SSU to begin renovation of administration building Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Work is expected to begin later this week on the renovation of the administration building on the campus of Shawnee State University. The work is expected to take about five months to complete and the final product will see an addition of an office and classroom space.
“The building was originally constructed in 1982 and is in need of interior renovation as well as mechanical, electrical, and plumbing upgrad...
Testimony: Child could not have died from a fall Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Dr. Mary Ranee Leder MD, with 17 years of experience and practices in Pediatrics, Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics, and Child Abuse Pediatrics, told jurors in the Brandon Wilson murder trial Wednesday that a fall in from shopping cart, down a set of stairs or from a couch could not have caused the injuries that claimed the life of 10-month-old Neylan Wilson on Nov. 20 of 2012.
For several hours Leder — ...
Scioto County Honors Band and Choir performs at VRCFA Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Scioto County Junior High and High School Honors Band and High School Honors Choir will present the 71st Annual Scioto County Honors Music Festival on Tuesday, March 5 at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts. The annual festival — formerly called “The All County Music Festival” — includes 207 students from all 12 school districts in Scioto County.
Sharee Price, gifted services coordinator at the Sout...
“Youthful Visions” exhibit at the Portsmouth Library Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
In celebration of Youth Art Month, the Local History Department of the Portsmouth Public Library will once again display “Youthful Visions,” an exhibit of artwork created by Scioto County High School art students.
Opening Friday, the display consists of both 2- and 3-dimensional artwork in a variety of media.
“Basically what we have is two pieces of artwork from each high school and then the students...
2012 CCW permits up in Scioto County, statewide Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Ohio saw a large increase in the number of concealed carry permits issued in 2012, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. In 2012, sheriff’s, who are responsible for issuing, denying, suspending or revoking CCW licenses, issued 76,810 licenses - 64,650 new licenses and renewed 12,160 more.
Scioto County had the highest number of licenses issued among surrounding counties - 605 new licenses and 132 r...
SOS presents petitions to Governor’s office Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Representatives with the Save Our Shawnee (SOS) Forest traveled to Columbus recently to meet with representatives of Governor John Kasich’s office and present them with more than 3,300 petitions that call for the end of clear-cut logging in Shawnee State Forest.
Over the summer of 2012, members of Save Our Shawnee Forest Organization collected over 3,300 surveys asking Governor Kasich to stop the destructive...
Portsmouth Police capture fugitive from justice Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Portsmouth Police say they have caught a fugitive from justice. According to police, David J. Malouhos, 23, of 1525 Pleasant Ave., Portsmouth, was stopped Friday afternoon while pushing a grocery cart full of junk in the middle of the 2800 block of Gallia Street.
A check of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) reportedly revealed Malouhos was wanted in Monroe County, Florida for failure to appear for...
Apartment complex set for renovations Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The Scioto Valley Garden Apartments located at 1420 16th Street in Portsmouth will soon be undergoing renovations, according a letter to the Scioto County Commissioners from MV Residential Development LLC of Cincinnati.
“The purpose of this letter is to apprise your office (commissioners) that the Portsmouth Metropolitan Housing Authority will be the majority members of a residential rental development. (The...
Infant’s mother takes the stand in murder trial Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Tierra Simeona painted a picture of a stormy on-again, off-again relationship when she took the stand Tuesday in the murder trial of her live-in boyfriend Brandon Wilson. Wilson is charged in the death of Simeona’s 10-month-old son Neyland Wilson.
Simeona said the points of contention between the two centered around resentment by Wilson that the baby was not his, and Simeona’s constant anger with Wilson not ...
McFarland sits on Supreme Court for the fourth time Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
For the fourth time in his career, Wheelersburg native and judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals Matthew McFarland sat on the Supreme Court of Ohio Tuesday.
McFarland served as a visiting judge on the Ohio Supreme Court today and heard oral arguments in a class-action insurance case.
McFarland replaced Justice Judith L. French, who recused herself from Cullen v. State Farm (Case No. 2012-0535). The...
