Police views on gun control vary— Many officers for background checks
This is the fifth in our series “Guns and the Village.” Click here to see all the articles in the series. On Jan. 28 five young men between the ages of 19 and 23 entered a home on Victoria Avenue in...
View ArticleVillage Council— Dispatch on chopping block
How important is it to villagers to have local police dispatchers? Village Council members want to hear from the community. “We need to hear from citizens how valued our current system is. Is money...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of local dispatch
One evening when Teresa Newsome was on duty as dispatcher at the Yellow Springs Police Department, she received a call from a worried villager. The woman’s elderly husband, who had some dementia, had...
View ArticleYellow Springs police announce rash of burglaries
Since early last week, the village has experienced about six burglaries to homes in Yellow Springs, included the theft of both men’s and women’s jewelry. The sudden increase in incidents prompted local...
View ArticlePolice investigate burglaries
Last Friday morning, April 19, the Yellow Springs Police Department issued a Hyper Reach alert to all village residents, informing villagers of a rash of burglaries that have occurred in the village...
View ArticlePolice investigate recent burglary
Yellow Springs police have been investigating a burglary that took place sometime during the afternoon on Monday, April 29, at a Marshall Street residence. The intruder forced open a screen door on the...
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Xenia police arrest suspected Yellow Springs burglar
Oliver Simons5ft. 10in., 170lbs,Brown Hair andGreen Eyes UPDATE May 8, 9:40 p.m.: At 8:40 this evening Xenia police arrested Oliver Simons at his home at 290 E. Market Street in Xenia, in connection to...
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Xenia police arrest Yellow Springs burglary suspects
Oliver Simons5ft. 10in., 170lbs,Brown Hair andGreen Eyes UPDATE May 8, 9:40 p.m.: At 8:40 this evening Xenia police arrested Oliver Simons at his home at 290 E. Market Street in Xenia, in connection to...
View ArticlePolice issue arrest warrant
The Meadow Lane residence of Kira Lugo was burglarized on Monday, May 6, when a perpetrator entered through an unlocked door and stole cash and rare coins from her home. Police believe the burglary is...
View ArticleGreene County jury indicts local burglars
Two local burglary suspects Oliver Simons and Bianca Stone Chappelle were indicted last week by a Greene County grand jury on felony charges related to nine thefts that occurred in Yellow Springs since...
View ArticleBurglary suspects indicted
Xenia residents Oliver Simons and Bianca Stone Chappelle were indicted last week by a Greene County grand jury on felony charges related to burglaries that occurred in Yellow Springs. The two former...
View ArticleAccident claims life of Yellow Springs teen
Yellow Springs resident Trista Lindstrom, 17, was killed in a car accident on Saturday, June 1, shortly before 7 p.m. The vehicle, driven by a 16-year-old girl from Cedarville, was pulling out at the...
View ArticleA native son, talented, caring, addicted
While Oliver Simons, the local man who police say is behind a string of nine burglaries in the village this year, is now locked up at the Greene County Jail in Xenia awaiting trial and facing serious...
View ArticleIn Glen Helen, search winding down, no one found
Update at 5:15 p.m.: About 20 officers from various jurisdictions and agencies were involved in today’s search in Glen Helen and surrounding areas for a suspicious man who appeared to be carrying a...
View ArticleLast week’s lockdown a hoax, police say
Click here to read about potential charges against the camp counselor. According to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department this afternoon, last week’s alleged gunman situation in Glen Helen was found...
View ArticleCamp counselor could be charged for false statement
Click here to see the July 3 post on the witness’s false report. Tremendous tax dollars were wasted during the search in the Glen last Thursday for an alleged armed man, who never existed, Greene...
View ArticleSubject of police search taken to hospital
Update: 12:40 p.m. According to a Village of Yellow Springs press release, the situation that led to a police search for a local man this morning began at 9:42 a.m. when police were called to an...
View ArticleBlockade down on Limestone Street
The barricades that blocked off the 600 block of West Limestone Street for about an hour and a half this afternoon, Friday, July 13, have been removed, and police say the area is safe, according to...
View ArticleYellow Springs Police respond to active shooter in village
At about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, Yellow Springs Police sent out an emergency alert to homes in the northern end of the village advising that a shooting had taken place between the 200 and 300...
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Yellow Springs police shootout ends in villager’s death
A Yellow Springs man was found dead in his North High Street home following a police shoot-out that began around 10:45 p.m.last night, Tuesday, July 30, and ended a little after 5 a.m. this morning....
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