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• Fire chief placed on administrative leave

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 19, 2025

  

  Following a special meeting of the Miami Township Trustees on Tuesday, Jan. 28, Fire Chief Dennis Powell has been placed on paid administrative leave due to an internal complaint.

• Village receives $176k grant to continue water line replacement

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 13, 2025

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs announced earlier this month that it received $176,246 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to continue the yearslong work of replacing aging water lines throughout the village.

• Village Council considers repealing economic incentive policy

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  According to Village Solicitor Amy Blankenship and Planning and Economic Development Director Meg Leatherman, a the Village’s economic incentive policy complicates the process of new businesses, developments or nonprofits setting up shop in Yellow Springs.

• A Closer Look | The City of Yellow Springs?

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 6, 2025

  

  “What happens if Yellow Springs ever becomes a city?”

  It’s a question that many villagers have asked over the decades as our local population has fluctuated, our small-town economy has become ever more service- and tourism-based and as new housing developments have cropped up.

• Miami Township Trustees settle first-of-year business

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 31, 2025

  

  With deep snow on the ground throughout Miami Township that night, the Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the new year Monday, Jan. 6. At the forefront of the meeting’s agenda was the handling of first-of-year business.

• With $680k pledged for new soccer fields, LIHTC project advances

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 27, 2025

  

  Should Woda Cooper successfully be awarded the $15 million in low-income housing tax credits from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency to build a low-income housing development, the district would have $689,000 to turn the Joneses’ cornfield into playable soccer fields.

• 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.

• LIHTC developer seeks site control of district-owned land

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 8, 2025

  

  As was discussed at Monday’s Village Council meeting, one matter still stands in the way of Columbus-based development company Woda Cooper LLC applying for the $15 million in low-income tax credits: getting site control of the Morgan Fields from the school district.

• 2024 In Review | Government

  By YS News StaffDecember 30, 2024

  

  2024 In Review: Village Government, Village Council, Planning Commission, Miami Township Trustees and the 2024 General Election.