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• Greene County to build new jail

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 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.

• YS Police Department receives body-worn camera grant

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 27, 2023

  

  Yellow Springs police officers will have a new feature in the coming months — body-worn cameras.

• Trustees settle first-of-year business

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 17, 2023

  

  At their first meeting of the new year, the Miami Township trustees handled their first-of-year business, mapping the three-person board’s foundation for 2023.

• Village seeks revenue through rate, utility hikes

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 9, 2023

  

  During the first regular Village Council meeting of the year, held in person on Tuesday, Jan. 3, Council members reviewed several prospects for bringing additional monies into the Village’s general fund, thereby softening the blow of the year’s projected $2.9 million budget deficit.

• 2022 In Review | The Arts

  By Cheryl DurgansJanuary 5, 2023

  

  Impromptu music performances, live theater, new murals, book publications, films and so, so much more — Yellow Springs was a fountain of art in 2022.

• 2022 In Review | Miami Township

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Perhaps the most significant piece of news to come out of Miami Township in 2022 was the passage of a levy that will generate about $670,000 per year for Miami Township Fire-Rescue and will be used to pay MTFR personnel.

• 2022 In Review | Village Council

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  It was a productive year for the Village Council of Yellow Springs. From new appointments to the group to the bevy of legislation passed throughout the year, Council had a busy 2022.

• 2022 In Review | Planning Commission

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 2, 2023

  

  In 2022, Yellow Springs Planning Commission reviewed a new major subdivision, approved a plan to rezone land to accommodate a new agricultural business, approved the demolition and rebuilding of the structure that previously housed Earth Rose and more.

• Township, Schools, Council | Joint group talks finances

  By Jessica ThomasDecember 29, 2022

  

  On Wednesday, Dec. 7 — the most recent meeting between members of the Yellow Springs Board of Education, Village Council and Miami Township Trustees — the three entities discussed their respective financial futures.

• SWAT standoff ends peacefully

  By YS News StaffDecember 28, 2022

  

  A 46-year-old Yellow Springs man was taken into custody Saturday evening, Dec. 24, after a four-hour standoff with police and SWAT at his home in the 100 block of Brookside Drive.