Government Section :: Page 39

• The future of Yellow Springs, now

  By Megan BachmanAugust 12, 2020

  

  A few proposals: Light industrial facilities on the western edge of town. Offices and a new residential neighborhood along Xenia Avenue at the southern end. A “designated outdoor refreshment area” downtown where alcoholic beverages can be consumed on the sidewalks. And a dog park.

• Elections board told to reject noncitizen voting in Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanJuly 31, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs’ recent charter change allowing noncitizens to vote on local matters came under fire yesterday from the state’s chief election official.

• Village Council— Anti-racist steps demanded

  By Megan BachmanJuly 29, 2020

  

  Organizers of recent weekly anti-racism rallies downtown aired criticism at Council’s July 20 virtual meeting of Village efforts to address racism.

• YS Development Corporation— Township fire station up for sale

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The soon-to-be-vacated Miami Township fire station at 225 Corry St. is for sale by the Yellow Springs Development Corporation. Originally built in 1956, and updated in the ’60s and ’70s, the commercial building is listed for $400,000.

• Greene County Jail— Avoiding a COVID outbreak

  By Audrey HackettJuly 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.

• Yellow Springs Village Council mandates masks downtown

  By Megan BachmanJuly 8, 2020

  

  At a special meeting on Wednesday, July 8, Council passed several new laws to improve the safety of downtown Yellow Springs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The most significant was an ordinance that requires masks downtown.

• Storybook Trail debuts at John Bryan State Park

  By Lauren Shows

  

  As Ohio settles into summer, four of its state parks are offering ways to combine nature and story with the recent unveiling of four new Storybook Trails. One of those trails is right at home for Yellow Springs residents, having opened at John Bryan State Park a few weeks ago.

• New police reforms aired

  By Megan BachmanJuly 2, 2020

  

  Body cameras worn by every Ohio police officer. Psychological evaluations of those who hope to become an officer. More training in implicit bias and de-escalation. Requiring officers to report on another officer’s misconduct. Those are a few proposed law enforcement reforms Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced at a press briefing last week in response to national outrage after high-profile killings of Black people by police in recent weeks.

• Prosecutor: evidence supports self defense in Grinnell Road double fatal shooting

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The Greene County Grand Jury’s recent conclusion concerning the double fatal shooting Feb 12 outside a home on Grinnell Road — which the county sheriff described at the time as a “shootout” — confirmed the initial impression of law enforcement at the scene that gray winter morning: self-defense.

• Council declares racism ‘public health crisis’

  By Megan BachmanJuly 1, 2020

  

  At its June 15 regular meeting, Village Council declared racism a public health crisis and committed to taking “meaningful action” to respond to the “death, trauma and injury caused by institutional racism.”