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

• Tecumseh Land Trust secures Dell Farm

  By Reilly DixonJuly 7, 2025

  

  Last week, local farmland conservation nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust announced that the group secured an easement on 36 acres of land near the intersection of state routes 343 and 370, less than two miles east of Yellow Springs limits.

• My Name Is Iden | Celebrate what?

  By Iden CrockettJuly 6, 2025

  

  “The Fourth of July is a celebration of freedom — not a celebration of the hope of freedom, not the promise of freedom, and certainly not the illusion of freedom.”

• The return of the Magi(cicada)

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “This year, we have only a smattering of periodical cicadas in town, but they increase in abundance as you head south toward Cincinnati. These are members of Brood XIV.”

• 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.