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PORTSMOUTH— According to Scioto County Commissioner, Scottie Powell and Rosemount Assistant Fire Chief, Eric Brown, when the two set out on a mission with Community Action Organization of Scioto County (CAO) six months ago to form a swift water rescue team, they didn’t expect the benefits to include a situation that arose early Tuesday morning that resulted in someone being rescued during a medical emergency.

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SCIOTO COUNTY- A man has died after being found staggering and wounded at the corner of Marne Avenue and Highland Bend Road this week.

NEW BOSTON- Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman states that his office was contacted on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, by New Boston Police Chief Carl Compton requesting that his office handle a death investigation that happened in the Village of New Boston.

OAK HILL — Once might be an accident, an outlier, an isolated incident, an unprecedented perhaps situation.

PORTSMOUTH- In less than two weeks, the Portsmouth City School District lost both its top administrator and its board president.

NEW BOSTON- Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman states that his Office was contacted on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, by the New Boston Police Department about a possible sexual assault.

A group of community members backed by organizations who care, recently stepped up and tackled the problem of naloxone accessibility in a way that also provides room for test strips and educational resources in a creative and unique approach. The former payphone booths with a weatherproof box now serves as a safe space for people facing addiction to receive supplies and information that could save their lives.

PORTSMOUTH— Shawnee State University will hold a Bear Run on Wednesday, Sept. 27 beginning at 6 p.m. Held on SSU’s campus since the fall of 1995, the Bear Run is a biannual 5K run/walk open to the campus and surrounding communities. All funds raised during the Bear Run will support SSU Athletics.

PORTSMOUTH- The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Future for Scioto County Scholarship Fund created by Ohio State University senior Austin Meyers for the benefit of local students throughout Scioto County. A 2020 graduate of Wheelersburg High School, Meyers is one of a number of young people in the area who have started new scholarship funds at the Scioto Foundation in recent years because they want to give back to their home community.