Kasich proposes $1B in BWC rebates Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich has proposed a $1 billion rebate for all 210,000 private- and public-customers of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), as well as tripling investments in worker safety grants and lowering all rates by modernizing workers’ comp operations.
Bill Teets, from the Ohio BWC, told the Daily Times on Monday that a list of local governments benefiting from the rebate will b...
Pair cited on drug charges Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Charges have been filed against two people after a Scioto County Sheriff’s deputy responded to an apartment where several people had reported a methamphetamine lab was being prepared.
On Friday, a deputy talked to an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper and advised him of the reports. The deputy then called a captain at the Sheriff’s Office and asked if it would be OK to knock on the door of the apartment and a...
Man sought after break in Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A man responding to an alarm at a house next door found himself confronted by an intruder. Now Scioto County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for that man.
Leslie Dempsey, 24, of Lucasville, heard an alarm going off at 56 High Street, grabbed his shotgun and went next door. When he opened the door, he observed a tall white male with dark hair, wearing a gray muscle shirt and blue jeans, standing in the doorw...
‘Burg man arrested on heroin charges Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Black tar heroin continues to make appearances in the area. Kenneth Shane McCoy, 26, of 3573 Tick Ridge Rd., Apartment 6, Wheelersburg, faces a charge of possession of drugs - heroin following a traffic stop Friday.
According to the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy made a traffic stop involving a GMC truck after he got a warrant hit from his License Plate Recognition (LPR) system. After checking the ...
Pair of drug arrests made in Lawrence County Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson has announced two drug arrests and indictments. At approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, members of the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force and the Ironton Police Department, located and arrested two men on multiple counts drug indictments stemming from an ongoing investigation into the illegal sale of cocaine and oxycodone.
Arrested were Chris Brown, 3...
Crash injures pedestrians Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Two women were struck by a car while walking on Ninth Street in Portsmouth Monday. According to Portsmouth Police, a car driven by David Burchett, 62, was southbound on Offnere Street when it turned west on Ninth Street into the path of a truck operated by Harold Slark, Sr., 65.
Both vehicles slammed into utility poles and the car struck Rachael Meadows, 34, and Diane Keller, 47. Both women were flown by hel...
West Vocal Music Club flies “Peter Pan” to VRCFA Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Students from the Portsmouth West High School Vocal Music Department are taking a field trip to Never Never Land, for a stage performance of “Peter Pan” at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth.
The story is about the mischievous Peter Pan of Neverland, and his gang the Lost Boys, who never age and never grow up.
Created by J.M. Barrie, the character Peter Pan f...
Trinidad teaches ortho-residents in Portsmouth office Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Dr. Gerardo Trinidad of Portsmouth has accepted a position as clinical assistant professor at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. He also will continue seeing patients for Southern Ohio Medical Center and King’s Daughters Medical Center in his office on Kinney’s Lane and teaching at Shawnee State University.
Trinidad played baseball at the University of North Dakota where he was originally studyin...
CAO Head Start Laps for Books event still going strong Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
Spartan Stadium was filled with more than 200 people Friday for CAO Head Start’s third annual Laps for Books event.
Kim Johnson, Parent Involvement Manager of Scioto County Head Start said they look forward to hosting the event each year.
“Today is our third annual Laps for Books, for each lap that they take around they can get one book up to five laps,” Johnson said.
Mayor David Malone opened Laps f...
Wheelersburg Native makes a difference in Brazil Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
Erin Wawro, a native of Wheelersburg, has been serving as a missionary in Brazil since 2005. A graduate of Wheelersburg High School and Cedarville University with a major in Chemistry, Wawro never imagined she would be serving full-time as a missionary in the South American country.
Wawro is the daughter of the late Ronald Wawro — who passed away in 2001 — and Karen Wilcoxon.
“In the mid-1990’s I worke...
