Fallen tree damages playground in Tracy Park Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
John Johnson, president of the Portsmouth Kiwanis Club said Monday he was glad it is the off-season for children playing on the Kiwanis playground in Tracy Park. During warmer weather children can be seen each day, going up and down the slide, climbing on the bars and having a wonderful time. However, in the midst of the downpour Monday, a huge tree came up by its roots and smashed a large portion of that play...
Wheelersburg woman stabs boyfriend in the head Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A Wheelersburg woman has been charged with stabbing her boyfriend. Michele Phyllis Niner, 38, of 106 Allegheny Hill, is charged with felonious assault and violation of a protection order or consent agreement.
According to a Scioto County Sheriff’s Office report, a deputy was called to a stabbing report in the 8000 block of Hayport Road in Wheelersburg. Upon arrival, deputies located Jeffrey Sowards, 48, also...
Woman charged with solicitation Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A woman who lists her address status as “homeless,” has been arrested for solicitation. According to Portsmouth Police, officers operating on a plain clothes detail in an unmarked car pulled into a business parking lot at Gallia and Hutchins streets in Portsmouth and were approached by a woman.
An officer reportedly asked her if she wanted to party. She reportedly asked if they were cops and and they said no...
Two suspects arrested in Wheelersburg bank robbery Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Quick work by the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of two men in the robbery of US Bank in Wheelersburg on Thursday. Arrested was Todd M. Williams, 33 of Birch Hollow. Williams has been charged with one count of robbery, a felony of the second degree, and was held on a $75,000 bond. Also charged was Paul E. Charles, 40 of 12th Street, Portsmouth. Charles has been charged with probation...
Students satirize teachers in “Who’s Crazy Now?” Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Teachers at Notre Dame High School have all suffered a mental breakdown and have been institutionalized — or at least, that’s the plot of next weekend’s fundraiser play, “Who’s Crazy Now?” performed by the Notre Dame Drama Club.
Every year, the Notre Dame Drama Club performs a play at the Frank S. Duncan Memorial Theater, to raise money for the drama club program and the Sister Dympna Skelley Scholarsh...
SSU appoints Simms as Dean of Students Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Marcie Hatfield Simms has had the role of interim Dean of Students at Shawnee State University since October. On Friday, SSU officials announced Simms has had the interim status removed from her title.
The Dean of Students is responsible for the student judicial process. The position oversees several areas of student affairs, including career development, multicultural student affairs, student activities, an...
ODOT Spaghetti Bowl project set to begin Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The Ohio Department Of Transportation (ODOT) has awarded a $12 million contract to Complete General Construction of Columbus to rehabilitate bridges on and resurface U.S. 52, S.R. 239, S.R. 73, S.R. 852 in West Portsmouth.
This project has been deemed the Spaghetti Bowl project by ODOT, because of the configuration of the highways.
The contractor has begun some preliminary preparation work on the roadway. ...
Crabtree: County has strong interest in annex Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Times Friday, Chairman of the Scioto County Commissioners Mike Crabtree, said the county has a strong interest in purchasing the Courthouse Annex and is taking steps to do so.
“Obviously we have a strong interest in the building. We have the prosecutor on the second floor of the building, which takes up a third of the building. On the second floor we have Veterans S...
Be prepared for STEM education Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Boy Scouts Simon Kenton Council hosted a special STEM University at Portsmouth High School on Saturday, with workshops giving scouts an opportunity to earn their merit badges in science.
The Simon Kenton Council includes 18 counties in Ohio and northern Kentucky, and includes the Tecumseh District of Scioto, Adams, and Lawrence counties in Ohio, and Greenup County in Kentucky. Scouts from all 18 co...
A pinch of luck Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
It might have been the luck of the Irish that pushed away the rain Saturday morning just in time for the Seventh Annual 7 Nations Celtic Club St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Portsmouth.
Organizer Lee Daily said the 7 Nations Celtic Club started seven years ago when a group of friends were sitting around Port City Pub and Cafe on Chillicothe Street and decided that Portsmouth needed its own St. Pat...
