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Yellow Springs Police get new cruiser, cameras

At the group’s most recent meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 17, Village Council members approved a resolution to authorize Village Manager Johnnie Burns to purchase a new police cruiser — a 2026 Police...

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Meet your community outreach specialists

When federal SNAP benefits stalled this fall, Yellow Springs’ safety nets snapped taut in an effort to catch as many affected folks as possible. Among those nets, and often helping bind them together,...

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Villager pleads guilty to murder

According to a press release from the Greene County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Yellow Springs resident Frederick Dane Muenchau-Peterson, 23, pleaded guilty last week to aggravated murder and...

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Man arrested in connection to recent break-ins and burglaries

On Tuesday, July 15, YS police arrested a 21-year-old man in Kings Yard, later announcing on social media that the individual is likely connected to a series of downtown business break-ins and...

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BREAKING | Multiple downtown Yellow Springs businesses broken into

Several downtown Yellow Springs storefronts were burgled overnight, with some shop owners returning to work Sunday morning, June 15, to find broken glass and stolen money.  These break-ins occurred in...

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YS Police Chief Burge breaks down 2024 stats

At the Village Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18, Yellow Springs Police Chief Paige Burge delivered her 2024 Annual Report. The yearly state-of-the-department presentation included aspirational...

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Police chief responds to downtown thefts

Two thefts took place at downtown businesses at the turn of the new year and spurred the Chamber of Commerce to send out a word of advice to local business owners late last week: Keep an eye out and...

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BREAKING: One dead in Livermore Street shooting, suspect in custody

A fatal shooting occurred in Yellow Springs on Friday night, Jan. 10. According to a statement from the Yellow Springs Police Department, officers performed a welfare check at a residence in the 1200...

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Bleything pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to life in prison

On Monday, Nov. 18, Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, pleaded guilty to the March 14 murder of Yellow Springs resident Connie Vang.  Presiding from Greene County Common Pleas Court, Judge Michael...

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Yellow Springs home raided for marijuana

Tuesday, Aug. 13, began like any other day for the Lewis family — until the sound of a helicopter grew louder and louder, its shadow widening over their Wright Street home. When Mijanou Lewis and her...

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March 14 shooting suspect pleads ‘not guilty,’ claims insanity

On Thursday, March 28, the Yellow Springs Police Department served Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, with an indictment in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in Yellow Springs on Thursday, March...

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YS Police Department fully staffed — a first in five years

For the first time since Yellow Springs Police Chief Paige Burge assumed leadership of the local police force in 2021, her department is fully staffed. Now, the Yellow Springs Police Department is...

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Yellow Springs resident killed in crash

Ed. note: This article has been updated from its original version to include additional information. On Thursday, April 25, local resident Ryan Botkin was fatally injured in a two-vehicle crash that...

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BREAKING | Bleything indicted for murder, assault, other charges

On Thursday, March 28, the Yellow Springs Police Department served Jackson Isaiah Bleything, 22, with an indictment in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in Yellow Springs on Thursday, March...

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EXTENDED COVERAGE | March 14 homicide upheaves Yellow Springs

A 22-year-old man with ties to the village has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Yellow Springs on Thursday, March 14. Following a four-day manhunt, and amid an ongoing...

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Man arrested in connection with March 14 homicide

A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Yellow Springs on Thursday, March 14.  Following a three-day “manhunt,” and amid an ongoing investigation by the Ohio...

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Man arrested in connection with Hawthorne Apartments fire

On Monday, Feb. 26, local resident Ty Allen Arnold was arrested in connection to the fire that erupted at the Hawthorne Place Apartments last summer. Arnold, 24, is being charged with aggravated arson,...

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Local teen killed in crash

On Tuesday, July 4, local resident Isaac Powers was struck by a vehicle while biking near Ellis Park. Powers, 15, was fatally injured in the crash. According to Ohio State Highway Patrol, or OSHP, the...

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Police chief introduces therapy dog

At the regular Council meeting on Monday, March 6, a new Village staffer was sworn in: two-year old Shazam, the front-running candidate for the Village’s new therapy dog program. Chief Paige Burge...

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SWAT standoff ends peacefully

A 46-year-old Yellow Springs man was taken into custody Saturday evening, Dec. 24, after a four-hour standoff with police and SWAT at his home in the 100 block of Brookside Drive. The man, who had not...

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