Drug arrest made after traffic stop Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini reports that a traffic stop on State Route 104 in West Portsmouth Thursday led to the arrest of a West Portsmouth man.
According to Sheriff Donini, upon receiving complaints in the West Portsmouth area of suspected drug activity, Washington Township Community Policing Deputy Kyle Porter initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Timothy L. Cooper, 33, of age o...
State calls East Portsmouth Elementary a “School of Honor” Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
SCIOTOVILLE — The Portsmouth City School Board rewarded faculty and staff of East Portsmouth Elementary School with a special luncheon on Friday, for earning the “High Progress School of Honor” designation from the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). Only 90 schools in the state of Ohio have received this title.
According to a letter sent to Elementary Principal Kristi Toppins, the department establish...
New Boston asks city for floodwall update Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Village of New Boston this week sent a letter to the City of Portsmouth asking for an update on the city’s floodwall certification. According to the letter, sent by Village Solicitor Justin Blume to City Solicitor John Haas, the village has completed its part of the certification and is only waiting on Portsmouth to finish theirs before the floodwall can be certified.
“The Village stands ready to s...
West Portsmouth brothers arrested for robbery Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini said that two West Portsmouth brothers Bobby and James Stone of 1336 Seventh Street were arrested Friday for the April 9 robbery of the Superquick in West Portsmouth.
Sheriff Donini said that on April 9 a male subject entered the Superquick at Galena Pike in West Portsmouth, brandished a knife and demanded money. Immediately thereafter both suspects fled the area.
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Religious and business leaders gather regarding immigration Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
As Congress prepares to take up the Senate Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration reform bill proposal, an unprecedented coalition of Ohio faith and business leaders are gathering at the Ohio Statehouse to voice their support for an effective, long-term immigration system that respects the rule of law while also acknowledging immigrants’ human dignity and important role in our economy and our communities.
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PUCO approves Duke Energ rate hike Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
One of the points of discussion surrounding the proposed New Steel plant to be located in Franklin Furnace has been the need for an energy company to contract with the facility to purchase the excess power which would be produced at the plant. Among those mentioned as a possible customer was Duke Energy. However one of the stumbling blocks was Duke Energy’s request for a rate increase from the Public Utilities...
Benefit for ALS upcoming Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Chris Slater was an active man. He worked at MarkWest Hydrocarbon in South Shore. He is now unemployed, on short-term disability. His speech is slurred. He has no use of his hands, and can’t even button his shirt. His wife has been forced to quit her job to stay home with him and care for him.
That scenario is played out everywhere Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aggressively attacks the body. Better known as ...
Webb works on Tobacco Settlement Fund Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
FRANKFORT — The Tobacco Settlement Fund Oversight Committee held its monthly meeting Wednesday in Frankfort.
The committee has jurisdiction on the usage of the funds the state receives as a part of the Master Settlement Agreement. Senator Robin Webb, D-Grayson, whose district includes Greenup and Lewis Counties, was one of the original drafters of House Bill 61 in 2002 when she was a member of the Kentucky H...
ND students prepare for soap box derby Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The Kentucky Derby will take place this weekend in Louisville, Ky., but a group of Notre Dame Elementary students has their focus on another type of derby.
The students were busy Thursday afternoon preparing parts and components of three soap box derby cars for a Science, Engineering, Technology and Math (STEM) competition in Akron, Ohio later this month.
According to released information, the All American...
AAA7 warns residents about scam Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) issued a warning this week after learning that individuals in Lawrence and Scioto Counties are knocking on doors and fraudulently claiming to be representatives of the AAA7.
Agency spokesperson Jenni Dovyak-Lewis said the AAA7 office in Wheelersburg has been notified of at least three questionable incidents last month — two in Lawrence County and one in the ci...
