Search Results for 'jail'

• • New Greene County Jail construction underway

  November 14, 2023

  On Friday, Oct. 27, state and county leaders gathered at the Greene County Adult Detention Center in Xenia to break ground on a $76 million facility that will house a new county jail as well as county law enforcement administration offices.

• • Greene County to build new jail

  January 30, 2023

  After two failed attempts to levy funds for a new jail through sales tax, and nearly a year of decisions about finance, design and size, the Greene County Commissioners and sheriff’s office will break ground on a $61 million, 250-bed jail this spring.

• • Greene County jail tax is back on ballot

  August 25, 2021

  After voters rejected a proposed sales tax increase to build a new jail in 2020, Greene County Commissioners are asking them to approve a sales tax for a slightly smaller jail this fall.

• • Greene County Jail— Avoiding a COVID outbreak

  July 17, 2020

  In late May, an inmate transferred to state prison from Greene County Jail was tested by the state for COVID-19 and found positive. The individual hadn’t displayed any symptoms, and had a normal temperature upon leaving the county jail, according to jail administrator Major Kirk Keller this week. Keller asked the state to re-test the inmate, but the state declined.

• • Primary Election 2020 — Unofficial results in; jail tax fails

  April 29, 2020

  Unofficial elections results are in for Ohio’s unprecedented mail-in primary.

• • EDITORIAL — ‘No’ to 500 county jail beds

  April 17, 2020

  Greene County voters face a choice in the March 17 primary. Should the county increase the sales tax to fund construction of a new and larger jail? A editorial on Greene County Issue 12 from a prior issue of the News.

• • Council weighs jail response

  March 19, 2020

  At its March 3 regular meeting, Village Council hashed out a letter to the Greene County Commissioners on their proposal to build a new county jail.

• • Issues with jail expansion

  March 12, 2020

  On Thursday, March 5, members of Greene County Citizens Against the Giant Jail Tax held a press conference in front of the county courthouse in Xenia.

• • Villagers give views on jail

  February 28, 2020

  Village Council, at its Feb. 18 regular meeting, considered perspectives on Issue 12, a 0.25% sales tax increase to fund the construction of a new and larger jail for Greene County.

• • In rural areas, a ‘quiet jail boom’

  January 31, 2020

  In debates over jail expansion, the big picture is often the hidden aspect of the conversation. New research from Vera Institute of Justice sheds light on a “quiet jail boom” happening in more rural areas of the U.S.