Direct drug deaths decline in Scioto County Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
At a funeral directors conference on Friday hosted by Scioto County Coroner Dr. Darren Adams, the 2012 drug death statistics in Scioto County were revealed. According to the data, there were 15 direct drug deaths in 2012, down from 21 in 2011, the lowest since 2004. Drug related deaths rose in 2012 to 13, up from 11 in 2011.
Adams explained that 14 out of the 15 direct drug deaths were the result of multiple...
Sturgill urges for new Council approach Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
An ordinance authorizing the appropriation of $40,000 from the city’s General Fund to the Fire Department to cover potential overtime expenses for the remainder of 2013 brought up several questions at Thursday’s Portsmouth City Council meeting.
President of Council Steve Sturgill asked City Auditor Trent Williams if he could verify there was $40,000 in the General Fund.
“I would say no, not at this point,”...
Village will hire one new police officer, maybe more Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
During a meeting of New Boston Village Council Tuesday, Mayor James Warren announced that the village will be seeking to hire one new, full-time police officer.
According to New Boston Police Chief Darrold Clark, the department is fully-staffed with 10 officers, but three are off on worker’s compensation which knocks them down to only seven. The number is even lower when officers are away on vacation o...
CAO Dental Center upgrades equipment with $15,500 in grant funds Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
The Community Action Dental Center recently received $15,500 in grants from the Care Source Foundation and Scioto County Foundation.
Carrie Massie, Program Director of the CAO Dental Center, utilized the grants by upgrading the facility’s equipment.
“We received a $10,000 grant from Care Source Foundation to update our computer and network capabilities, so we have ordered our computers, and are waiting...
Local Brief McKinley Pool to Open June 3
The Portsmouth Service Department is announcing that the McKinley Swimming Pool will not open on Memorial Day, May 27, but will open Monday, June 3, 2013, at 11 a.m.
Voting fraud cases sent to Dewine Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says he is forwarding 20 cases of double-voting to the office of Attorney General Mike DeWine.
Thursday Husted released the first ever statewide report on voter fraud based on a review of cases by Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections and the Secretary of State’s office following the 2012 Presidential Election.
Husted said, to date, 135 cases have been referred to law enfo...
Scioto DD students celebrate Developmental Days Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
As the nation celebrates Memorial Day this weekend, students at the Vern Riffe School in Portsmouth are celebrating another summer milestone — the end of the school year. The last day for students is Wednesday, but they were kicking things off a few days early Friday with their second annual Developmental Days carnival on the parking lot.
“We’ve setup stuff on our parking lot for our kids to go out and...
City hires code enforcement officer Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The Portsmouth City Health Department has hired a new code enforcement officer. That officer’s only job will be to write citations for those not following city codes.
The new code enforcement officer is Josh Skaggs, who is a graduate of Shawnee State University.
“Josh is our code enforcement officer who will be working one day a week and his only job is going to be going out and writing citations. He’ll wr...
USEC to shutdown Paducah enrichment site Bob Strickley
PDT Content Manager
USEC Inc. announced Friday that it was unable to reach a deal for the short-term extension of uranium enrichment at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky and will take steps to begin a shutdown of uranium enrichment at the site by the end of this month.
“While we have pursued possible opportunities for continuing enrichment, (Department of Energy) has concluded that there were not sufficient b...
Man wanted for shooting at South Point home PDT Staff Report
The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man they believe to be armed and dangerous, after reportedly shooting at a residence in South Point.
According to the Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless, his office received a call at about 11 p.m. on May 23 reporting shots fired on County Road 407 in South Point. When deputies arrived, they discovered that a residence had been shot several times while the occupant...
