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• Officer resigns amid controversy

  By Megan BachmanOctober 2, 2018

  

  On Monday, Oct. 1, Officer Richard Neel resigned from the Yellow Springs Police Department after seven months on the force.

• Double-murder case comes to an end

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 27, 2018

  

  You are never getting out of prison,” Judge Michael Buckwalter told Dustin Merrick last week during the 27-year-old’s sentencing for the double murder early last year.

• Changemakers

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Nationally known civil rights activist Shaun King headlined a Freedom to Vote Rally on the horseshoe at Antioch College on Sunday, Sept. 23.

• MTFR station construction delayed

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 20, 2018

  

  The timeline for construction of the new fire station on the south side of town has been pushed back several months as the township seeks new bids for the $4.9 million project.

• Council hears new proposal for Mayor’s Court cases

  By Megan Bachman

  

  A new plan to bring more cases before the Yellow Springs Mayor’s Court was discussed at Council’s Sept. 4 meeting.

• Car flips on side, driver unhurt in downtown Yellow Springs

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 19, 2018

  

  A driver was apparently unhurt Wednesday afternoon after his car hit a parked vehicle and flipped on its side in downtown Yellow Springs, halting traffic for nearly an hour Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 19.

• Village Council— Sidewalk fix moves ahead

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 13, 2018

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs will test out a new way to fix sidewalk trip hazards, Council decided at its Sept. 4 meeting.

• Brothers plead guilty in shooting deaths, avoid death penalty

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 12, 2018

  

  Brothers Dustin and Bret Merrick pleaded guilty Wednesday in the shooting deaths of local residents William “Skip” Brown and Sherri Mendenhall in plea deals that allow them to avoid the death penalty.

• Village Council — Vernay cleanup plan probed

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 6, 2018

  

  A member of the Yellow Springs Environmental Commission urged Village Council at its Aug. 20 meeting to weigh in on a plan to clean up a highly contaminated industrial site in the village.

• Hearing process complete; Meister demoted

  By Megan Bachman

  

  On Monday, Aug. 27, Yellow Springs Police Officer David Meister was officially disciplined by Village Manager Patti Bates.