Portsmouth Day at the Reds this Sunday Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Jim Saddler is loosening up for the biggest pitch of his life. The well-known veterans leader has been given the honor of throwing out the first pitch at Sunday’s Portsmouth Day at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.
“He thinks he’s going to get a contract with the Cincinnati Reds,” Jim’s wife Jane Saddler said.
Jim Saddler says he is excited about the opportunity and just wants to get the ball in the c...
Solid waste case gets assigned to judge Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Nearly a month ago the Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management District (LSSWMD) filed for a declaratory judgement in a matter against the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization. The case has now been assigned to a common please court judge.
According to released information from the Lawrence County Common Pleas Court the case has been assigned to Judge William Cooper.
The 17-page document na...
Local Briefs Vernon Trustees meeting cancelled
Vernon Township Trustee meeting on Thursday, April 4, 2013, has been cancelled. For questions or information, call 740-574-9779.
Pike Pet Pals Grrreat Annual Yard Sale
Pike Pet Pals is holding their Grrreat Annual Yard Sale, Saturday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Bristol Village Activity Center. There are lots of items for the whole family. There will also be a Chinese Auction with items don...
No primary for Scioto County Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
While the state of Ohio will be holding it’s primary election in most sections of the state on May 7, Scioto County voters will not need to go to the polls. Scioto County Board of Elections Director Julia Gearheart says there will be no primary election in Scioto County.
“The only things that were up were some of the wards in the city, and not enough people filed to cause the primary,” Gearheart said. “And N...
Program, juvenile, receive statewide awards Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Raqueal Howard is just 18 and is looking forward to her first meeting next month as a member of the Governor’s Council on Juvenile Justice. It has not been an easy journey from a young girl with a drug problem, to a young woman with a great sense of herself and hope for the future.
“It’s one of the programs that we have in our probation department, and we call it the Alternative to Detention program,” Scioto...
Church purchases NB school property Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
NEW BOSTON — New Boston School on Monday auctioned its property on Stanton Avenue, which went to Rubyville Community Church with a bid of $45,000. The church reportedly purchased the property as a gift to Evangelistic Outreach of Ironton, to move its operation to New Boston.
Stanton Avenue has been part of New Boston School since it was created in 1893, as a one-room school building on Stanton. In 1913...
School takes down religious portrait Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
JACKSON, Ohio — Following a hearing in the U.S. District Court on Tuesday, the Jackson City School District voluntarily agreed to remove a portrait of Jesus hanging in its high school.
The challenge to the portrait began with a Jan. 2 letter to Jackson Superintendent Phil Howard from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), which said it had received “a disturbing report” about the portrait hanging...
USEC completes construction phase of cascade project Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
USEC Inc. has completed construction of its American Centrifuge commercial demonstration cascade at Piketon. The 120-machine cascade is the centerpiece of a cooperative research, development and demonstration program (RD&D) with the U.S. Department of Energy. That program is intended to reduce technical risks and improve the future prospects of commercial deployment of the American Centrifuge technology.
“Co...
Truck crashes into house - sends 3 to hospital Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A truck careening into a house has sent three people to a Huntington, W.Va. hospital. Lewis County, Ky. Sheriff Johnny Bivens said a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado, operated by 52-year-old John Templeton of Foster, Ky. was traveling west on RC Lane Tuesday evening when Templeton lost control of the vehicle. Bivens said the truck exited the rightt side of the roadway and into the residence of Doug Hyrne.
Bivens sai...
Judge throws out case against Columbia operator Kalb Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Portsmouth Municipal Court Judge Steven Mowery has dismissed the noise ordinance case against Fourth Ward City Councilman James Kalb. Kalb had been cited on a single charge of breaking the noise ordinance.
Mowery made the decision Monday to drop the charge against Kalb, operator of the Columbia Music Arena.
“The charge was dismissed with with prejudice,” Kalb said. “Which means it (the citation) can’t be b...
