Engineer gets $800,000 for guardrail project Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Scioto County Engineer Craig Opperman has received $800,000 in grants to install guardrails along county roadways this summer.
“This is a project we applied for last year for funds in 2018, we got notified in January the project moved up to this year. It is a $300,000 grant,” Opperman said.
He said the grant will cover the installation of guardrails in Valley and Jefferson Townships.
“We are going to be ...
City gets another BWC refund Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
The city of Portsmouth has received another refund check from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Portsmouth Mayor David Malone says it is not the first and it won’t be the last.
“We received a check for $41,300,” Malone said. “And there’s going to be at least one other check that is going to be coming later on. And they said it is probably going to be a sizable one.
“We’re part of an aggregate of...
Dorothy Knost Musical Workshops upcoming Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
The 40th Annual Dorothy Knost Children’s Summer Workshop is set to take place June 17-21 at Cornerstone United Methodist Church. The workshops are free and open to children grades one through eight.
Becky Climer serves as a co-director for the Dorothy Knost Workshop and has been a part of the workshop since its inception.
“I serve as the co-director for the workshop with Amy Howard. I have been involve...
Special school board meeting to discuss litigation Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Green Local School Board will meet for a special meeting on May 1 to discuss pending litigation from a wrongful termination suit.
Former school maintenance worker Curtis Tackett has been been employed at the school for nearly 20 years, according to his attorney Richard Wolfson. His employment was terminated May 31, 2012, and this month filed a wrongful termination suit against the school.
“He cam...
SOMC plans evacuation drill at Hospice center Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth will stage an emergency mock drill at its Hospice Care Center on May 1 to practice evacuation responses. Residents seeing the drill should not worry, said Angie Hodge, emergency department clinical coordinator and chairperson of the emergency management team.
“We do exercises to prepare for events that have a possibility of happening. The drill that they are p...
Ky. man charged with complicity to commit murder Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
GREENUP, Ky. — Kentucky State Police in Ashland charged Aaron Gallion on Wednesday with complicity to commit murder, relating to the death of Christopher Frazier — whose body was discovered earlier this month.
According to Kentucky State Police Post 14, they had received a missing person report for Christopher M. Frazier, age 29, of Westwood, Ky. on April 8. Eleven days later, police received informati...
Robbery suspect nabbed in Texas
Bob Strickley
PDT Content Manager
Earlier this month, authorities from Scioto and Lawrence Counties identified a man suspected of robbing Charter One Bank in Wheelersburg on April 5 and of robbing the US Bank location in Proctorville April 8. On Wednesday, the search for that man ended when authorities located Elvis P. Kerns, 34, of Wheelersburg in Texas and arrested him.
Kerns had been connected to both robberies because of the sim...
Authorities arrest two, confiscate $127,940 and heroin Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Pike County authorities confiscated $127,940, heroin and drug paraphernalia in the execution of a search warrant Tuesday. April Estep, 34, is charged with trafficking in heroin and possession of heroin, while Mark Hill, Sr., 42, faces charges of possession of drug abuse instruments and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Pike County Sheriff Richard Henderson said, around 11:04 p.m. Tuesday his office executed ...
Ogg reappointed to state board Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Ohio Governor John Kasich on Wednesday released a list of state appointments. Among them was former state representative William L. Ogg, of Wheelersburg, who has been reappointed to the Board of Motor Vehicle Collision Repair Registration for a term beginning April 23, 2013, and ending Jan. 1, 2016.
“It’s a small board and I’m the only public member. The rest are owners of repair shops, paint shops, wi...
SCBDD golf scramble upcoming Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Nothing gets you out into the summer sun like a round of golf. And if you hit the greens on a regular basis or are just a scratch golfer, the Scioto County Board of Developmental Disabilities Golf Scramble set for Saturday, June 29 at the Elks Country Club, may be just what you’re looking for.
The SCBDD began the golf scramble ten years ago to connect with the community and help raise funds for future levy c...
