Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.

• 2025 Perry League Season | Season opens with joy, minus game

  By YS News StaffJuly 5, 2025

  

  The longest day of the year arrived with about as idyllic a summer evening as you could imagine. We got to enjoy warm weather, sunny skies and a terrific game of T-ball at Gaunt Park.

• Villagers launch Civil Discourse Pilot Program

  By Lauren Shows

  

  This summer, local organizers hope to help chart a constructive path with the launch of the Civil Discourse Pilot Program, an initiative designed to foster more thoughtful dialogue by modeling civil discourse through a series of public events.

• YS Chamber of Commerce seeks Fourth of July funds

  By Jessica ThomasJuly 1, 2025

  

  At Village Council’s June 16 meeting, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Phillip O’Rourke approached the group to apprise members of the need for additional partners to fund the fireworks, which cost $10,000 annually.

• News from the Past: June 2025

  By Don HollisterJune 30, 2025

  

  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.

• Black bear spotted in Yellow Springs

  By Reilly DixonJune 29, 2025

  

  After several reported sightings in the region and county, a young black bear made its way to Yellow Springs on Saturday, June 28. 

• My Name Is Iden | Live the riot

  By Iden CrockettJune 27, 2025

  

  “On June 28, 1969, the police raided The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. It wasn’t the first time they had done this, but that night, the patrons stood up determined to make it the last.”

• 2025 Perry League Season | Season opens with joy, minus game

  By YS News Staff

  

  This year’s opening night, Friday, June 6, presented a new first for many of us: the first time we started the season without a game of T-ball.

• 2025 Perry League Season | Rain? What rain?

  By YS News StaffJune 21, 2025

  

  The all-volunteer Perry League program is noncompetitive, free and open to children aged 2–9, regardless of their race, color, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, spiritual inclination or practice, ability or disability. We meet every Friday, June through July, at Gaunt Park, 6–7:30 p.m.

• Flood ravages Glen Helen

  By Reilly DixonJune 17, 2025

  

  An estimated three inches of rain fell in a single hour that night, according to Glen Helen Executive Director Nick Boutis, causing the Yellow Springs Creek to rise suddenly and surge over public trails and walkways.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Busy as a bee

  By Guest ContributorJune 13, 2025

  

  “The whole place needs a good sweep, and it looks like being a fair day today so I can open both doors and the one functioning window to let the air move through the house. Stink bugs are everywhere so a bit of a purge is required.”