Local announces plans to run for Second District seat Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
Ronnie Richards addressed a crowd of 23 people Wednesday at Port City Cafe about his plan to run for the seat in the Second District Ohio House of Representative, a seat currently occupied by Republican Brad Wenstrup.
Despite Wenstrup’s recent election to the seat, Richards said he was advised to run early and run quickly in order to be in contention.
“As you know, I am running as a Democrat and I wear...
Automania sounds good in New Boston Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
NEW BOSTON — Automania is now open at its new location in New Boston and owner Marty Mohr has brought a few of his friends. The new building on Rhodes Avenue is also the new location of Josh’s I-Repair, President of the Board Skate Shop, and Bee in Touch cellular services.
Mohr first opened Automania on Eighth Street in 1989, offering window tinting. The business quickly grew to include custom paint an...
Group endorses timber harvesting of Shawnee Forest Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
In a released statement, The Ruffed Grouse Society and its southwest Ohio chapter endorsed timber harvesting in Shawnee State Forest.
According to Mark K. Jones, Chair of the Gilbert Symons Chapter, “Cutting trees results in regrowth and early successional habitat young, brushy woods. One of the most important results of timbering is the creation of new growth, early successional forests or young brushy wood...
CHIP’ing in for home purchase and repair Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Fritz Leighty isn’t wearing a funny green suit with money signs on it, but just like Matthew Lesko on TV, Fritz is helping people in Scioto County find thousands of dollars, for free, that they can use to buy or fix-up a house.
Found in the Scioto County Commissioners’ Office, in the basement of the County Courthouse on Sixth Street, Leighty is a consultant for the Community Housing Improvement Program...
Green teacher resigns after disciplinary meeting Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
FRANKLIN FURNACE — Green High School band teacher Adam Phillips resigned from the school on Thursday, following a disciplinary school board meeting earlier this week.
According to Green Superintendent Sandy Mers, Phillips was accused of being involved in an incident that occurred after school-hours in which students were inadvertently exposed to inappropriate adult material. Mers said that upon realizi...
Traffic stop nets 708 pills, arrest Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Officers have confiscated 708 Oxycodone pills, valued at $14,200 and charged a Michigan woman in the process.
As a part of the continuing effort to put a dent in the Michigan to Ohio to Kentucky to Florida drug pipeline, troopers of the Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol have charged Kimicia S. Turner, 19, with possession of Oxycodone, a felony of the second degree.
Troopers said stopped a 20...
DeWine, McEwen to keynote annual Lincoln Day dinner Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The featured speakers for this years Scioto County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner set for March 19 will be Attorney General Mike DeWine and former Congressman and current State Central Committeeman Bob McEwen.
The event will take place at the SOMC Friends Center with a social hour at 6 p.m. and the program starting at 6:30 p.m.
According to Scioto County Republican Party Communications Co-Chair Bryan ...
Scioto County seniors see Medicare savings Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
More than 1,200 seniors in Scioto County have saved a total of $1 million, thanks to the donut hole in Medicare being partially closed, according to U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH).
Brown held a news conference outlining his three-point plan to reduce the deficit by lowering prescription drug costs for consumers and taxpayers. Brown, who chairs the Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Fami...
Gas meters now read by remote system Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Sandy Ross, Automatic Meter Reading Coordinator with Columbia Gas of Ohio, sits in the back of a van and watches the computer read meters. A job that used to take all day now takes minutes.
The van pulled out of Sixth Street, drove a block to Court Street and turned left. Two minutes after pulling out - “We have read 350 meters in two minutes,” Ross said.
Ross and External Affairs Specialist Shane Cartmill...
Hardwood Heroes game upcoming By Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Tuesday kicks off a nearly month-long series of events in celebration of National Developmental Disabilities Month — beginning with an open house at all Scioto County Board of Developmental Disabilities (SCBDD) locations and culminating with the fifth annual SCBDD Hardwood Heroes Celebrity Basketball game on April 6.
“Each year our Special Olympics committee works hard to make our Celebrity Basketba...
