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• A quick guide to the March primary

  By Audrey HackettFebruary 18, 2020

  

  The presidential primary is March 17, 2020. Several local issues and a range of federal, state and county offices are on the ballot.

• Grinnell Road couple involved in fatal shooting hold press conference

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 14, 2020

  

  Lindsey and Molly Duncan, the residents of the home on Grinnell Road where two people were killed in a driveway “shootout” Wednesday, Feb. 12, held a press conference Friday afternoon in the meeting room at Yellow Springs Library.

• Sheriff: Homeowner’s ex-wife one of two dead in Grinnell Road shooting

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 13, 2020

  

  An ex-wife of the property owner on Grinnell Road, where a shooting Wednesday morning, Feb. 12, left two people dead, was one of the fatalities, according to Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer.

• Village Council— Fee waivers for Home, Inc.

  By Megan Bachman

  

  In a split decision at its Feb. 3 regular meeting, Village Council granted Home, Inc. tap fee waivers for the group’s planned senior apartment building.

• Village Council— Energy credit sale considered

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 6, 2020

  

  For every one-megawatt hour of green energy the Village of Yellow Springs purchases, it receives one Renewable Energy Certificate, or REC. And with a portfolio that is 83% renewables, on the open market, the Village’s RECs could yield about $100,000 per year.

• In rural areas, a ‘quiet jail boom’

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 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.

• In rural areas, a ‘quiet jail boom’

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  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.

• Village Council— Could sewer woes limit growth?

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 30, 2020

  

  Strong storms rolled into Yellow Springs on April 3, 2018, dumping close to three inches of rain on the village in short order. What happened next was the source of an Ohio EPA rebuke and is now a subject of concern for Village Council as it considers spurring new development in town.

• Council debates housing goals

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 23, 2020

  

  In her first Village Council meeting on Jan. 6, new Council Member Laura Curliss questioned the Village’s stated goals related to housing.

• The future of Yellow Springs — What would you like to see?

  By YS News StaffJanuary 21, 2020

  

  What do you want Yellow Springs to look like in 2035? Villagers can help shape the future of town by contributing to the comprehensive land use plan now being developed by the Village of Yellow Springs.