SOPA works toward hiring executive director Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Members of the Southern Ohio Port Authority met in regular session on Thursday to consider a number of items, including establishing committees. One of the committees would be responsible for searching for an executive director for the organization, another would be responsible for finding the necessary funding.
“As you all know, we’ve created this situation with an executive director. We’ve got to find an e...
CORRECTION In a story published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on Thursday, May 23, 2013, it was reported that Fluor-B&W and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative donated $150,000 to Infra-Metals in New Boston. In fact, it was SODI that donated $150,000, and Fluor-B&W donated an additional $50,000, for a total of $200,000.
The Daily Times strives for accuracy and apologizes for the mistake. If you spot a mistake in the newspaper, please contac...
Deputy investigates potential animal cruelty case Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible cruelty to animals case in West Portsmouth. Acting on a report, a deputy went to a residence where he found two dogs tied up outside with no food, water or shelter on a day when the temperatures were in the upper 80s.
The deputy noticed a young tan colored dog tied up to a post on the front porch. He said there was an empty bucket near the dog, a...
Kevin E. Johnson fills Council vacancy Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Portsmouth City Council chose Kevin E. Johnson to fill the unexpired term of Third Ward Councilman Nick Basham at Monday night’s Portsmouth City Council meeting. Council immediately went into executive session to interview three people who had applied to fill the remainder of the term.
Council interviewed Jeff Burchett, Johnson, and Lance Richardson over a 50-minute period. When they returned, the only name ...
Interest building in biking paths Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Shawnee Recreation Trail, Inc. in collaboration with the Scioto County Health Coalition held its second meeting Wednesday evening.
“The meeting was to re-invigorate efforts to have bike trails, or bike lanes, or bike routes or something along that nature,” Barb Bradbury said.
Bradbury said in 2006-07 a money-raising campaign was conducted to attempt to make a bike trail a reality.
“We raised a lot of mon...
Detention facility contracted until 2016 Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
Scioto County Sheriff Marty Donini has expressed some interest in opening the former juvenile detention center, currently occupied by The Counseling Center’s Second Chance program. Upon review of the 2011 contract between the Scioto County Commissioners and The Counseling Center for use of the facility, Assistant Scioto County Prosecutor Danielle Parker said The Counseling Center has an option on the building ...
‘It was like a war zone’ Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
Tim Lawrence has been out of town visiting family. As he packed up his vehicle Thursday to come back home to Portsmouth, he looked around one last time. The town sure didn’t look the same as it did when he arrived, and Lawrence said he will never forget the days he spent this week in Oklahoma City.
Lawrence headed out to Oklahoma to help his brother remodel a house for his niece. On Monday, Lawrence wa...
Heroin distribution scheme foiled Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Eighteen people have been indicted on federal drug charges. Nine of those people are from Portsmouth, eight from Dayton, and one from Lancaster, Ohio. They are charged with bringing in a kilogram of heroin into Scioto County every month since 2011. Portsmouth Police Chief Robert Ware said the street value of a kilogram of heroin is estimated at $48,000.
A federal grand jury charged all 18 with engaging in a ...
Three selected to interview for Minford Superintendent Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Minford Local School Board met Tuesday evening and selected three applicants to interview for superintendent.
Current Minford Superintendent Mark Wilcheck announced in February that he and the school board have mutually agreed to part ways at the end of his contract in December. Previously at Cardington Local Schools, north of Columbus, Wilcheck was hired by the Minford School Board in November 200...
Columbus Clinic raids disrupt local drug distribution Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
A Columbus pain clinic a local anti-illegal prescription drug activist said was a major supplier of drugs to Scioto County, has been raided.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that multiple federal search warrants were served Wednesday morning in connection with an ongoing prescription drug abuse investigation in central Ohio.
Authorities with the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal In...
