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• Mills Lawn students bid farewell to Chief Carlson

  By Jessica ThomasOctober 25, 2021

  

  Carlson, who has been with the Yellow Springs Police Department for 12 years — five of those as chief — is leaving the force in November.

• Continued coverage— Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By Megan BachmanAugust 31, 2021

  

  On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the Village of Yellow Springs announced in a press release that Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned.

• Continued coverage— Plea deal in stabbing death

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 19, 2021

  

  A Yellow Springs native accused in the stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal with the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.

• Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By YS News StaffAugust 18, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned, effective immediately.

• Guilty plea in YS stabbing death

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 21, 2021

  

  A Yellow Springs native accused in the stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal with the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.

• Suspect faces new charges

  By Carol SimmonsApril 21, 2021

  

  New charges have been filed against the former classmate and friend accused of murder in the 2019 stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark. But the additional charges, which involve possible child pornography, appear to be separate from the homicide case.

• Dead body found in John Bryan State Park

  By YS News StaffMarch 13, 2021

  

  On Saturday, March 13, around 12:30 p.m., a dead body was reportedly found at John Bryan State Park. The skeletal remains were found just north of the Orton picnic area.

• Outside investigation complete— Officer violated no policies

  By Megan BachmanDecember 20, 2020

  

  At issue was whether YSPD Officer Dave Meister violated Village policy and state law by allegedly telling a citizen that a fellow officer, Paige Burge, referred to some attendees of the weekly Black Lives Matter rallies as an “angry mob.”

• Independent review clears YSPD chief

  By Megan BachmanAugust 13, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson was cleared of wrongdoing by an outside investigator in June after a formal complaint was lodged against him by a village resident in May.

• New police reforms aired

  By Megan BachmanJuly 2, 2020

  

  Body cameras worn by every Ohio police officer. Psychological evaluations of those who hope to become an officer. More training in implicit bias and de-escalation. Requiring officers to report on another officer’s misconduct. Those are a few proposed law enforcement reforms Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced at a press briefing last week in response to national outrage after high-profile killings of Black people by police in recent weeks.