Prayer is at the center of OCC work Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Those who participated in the local Operation Christmas Child packing party in October may have noticed a film crew from Samaritan’s Purse, filming some of the activities. The results of that filming were released in a 3:27 video titled ‘The Power of Prayer.”
Gaylene St. Leger Cox, OCC spokeswoman explained how the video crew came to Portsmouth.
“I had written something for Samaritan’s Purse, about what we...
Motorcycle ride benefits War Memorial Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
The planned Southern Ohio War Memorial will benefit from a motorcycle ride this Sunday. According to Bob Neal of American Legion Post 471, registration will take place from 11 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. and the ride pulls out from Post 471 at 1 p.m.
“We’re expecting a good turnout, and we’re expecting a lot of people from out of the area, because the War Memorial covers eight counties,” Neal said.
Those countie...
Miss Ohio pageants to return for 13th year Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The 2014 Miss Ohio USA and Miss Ohio Teen USA pageants will be returning to the Vern Riffe Center For the Arts on the campus of Shawnee State University in November for its 13th consecutive year.
“We’re thrilled that they have chosen Portsmouth as the host city again this year,” said Kim Bauer, local pageant director. “This is always a great time to showcase the Portsmouth and Scioto County areas to people f...
Zoning Board to consider variance on Monastery property Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
The Portsmouth City Zoning Board of Appeals will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Engineering Department located in the Portsmouth City Building to discuss a request for variance on property at 2311 Stockham Lane, by Compass Community Health.
The purpose of the variance is to allow Compass Community Health to operate a residential treatment center providing onsite health care to women with at-risk pregnancies a...
PPD welcomes new captain Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Portsmouth police officer Jerry Leach is a self-proclaimed “mama’s boy.”
“My mom died on April 3,” Leach said. “We buried her on April 7, and a week-and-a-half later I’m taking the captain’s test. I was trying to study, and it was hard to keep my mind on track. That first week after mom died I didn’t sleep because I was constantly thinking about her, and I just wanted to tell her things one more time.”
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CLARIFICATION Some material from The Civil War Letters of Edward Freeland recently submitted by contributor Chip Horr was published in good faith with the intent of expanding the knowledge and interest in the history of Pvt. Battery L, First Ohio Light Artillery, but was later found to be copyrighted material. We apologize for the error.
The letter from Pvt. Freeland was reprinted from a book by Freeland’s great great grandson, Larry L. Grow, entitled “...
Paperwork submitted for Minford sewer project Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
On Tuesday afternoon, Scioto County Sanitary Engineer Joe Delong was delivering paperwork to the USDA for review on the Minford Sewer Project. Earlier Tuesday morning the commissioners approved a right-of-way map for the project, which was said to be the final step before the paperwork could be delivered to the USDA.
Funding of the project was first announced 2010, stating that Scioto County would be getting...
Group of city workers gain vacation time Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Portsmouth City Council passed an ordinance Monday that would give non-bargaining unit employees an extra week of vacation to bring them up with union personnel.
For example, members of the AFSCME Local 1039 bargaining unit receive 15 work days of vacation after one year of service. That amount increases to 20 days at five years service, 25 days at 10 years, and 30 days after 15 years. Non-Bargaining unit em...
Council discusses, passes floodwall ordinance Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A long discussion ensued at Monday night’s Portsmouth City Council meeting on the agenda item authorizing Portsmouth Mayor David Malone to enter into a contract with Howerton Engineering and Surveying in the amount of $22,000 and AMEC Environment and Infrastructure in the amount of $61,750 to be paid from Flood Defense Fund 265 for “additional engineering service” to complete the certification of the flood def...
SOCF remembers fallen officers in memorial Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Representatives from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, the staff at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility and family members who have lost loved ones in the line of duty at the facility held their annual memorial service Tuesday afternoon.
The main speaker for the event was State Representative Dr. Terry Johnson (R-McDermott). Johnson compared those who work at the facility with those who ...
