Guilty plea in YS stabbing death
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. Zyrian...
View ArticleYellow Springs police chief resigns
On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the Village of Yellow Springs announced in a press release that Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned, effective immediately. No reason was given for the...
View ArticleContinued coverage— Plea deal in stabbing death
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. Zyrian...
View ArticleContinued coverage— Yellow Springs police chief resigns
On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the Village of Yellow Springs announced in a press release that Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned. Carlson has been the police chief for the last five years...
View ArticleMills Lawn students bid farewell to Chief Carlson
As Chief Brian Carlson drove toward Mills Lawn Elementary School on Thursday, Oct. 14, students cheered and waved signs saying “thank you” and “goodbye.” Carlson, who has been with the Yellow Springs...
View ArticleSgt. Paige Burge named acting chief of YSPD
Village Manager Josué Salmerón has named recently promoted Sgt. Paige Burge as acting chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department until a new full-time chief is appointed. The appointment occurred...
View ArticleGreene County Sheriff Gene Fischer dies
Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer died unexpectedly Tuesday evening, Nov. 16. An email from the Sheriff’s Office sent to local media Tuesday night said that Fischer had been attending an Ohio...
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2021 in Review | Legal & Law Enforcement
Atha-Arnett sentenced In July, Yellow Springs native Zyrian Atha-Arnett, accused in the stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal with...
View ArticleLocal doctor under investigation, license suspended
Yellow Springs physician Dr. Donald Gronbeck is the subject of a criminal investigation. After the State Medical Board of Ohio suspended Gronbeck’s medical license on Wednesday, Jan. 19, investigators...
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Extended Coverage | Dr. Gronbeck’s license suspended; criminal inquiry on
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View ArticleMeet candidates for YSPD chief
The Village of Yellow Springs announced this week that three candidates are currently being considered for the position of police chief. A public forum featuring the candidates will be held Tuesday,...
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Police Chief candidates introduced
Several months after naming an interim chief to fill the position left by Brian Carlson, Village Manager Josué Salmerón has announced three finalists for Chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department:...
View ArticlePaige Burge named Yellow Springs Police Chief
Nearly eight months after the resignation of Brian Carlson, Interim Chief Paige Burge has been named the chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department. A resident of Fairborn, Burge is the first woman...
View ArticleExtended Coverage | Paige Burge sworn in as YSPD chief
Nearly eight months after the resignation of Brian Carlson, Interim Chief Paige Burge has been named the chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department. She is the first woman and member of the LGBTQ+...
View ArticleSpringfield man found dead after Street Fair
A 34-year-old Springfield man was pronounced dead on Saturday night, Oct. 8, after being found unresponsive on Corry Street following Street Fair. According to police dispatch logs, a person who had...
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Gronbeck pleads not guilty
Following a secret indictment and arrest, Donald Gronbeck pleaded “not guilty” to 50 counts of sex crimes at an arraignment hearing on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Greene County Common Pleas Court in...
View ArticleYSPD budgets $1.7 million for 2023
A recent spike in officer and dispatch turnover, higher overtime costs and mounting expenses to maintain and replace outdated equipment are among ongoing challenges identified by the Yellow Springs...
View ArticleFamily of John Crawford III pursues wrongful death charges
On Wednesday, Nov. 23, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals revived a wrongful death claim against Walmart by the family of John Crawford III. Crawford, a 22-year-old Black...
View ArticleSWAT 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...
View ArticlePolice 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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