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...
West Vocal Music Club flies “Peter Pan” to VRCFA Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Students from the Portsmouth West High School Vocal Music Department are taking a field trip to Never Never Land, for a stage performance of “Peter Pan” at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth.
The story is about the mischievous Peter Pan of Neverland, and his gang the Lost Boys, who never age and never grow up.
Created by J.M. Barrie, the character Peter Pan f...
Trinidad teaches ortho-residents in Portsmouth office Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Dr. Gerardo Trinidad of Portsmouth has accepted a position as clinical assistant professor at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. He also will continue seeing patients for Southern Ohio Medical Center and King’s Daughters Medical Center in his office on Kinney’s Lane and teaching at Shawnee State University.
Trinidad played baseball at the University of North Dakota where he was originally studyin...
CAO Head Start Laps for Books event still going strong Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
Spartan Stadium was filled with more than 200 people Friday for CAO Head Start’s third annual Laps for Books event.
Kim Johnson, Parent Involvement Manager of Scioto County Head Start said they look forward to hosting the event each year.
“Today is our third annual Laps for Books, for each lap that they take around they can get one book up to five laps,” Johnson said.
Mayor David Malone opened Laps f...
Wheelersburg Native makes a difference in Brazil Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
Erin Wawro, a native of Wheelersburg, has been serving as a missionary in Brazil since 2005. A graduate of Wheelersburg High School and Cedarville University with a major in Chemistry, Wawro never imagined she would be serving full-time as a missionary in the South American country.
Wawro is the daughter of the late Ronald Wawro — who passed away in 2001 — and Karen Wilcoxon.
“In the mid-1990’s I worke...
OSU Extension Center offers nutrition program Portia Willaims
PDT Staff Writer
The Ohio State University Extension Office is providing free nutrition classes through their Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.
Renee Storey is one of the nutrition educators for the OSU Extension Office who holds the workshops in the program.
“The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program is a grant-funded that we have in the county which comes from the Federal Government. We go to fam...
Hike for Hospice upcoming Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
The 27th annual Hike for Hospice will take place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Teresa Ruby, Director of SOMC Hospice, said the hike is always a fun filled, family-oriented event.
“Hike for Hospice is a 5k fun walk. It is not a competition, we like to encourage folks to come and participate and bring their kids, their families and their dogs t...
Onward and upward Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
Shawnee State University’s 2013 Commencement was held on the green of the campus Saturday. More than 2,000 people gathered for the ceremony.
The ceremony was conducted with the absence of rain, an element that has been a factor of SSU commencements on a number of occasions and was expected Saturday.
The Processional was conducted by Music Director The Portsmouth Wind Symphony Lee Auer. Matt Rawlings, A...
Celebrity chefs cook for a cause Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
The Counseling Center’s 5th Annual Celebrity Chef Dinner and Auction is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 2013, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Friends Center in Portsmouth.
Sarah Bachman, Executive Assistant, Community Relations and Development, Compass Community Health and The Counseling Center, said this year’s theme is inspired by “South of the Border” flavors and features delicious, southwest-inspired di...
Kiwanis playground closed until further notice Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The city of Portsmouth Service Department in cooperation with the Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth has closed the playground in Tracy Park until further notice due to a number of issues with the structure including sharp edges.
In March a sizable tree in the park came up by its roots and smashed a large portion of of the playground.
“It really should have been closed off the day the tree fell. We don’t want kids...
