Government Section :: Page 49

• Jail tax headed to ballot

  By Audrey HackettDecember 19, 2019

  

  A sales tax increase to pay for a new, larger county jail is headed to the March 2020 primary ballot.

• Village finances— Revenues steady, expenses rise

  By Megan BachmanDecember 12, 2019

  

  As Village Council members took their first vote on the 2020 budget at their Dec. 2 regular meeting, they also briefly discussed the state of municipal finances.

• Antioch College closes Thursday afternoon after ‘credible threat’

  By Audrey HackettDecember 5, 2019

  

  Antioch College closed this afternoon after a “credible threat.” The situation was de-escalated by local police just after 4 p.m., and the college community received the “all clear” to return to campus around 5:20 p.m.

• Traffic trial survey results— Most respondents oppose street changes

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The majority of respondents to a Village survey on its temporary traffic project do not support making the changes permanent. At the same time, more survey respondents felt the one-way design on South Walnut Street made school drop-off safer for children at Mills Lawn Schools than didn’t. Those were some of the highlights of a Village survey on its three-week traffic trial, which involved several changes to downtown streets and parking areas.

• Murder suspect pleads not guilty

  By Carol Simmons

  

  In arraignment proceedings Thursday afternoon, Nov. 21, at the Greene County courthouse in Xenia, defense counsel for area resident Zyrian Atha-Arnett entered a plea of not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of felonious assault in the stabbing death earlier this year of local man Leonid “Lonya” Clark.

• Villagers testify on jail plan

  By Audrey HackettNovember 28, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs residents made a strong showing at last Thursday’s public hearing on a proposed sales tax increase to pay for a new county jail.

• Citizens review police actions

  By Megan Bachman

  

  An ad hoc citizen committee is reviewing a disciplinary matter involving two officers of the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Lonya Clark murder case moves forward

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Area resident Zyrian Atha-Arnett is expected to be in court Thursday afternoon, Nov. 21, to plead to charges related to the stabbing death earlier this year of Yellow Springs resident Leonid “Lonya” Clark.

• Laura Curliss wins third Council seat

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Laura Curliss is the third winner in the Nov. 5 election for three open Village Council seats, according to the Greene County Board of Elections’ final official results, which were certified on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

• YS Schools welcome traffic experiment

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Nearly two weeks have passed since the temporary traffic change affecting Short Street and parts of South Walnut and Limestone streets came to an end.

  As the Village continues collecting information on the Oct. 21 through Nov. 9 trial, the News is looking at the origins and purposes of the plan.