Festival Choir celebrates annual concert Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
The 29th annual Festival Choir concert service took place Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5, at Ironton First United Methodist Church, and Sunday at Cornerstone United Methodist Church. The 52-member choir ushered in melodious sounds for the community to enjoy.
The theme for this year’s concert was “Songs For a Life Life With Jesus.”
Gail Thornton serves as the choir director, has been a part of the Scio...
USEC reaches two milestones Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge uranium enrichment technology recently achieved two important technical milestones under its research, development and demonstration (RD&D) program with the Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE certified completion of two key tests.
Paul Sullivan, vice president of American Centrifuge and chief engineer, said to date, four milestones have been achieved and five remain. In addit...
Woman arrested on drug charges Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Two undercover Portsmouth Police officers arrested a New Boston woman Saturday on drug charges. Carol M. King, 33, of 3201 Rhodes Ave., was reportedly walking south on Campbell Avenue when the officers noticed her and another woman and recognized they were both on probation.
The officers asked if the two had anything on them and it appeared to officers that King was trying to hide something behind her back. ...
Kasich proposes $1B in BWC rebates Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich has proposed a $1 billion rebate for all 210,000 private- and public-customers of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), as well as tripling investments in worker safety grants and lowering all rates by modernizing workers’ comp operations.
Bill Teets, from the Ohio BWC, told the Daily Times on Monday that a list of local governments benefiting from the rebate will b...
Pair cited on drug charges Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Charges have been filed against two people after a Scioto County Sheriff’s deputy responded to an apartment where several people had reported a methamphetamine lab was being prepared.
On Friday, a deputy talked to an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper and advised him of the reports. The deputy then called a captain at the Sheriff’s Office and asked if it would be OK to knock on the door of the apartment and a...
Man sought after break in Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A man responding to an alarm at a house next door found himself confronted by an intruder. Now Scioto County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for that man.
Leslie Dempsey, 24, of Lucasville, heard an alarm going off at 56 High Street, grabbed his shotgun and went next door. When he opened the door, he observed a tall white male with dark hair, wearing a gray muscle shirt and blue jeans, standing in the doorw...
‘Burg man arrested on heroin charges Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Black tar heroin continues to make appearances in the area. Kenneth Shane McCoy, 26, of 3573 Tick Ridge Rd., Apartment 6, Wheelersburg, faces a charge of possession of drugs - heroin following a traffic stop Friday.
According to the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy made a traffic stop involving a GMC truck after he got a warrant hit from his License Plate Recognition (LPR) system. After checking the ...
Pair of drug arrests made in Lawrence County Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson has announced two drug arrests and indictments. At approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, members of the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force and the Ironton Police Department, located and arrested two men on multiple counts drug indictments stemming from an ongoing investigation into the illegal sale of cocaine and oxycodone.
Arrested were Chris Brown, 3...
Deputies arrest pair on myriad of charges Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
On Friday, Scioto County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people, recovered a stolen vehicle, a stolen license plate, drug paraphernalia and multiple ingredients used to cook methamphetamine. Jeremy Mullins, 33, of 8537 Ohio 335 in Minford, and Stacey M. Huffman, 29, of 223 1/2 Pyle St., Lucasville are both charged with receiving stolen property.
Deputies were called to an apartment on High Street in Minford,...
Crash injures pedestrians Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Two women were struck by a car while walking on Ninth Street in Portsmouth Monday. According to Portsmouth Police, a car driven by David Burchett, 62, was southbound on Offnere Street when it turned west on Ninth Street into the path of a truck operated by Harold Slark, Sr., 65.
Both vehicles slammed into utility poles and the car struck Rachael Meadows, 34, and Diane Keller, 47. Both women were flown by hel...
