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• EXTENDED COVERAGE | March 14 homicide upheaves Yellow Springs

  By Reilly DixonMarch 24, 2024

  

  Following a four-day manhunt, and amid an ongoing investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, or BCI, Jackson Isaiah Bleything, a Springfield resident and 2020 graduate of Yellow Springs High School, was taken into custody Sunday, March 17.

• Miami Township Board of Trustees | Tax rate reduced, grants pursued

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 23, 2024

  

  Greene County Auditor David Graham explained that local millage rates for a 2.4-mill levy passed in 2017 to fund the construction of the current fire station have been reduced over the last two years.

• Miami Township Board of Trustees | Feb. 21 Meeting

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 22, 2024

  

  The Miami Township Board of Trustees held its second regular meeting of the month Wednesday, Feb. 21.

• 2024 OHIO PRIMARY RESULTS | YS Schools substitute levy fails

  By YS News StaffMarch 21, 2024

  

  Preliminary results of the Tuesday, March 19, primary election are now available. Locally, a 9-mill YS Schools substitute levy failed at the polls, with 589 votes for and 722 votes against.

• Man arrested in connection with March 14 homicide

  By YS News StaffMarch 18, 2024

  

  A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Yellow Springs on Thursday, March 14. Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, a Springfield resident and 2020 graduate of Yellow Springs High School, was taken into custody on Sunday, March 17. 

• Ohio primary election tomorrow, March 19

  By YS News Staff

  

  All Yellow Springs residents — those who live in precincts 440, 441, 442 and 443, as well as those who live in precinct 456 in Miami Township — can vote at Antioch University Midwest at 900 Dayton St. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

• Man arrested in connection with Hawthorne Apartments fire

  By Reilly DixonMarch 6, 2024

  

  On Monday, Feb. 26, a local resident was arrested in connection to the fire that erupted at the Hawthorne Place Apartments last summer. He is being charged with aggravated arson, burglary and possessing criminal tools, and is presently in custody at the Greene County Jail. 

• Johnnie Burns sworn in as Yellow Springs village manager

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 22, 2024

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, held virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 20, Interim Village Manager Johnnie Burns was appointed to permanently fill the manager role, following unanimous approval from Council. He was officially sworn in early Wednesday morning.

• Tuesday, Feb. 20, Village Council meeting is virtual

  By Matt MindeFebruary 16, 2024

  

  The next Village Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 20, at 7 p.m. This meeting will be held virtually, due to an increased risk of COVID.

• Village Council adopts ceasefire resolution on Israel-Hamas war

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 15, 2024

  

  On Monday, Feb. 5, at the group’s most recent regular meeting, Village Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.