Yellow Springs Schools presented its annual “State of the Schools” report Wednesday, Oct. 30, with Superintendent Terri Holden offering an overview of district demographics, academic performance and ...

Libraries, public health officials and local municipalities rejoiced as the last ballots were counted Tuesday night — all the levies before Yellow Springs and Miami Township voters passed. At the ...

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The Short Street saga continued at the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, Nov. 3. Council again weighed the pros and cons of continuing the closure of the downtown road, which began earlier ...

NOTE: The public is welcome to attend.There will be an opportunity for in-person community comments. Comments may also be submitted in writing to communications@ysschools.org. The meeting will be live ...

The words of Edgar Allan Poe are set to haunt local audiences this weekend, as Yellow Springs Middle and High School thespians will stage “Shuddersome: Tales of Poe,” a one-hour adaptation of some of ...

The results are in — and they’re mixed. At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, Oct. 20, Assistant Village Manager Elyse Giardullo presented the findings of a survey regarding the state ...

The long-lived Epic Book Shop in Yellow Springs ended its story last year, making way for its successor, Tesseract Books, which officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 232 Xenia Ave. last ...

Just as the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to rule against a Colorado law that bans conversion therapy — a dangerous and unscientific practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation, ...

Margaret “Margrit” Page Tydings Petrie died peacefully on the morning of Oct. 29, 2025, at Shawnee Estates Senior Living in Xenia, Ohio. Born in Anchorage, Kentucky, to Joseph Mansir Tydings and Mary ...

Villagers packed the Mills Lawn gym Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 15 and 16, for the Candidates Night community forums, hosted by the James A. McKee Association. The forums were an opportunity for the ...

Teacher. Counselor. Principal. Mentor. Historian. Confidant. Friend. These were the words Superintendent Terri Holden used to describe John Gudgel, who was recognized for 45 years of service to YS ...