Articles About Yellow Springs Police Department

• Police chief responds to downtown thefts

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 24, 2025

  

  Two thefts took place at downtown businesses at the turn of the new year and spurred the Chamber of Commerce to send out a word of advice to local business owners late last week: Keep an eye out and take security precautions.

• BREAKING: One dead in Livermore Street shooting, suspect in custody

  By YS News StaffJanuary 11, 2025

  

  A fatal shooting occurred in Yellow Springs on Friday night, Jan. 10.

  According to a statement from the Yellow Springs Police Department, officers performed a welfare check at a residence in the 1200 block of Livermore Street at approximately 11:21 p.m., and upon arrival, discovered a person with apparent gunshot wounds.

• Village Council budgets $18.1 million for 2025

  By Reilly DixonNovember 26, 2024

  

  At their most recent regular meeting, Monday, Nov. 18, Village Council members gave first reading to the ordinance that will set the projected 2025 budget, which at this point totals $18,102,489.

• Bleything pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to life in prison

  By Reilly DixonNovember 18, 2024

  

  On Monday, Nov. 18, Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, pleaded guilty to the March 14 murder of Yellow Springs resident Connie Vang. Judge Michael Buckwalter sentenced Bleything to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 30 years. 

• Yellow Springs home raided for marijuana

  By Reilly DixonAugust 27, 2024

  

  Tuesday, Aug. 13, began like any other day for the Lewis family — until the sound of a helicopter grew louder and louder, its shadow widening over their Wright Street home.

• Emergency cooling shelters in effect for heatwave

  By YS News StaffJune 17, 2024

  

  The John Bryan Community Center has been designated as a 24-hour emergency cooling center; Greene County Public Libraries are also designated as cooling centers during hours of operation.

• YS Police Department fully staffed — a first in five years

  By Reilly DixonMay 20, 2024

  

  The Yellow Springs Police Department is composed of 19 employees: seven dispatchers, one community outreach specialist, one property manager and 10 officers — three of whom were recently hired and are still in training.

• BREAKING | Bleything indicted for murder, assault, other charges

  By Reilly DixonMarch 28, 2024

  

  On Thursday, March 28, the Yellow Springs Police Department served Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, with an indictment in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in Yellow Springs on Thursday, March 14.

• Man arrested in connection with March 14 homicide

  By YS News StaffMarch 18, 2024

  

  A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Yellow Springs on Thursday, March 14. Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, a Springfield resident and 2020 graduate of Yellow Springs High School, was taken into custody on Sunday, March 17. 

• BREAKING | Reported shooting on S. High Street in Yellow Springs

  By Reilly DixonMarch 14, 2024

  

  Around 7:45 p.m., on Thursday, March 14, a shooting was reported on the 600 block of South High Street.