CHIP’ing in for home purchase and repair Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Fritz Leighty isn’t wearing a funny green suit with money signs on it, but just like Matthew Lesko on TV, Fritz is helping people in Scioto County find thousands of dollars, for free, that they can use to buy or fix-up a house.
Found in the Scioto County Commissioners’ Office, in the basement of the County Courthouse on Sixth Street, Leighty is a consultant for the Community Housing Improvement Program...
Green teacher resigns after disciplinary meeting Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
FRANKLIN FURNACE — Green High School band teacher Adam Phillips resigned from the school on Thursday, following a disciplinary school board meeting earlier this week.
According to Green Superintendent Sandy Mers, Phillips was accused of being involved in an incident that occurred after school-hours in which students were inadvertently exposed to inappropriate adult material. Mers said that upon realizi...
Traffic stop nets 708 pills, arrest Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Officers have confiscated 708 Oxycodone pills, valued at $14,200 and charged a Michigan woman in the process.
As a part of the continuing effort to put a dent in the Michigan to Ohio to Kentucky to Florida drug pipeline, troopers of the Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol have charged Kimicia S. Turner, 19, with possession of Oxycodone, a felony of the second degree.
Troopers said stopped a 20...
DeWine, McEwen to keynote annual Lincoln Day dinner Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The featured speakers for this years Scioto County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner set for March 19 will be Attorney General Mike DeWine and former Congressman and current State Central Committeeman Bob McEwen.
The event will take place at the SOMC Friends Center with a social hour at 6 p.m. and the program starting at 6:30 p.m.
According to Scioto County Republican Party Communications Co-Chair Bryan ...
Scioto County seniors see Medicare savings Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
More than 1,200 seniors in Scioto County have saved a total of $1 million, thanks to the donut hole in Medicare being partially closed, according to U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH).
Brown held a news conference outlining his three-point plan to reduce the deficit by lowering prescription drug costs for consumers and taxpayers. Brown, who chairs the Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Fami...
Gas meters now read by remote system Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Sandy Ross, Automatic Meter Reading Coordinator with Columbia Gas of Ohio, sits in the back of a van and watches the computer read meters. A job that used to take all day now takes minutes.
The van pulled out of Sixth Street, drove a block to Court Street and turned left. Two minutes after pulling out - “We have read 350 meters in two minutes,” Ross said.
Ross and External Affairs Specialist Shane Cartmill...
Hardwood Heroes game upcoming By Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Tuesday kicks off a nearly month-long series of events in celebration of National Developmental Disabilities Month — beginning with an open house at all Scioto County Board of Developmental Disabilities (SCBDD) locations and culminating with the fifth annual SCBDD Hardwood Heroes Celebrity Basketball game on April 6.
“Each year our Special Olympics committee works hard to make our Celebrity Basketba...
Little League asks village for control of ball fields Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Representatives from Ohio Little League District 11 met with New Boston Village Council during a council meeting Tuesday evening to discuss a possible contract agreement with the village in which Little League would install new fields and equipment at Millbrook Park in exchange for Little League having control of the fields with limited public access.
District 11 includes 18 Little League teams from so...
Bank employee charged with grand theft Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A Beaver, Ohio woman has been charged with fourth degree felony grand theft from the bank where she worked.
Lorrie A. Thornsberry, 38, of Beaver Pike Road, is being investigated as the result of a call from her employer.
“On the 21st day of February officers were called to the First National Bank, Beaver Branch, on what appeared to be an employee theft,” Major Jeremy Masters of the Pike County Sheriff’s Of...
Spring forward and change your smoke alarms Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Sunday morning begins Daylight Savings Time, turning clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. This is also the time to remember to put new batteries in your smoke detectors.
New Boston Fire Chief Chris Bender said a small fire started in the back of a house on Harrisonville Avenue over the weekend, but the two people inside got out safely thanks in part to a functioning smoke alarm. Bender said the two people s...
