–12.

• Celebrate YSHS Class of ’22

  By YS News StaffMay 25, 2022

  

  The Class of 2022 will take its final bow at graduation on Thursday, May 26, at YS High School. However, because of projected rain, commencement ceremonies have been relocated to the gym.

• Students walk out to protest racism

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  The walk out was a response to an incident between a white teacher, Karleen Materne, and a Black student after the teacher was overheard saying the N-word.

• 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.