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• Merrick brothers indicted— Death sentence a possibility

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 13, 2017

  

  A Greene County Grand Jury has returned indictments of aggravated murder, murder, aggravated burglary, felonious assault and tampering with evidence against the two brothers charged with the killings of two local residents on Jan. 15.

• Village Council— Mixed outlook for broadband

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 6, 2017

  

  Statistics on village internet use were presented at Village Council’s March 20 meeting by Andrew Cohill, CEO of Design Nine, the firm hired by the Village to evaluate the feasibility of creating a municipal broadband network in Yellow Springs.

• 2.4-mill levy for a new fire station

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  A new fire station may finally be in the works for Miami Township.

• Plans for a new fire station, and an open house

  By Audrey HackettMarch 30, 2017

  

  Miami Township Fire-Rescue is seeking to build a new fire station on Xenia Avenue. This Saturday, April 1, the fire department is welcoming local residents to an open house at its current Corry Street station.

• Case against David Carlson is still active

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 23, 2017

  

  One of the two criminal cases stemming from the tensions between police and villagers on New Year’s Eve remains active, although Village Council members have intervened and asked the Greene County prosecutor to drop the charges.

• Citizens seek strong voice in policing

  By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

  

  Yellow Springs residents gathered at a Village Council meeting, with many lined up to address the room with grievances about Village policy. Prompted by the incidents of New Year’s Eve, the focus is the overhaul, or at least significant reworking, of the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Youth engaging in police issue

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 16, 2017

  

  At the beginning of this year, Yellow Springs High School teacher Kevin Lydy was steering his government class to a hands-on focus on state government.

• New Year’s Eve investigation costs rising

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 9, 2017

  

  At their Feb. 21 meeting, Village Council members addressed a recent invoice submitted by Dayton Attorney David Williamson, who is conducting the independent investigation into the New Year’s Eve incident that pitted local police against citizens.

• How are our local police officers trained?

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Beginning in April, villagers may see an Antioch College student or a local resident taking a walk around town beside a Yellow Springs police officer. But look closely. The man or woman in blue is the one being escorted.

• Police created ‘volatile’ situation on New Year’s Eve, report concludes

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 4, 2017

  

  The independent investigation of police and citizens following the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop incident holds local police responsible for creating a ’volatile and unsafe situation.’