Portsmouth to Celebrate Emancipation Day on September 22
Grand Jury returns 22 indictments
Jury returns 14 indictments
Man indicted in rape of girl, 10, who traveled for abortion
Justices side with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes
Latest Updates
- Party in the Park set for Oct 8 - 2:33 pm
- Scioto Gives back - 2:32 pm
- House OKs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine - 2:20 pm
- Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida - 2:19 pm
- Brown addresses farm credit - 5:14 pm
- Salmons spreading fire awareness - 5:07 pm
- New SCCTC program changing lives - 2:18 pm
- Many trapped in Florida as Ian heads north - 2:13 pm
- Brown urges Biden to fill posts - 5:02 pm
- Quilt Festival a fabric of the community - 4:09 pm
- Glocktoberfest set for Sunday - 1:33 pm
- Wheelersburg Homecoming - 4:49 pm
- Chamber Announces new Burnside Award - 2:53 pm
- City Engineer proposes consolidating parks into massive new project - 2:52 pm
- TOSRV numbers improve - 4:03 pm
- Spears’ life celebrated - 4:01 pm
- Farming conferences scheduled - 11:27 am
- SSU to serve as partner institution in ASCENT Ecosystem - 3:48 pm
- Fluor presents Silver Medallion Award to Lewis, Setty and Sevens - 3:39 pm
- H&H Industries announces expansion in Oak Hill, Ohio - 3:34 pm
- Shawnee State University welcomes over 60 international students for 2022-2023 - 3:32 pm
- Hileman receives scholarship from The Agriculture Education Foundation - 3:30 pm
- Cron sisters crowned at River Days, FBP presents leadership and community award - 3:24 pm
- Make Wellston Beautiful donates baskets for giving campaign at Portsmouth site - 3:20 pm
- FBP donates $50,000 to Jackson County for an airport expansion project - 3:18 pm
NEWS
Quilt Festival a fabric of the community
SOUTH SHORE, Ky, — The South Shore Quilt Festival brings creative colors and immaculate music to the near-by river community.This past weekend, ...
Glocktoberfest set for Sunday
PORTSMOUTH — It’s fall once again, which means pumpkin spice and Glocktoberfest.The event is a celebration of the Glockner Family of Deale...
Wheelersburg Homecoming
Wheelersburg High School will have its Football Homecoming Friday, September 30 at 6:25 p.m. during pregame festivities when the Pirates host the Oak ...
Chamber Announces new Burnside Award
After the passing of community icon Jeremy Burnside, many groups were shaken and left with the desire to do something extra to honor the mover and his...
City Engineer proposes consolidating parks into massive new project
PORTSMOUTH – The City of Portsmouth has a plethora of parks. From newer parks such as the Skate Park and Spock Memorial Dog Park, to older parks...
TOSRV numbers improve
Imagine getting up early, putting on comfortable, well-fit clothing, and jumping on a bicycle for over six hours. You ride and ride through highways a...
SPORTS
Indians rally past Flyers
LUCASVILLE — An early Ironton St. Joe goal put host and first-place Valley at a 1-0 deficit less than 10 minutes into Thursday’s Southern ...
September 30th, 2022 updated: September 30th, 2022. |
Minford’s Akers, ND’s Kirby and Lansing win SOC tournaments
WEST PORTSMOUTH — The 2022 Southern Ohio Conference girls tennis tournaments took place at a different venue than Shawnee State’s Daehler ...
September 30th, 2022 updated: September 30th, 2022. |
6-0 Bobcats tangle with Titans
SCIOTO COUNTY — As October is officially upon us, who would have thought that the Green Bobcats would have enjoyed an August and September to re...
Bengals defense key to wins
CINCINNATI — Not only was the record-setting crowd of 67,650 fans at Paycor Stadium decked out in all-white gear for the “White Tiger Whit...
Bengals rally to win on TNF
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati offense clicked while the defense stiffened in the Bengals’ 27-15 win over previously-unbeaten Miami — i...
Chubb, Browns face ‘heavyweight’ run test against Falcons
ATLANTA (AP) — Falcons coach Arthur Smith knows what to expect from a Cleveland Browns offense that revolves around Nick Chubb’s powerful ...
LIFE
Vern Riffe Center for the Arts to host “Legally Blonde, the Musical” on Oct. 27
The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (VRCFA) at Shawnee State University will host Broadway’s “Legally Blonde, the Musical” Thursday, ...
Native authors books
West Portsmouth native, Jeffery Evans, has come a long way since his days of playing on Stoney Run. Now, proudly decorated with two Masters degrees, a...
PPL recommends these books: Blood Sugar, The Measure and Yonder
The Portsmouth Public Library would like to recommend these book titles. Each title is available to borrow with your library card! For more book recom...
A keeper breakfast cake
Hello! In the kitchen this week I am making this great blueberry breakfast cake. It’s not only easy ,but it is so good. It’s a keeper for ...
AAA7 Receives Accreditation of Case Managementfor Long-Term Services and Supports
The Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) has received Accreditation of Case Management for Long-Term Services and Supports from the National Committ...
OPINION
September is Kinship Care month
In Ohio, over 200,000 children are living in kinship families. Research shows that when they must be apart from their parents, children do better with...
Now is the ideal time to restore your lawn
Column Head: Now is the Ideal Time to Restore Your LawnBlog Title: Lawn Restoration in FallEarly Fall is an ideal time to restore your lawn. There is ...
Sinking my teeth into the job
I spent a week eating my memories.A sub bun sliced horizontally, two slices of old-fashioned loaf, three or four slices of salami, provolone (should b...
Plant Bulbs Soon for Early Spring Color
Soon it will be the season to plant bulbs for early spring color. You can have a colorful garden very early next spring if you plant some bulbs right ...
Planters, Pots & Containers 3: Choosing the Right Potting Soil
The key to success in container gardening is having the right “soil”, or potting mix. The potting “soil” used to grow containe...
Letter to the EditorThe Pride display issue isn’t about protecting kids
A Pride display and a handful of kids’ books is an awfully small thing to get worked up about, but these are small-minded people. For about a mo...
