Yellow Springs News

07/17/2025

If you could go back in time and change just one thing, what would it be?

For the protagonist of villager Philip King’s debut novel/memoir, the answer is simple: He’d go back and make sure the Cleveland baseball team could clinch the 1950 World Series.

If you could go back in time and change just one thing, what would it be? For the protagonist of villager Philip King’s debut novel/memoir, the answer is simple: He’d go back and make sure the Cleveland baseball team could clinch the 1950 World Series.

07/17/2025

Another great issue of the YS News has arrived — hot off the presses!

A small caveat: Our more discerning readers may notice a subtle difference between this issue and previous ones. Due to a slight printing mishap, each page is a hair more condensed than usual. The copy is still legible, albeit a little skinner.

If, for whatever reason, a subscriber finds this issue entirely too narrow to enjoy its contents, give us a call at 937-767-7373 or email Matt at [email protected], and we'll happily send you an e-edition — a digital copy with our classic width and heft.

07/16/2025

The format for this year’s Feast for Friends — Aug. 23 — will remain mostly the same, with those attending meeting up at Friends Care for light appetizers and wine.

While there, diners will meet their assigned dinner companions and be given directions to hosts’ homes, where they will adjourn for dinner.

Five years ago, Yellow Springs’ biggest progressive dinner never made it to the table — but next month, it returns to finally fill local appetites: Feast for Friends, Friends Care Community’s longtime annual fundraiser, will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

07/15/2025

After years of planning, Little Art Theatre's marquee makeover began in earnest on Tuesday, July 15.

Elyria, Ohio-based Wagner Electric Sign Co. is now in the process of demolishing the iconic sign, and in its place, will erect a new one designed as a tribute to the theatre's original 1940s-era, art-deco-style marquee.

The new marquee's colors were chosen by recent YSHS graduates Liliana Herzog and Jane Chambers, guided by art teacher Bill Neal.

During the theater's temporary closure, Little Art programming will continue at off-site venues throughout the village. Up next is a free screening of "Shrek" on Sunday, July 20, at Gaunt Park, starting at 8:15 p.m.

Regular in-theater programming will resume Friday, Aug. 1. During construction, sidewalk access in front of the theater will be limited, and visitors are advised to use alternate walking routes along Xenia Avenue when possible.

Area residents are invited to attend an unveiling party for the new marquee on Friday, Aug. 15, on Short Street.

Photo by Reilly Dixon

07/15/2025

“Public bodies have a duty to keep the public informed if they’re making major decisions that affect the public purse and public well-being,” Trustee Marilan Moir said.

“You shouldn’t be making big decisions on topics that were not on the agenda involving significant amounts of funds without the public knowing that that’s going to happen.”

“Public bodies have a duty to keep the public informed if they’re making major decisions that affect the public purse and public well-being,” Trustee Marilan Moir said.

07/14/2025

ICYMI: Morris Bean & Company, a highly specialized aluminum foundry in Yellow Springs, recently took on an enormous challenge by producing a complex 4,000-pound pour weight aluminum ground turbine air inlet casting with extremely tight tolerances and demanding surface finish requirements.

The company was recognized with the American Foundry Society’s “Achievement by a Small Business” award and a follow-up article in Casting Source magazine.

Known for their low-volume, highly engineered aluminum castings, MBC draws on decades of experience, artistic, craft manufacturing, roots, and their proprietary Antioch plaster molding process to deliver precision and performance to industries worldwide.

The full story is available online in Casting Source magazine, shorturl.at/sjOcZ or at www.morrisbean.com.

07/14/2025

Windsor Companies plans to demolish the derelict Antioch College Student Union, and in its place on the 2.16-acre site, build two three-story apartment buildings, with 48 rental units in each; and in the Kettering building, install 43 rentals for persons 55 and older.

Windsor Companies plan to demolish the derelict Student Union, and in its place on the 2.16-acre site, build two three-story apartment buildings, with 48 market-rate rental units in each; and in the Kettering building, install 43 rentals for persons 55 and older.

07/12/2025

“From obsidian to Leia buns and dinosaur sunglasses — yes, it was that kind of night. We began our fourth Friday of Perry League under the looming shadow of a heat advisory, which had us planning a shortened session.”

"From obsidian to Leia buns and dinosaur sunglasses — yes, it was that kind of night. We began our fourth Friday of Perry League under the looming shadow of a heat advisory, which had us planning a shortened session."

07/11/2025

Villager Misty Moneé Gill is partnering with the Little Art Theatre and Dayton-area jazz group G. Scott Jones and the Freedom Ensemble to put on a show benefiting the local soup kitchen “Who’s Hungry?”

The show will be held at the Little Art on Sunday, July 13, at 6 p.m.

Villager Misty Moneé Gill is partnering with the Little Art Theatre and Dayton-area jazz group G. Scott Jones and the Freedom Ensemble to put on a show benefiting the local soup kitchen “Who’s Hungry?” The show will be held at the Little Art on Sunday, July 13, at 6 p.m.

07/10/2025

Late Monday, June 30, Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s $60 billion, two-year budget and issued a slate of 67 line-item vetoes — including several that will, for now, keep YS Schools and public school districts across the state from major financial upheaval.

07/09/2025

The WYSO news team recently returned from Kansas City, Missouri, where the team received one first-place and three second-place awards from the Public Media Journalists Association, or PMJA.

07/08/2025

James R. Cannell Jr., a seasoned firefighter with more than three decades of experience at the Columbus Division of Fire, began Monday, June 30, what is planned to be a year-long tenure at the helm of Miami Township Fire-Rescue.