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• Smith topples YSHS basketball record

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 1, 2022

  

  In a varsity girls basketball game at home on Thursday, Jan. 20, senior standout Angie Smith surpassed the long-held scoring record of 1,770 career points set by Evin Wimberly in 2005.

• State redistricting plans unconstitutional

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 29, 2022

  

  Ohio Democrats and state chapters of the NAACP, ACLU and League of Women Voters, among other groups and voting rights advocates, are hailing a pair of rulings by the Ohio Supreme Court last week that found the state’s recent redistricting efforts to be unconstitutional.

• Villagers speak out at town hall

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 28, 2022

  

  At a virtual town hall meeting held Wednesday, Jan. 12, scores of villagers aired concerns and asked questions about a proposed development on the south end of town and the efforts to rezone that land.

• Antioch Wellness Center now open to the public

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 27, 2022

  

  After nearly two years of being closed, the Antioch Wellness Center has reopened its doors to the public. Their daily hours of operation are Monday–Friday, 6 a.m.–8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

• COVID Update | Jan. 27, 2022

  By YS News Staff

  

  While COVID-19 case numbers continue to be historically high, there is some indication that Ohio is rounding a bend in the pandemic’s Omicron-variant-fueled surge.

• Karen McKee honored at Martin Luther King Day event

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 26, 2022

  

  Over a blanket of snow, more than 100 villagers marched through downtown Yellow Springs in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march on Monday, Jan. 17.

• Two Planning Commission members resign

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 25, 2022

  

  Sarah Sinclair-Amend, who served as a voting member, resigned Jan. 13; and Matthew Kirk, who served as an alternate, resigned Jan. 6.

• New school board makeup expected to bring changes

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 24, 2022

  

  After more than a decade, when changes in school board makeup occurred mostly one new member at a time, amid the constancy of veteran office holders serving multiple terms and carrying over familiar approaches, newcomers are in the super-majority as 2022 begins.

• Artist Profile | Iden Crockett’s self-discovery via collage

  By YS News Staff

  

  “Who am I, where am I, and where do I want to be?” These questions, along with detailed storytelling and self-discovery, are expressed like a thread through each drawing, collage and poem of local artist Iden Crockett.

• New school board members take seats

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 23, 2022

  

  The Yellow Springs school board’s annual organizational meeting, conducted in the Mills Lawn gym on Thursday, Jan. 13, began with the swearing in of its three newest members: Dorothée Bouquet, Judith Hempfling and Amy Magnus.