Bomb threats being investigated
Commissioners save more than $1 million in bond refinance
Ohio governor: Coronavirus health orders to end June 2
House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post
Valley Township seeking funding for park
Latest Updates
- CARES Act, Sheriff’s vehicles again discussed during Commissioners - 5:14 pm
- West holding musical production on new outdoor stage - 5:14 pm
- PWS concert set for Saturday - 4:17 pm
- ODH: 7 new COVID-19 Cases reported Friday - 2:35 pm
- Scioto County Students Receive Science Day Awards - 12:43 pm
- Bomb threats being investigated - 3:34 pm
- Salvation Army week continues - 3:21 pm
- West Portsmouth couple charged with possession of drugs - 3:03 pm
- ODH: 3 new COVID-19 Cases reported Thursday - 2:30 pm
- Commissioners save more than $1 million in bond refinance - 12:27 pm
- Ohio governor: Coronavirus health orders to end June 2 - 9:47 pm
- Salvation Army Week Continues - 5:15 pm
- Portsmouth man found guilty of rape, sexual battery and gross sexual imposition - 5:07 pm
- $67 million needed for new water treatment plant - 4:41 pm
- House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post - 2:35 pm
- ODH: 5 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday - 2:16 pm
- Valley Township seeking funding for park - 1:59 pm
- Moody’s upgrades Scioto County’s issuer rating to Aa3 - 1:21 pm
- Dunne ‘outraged’ by Lenco Medcat purchase reattempt - 5:12 pm updated: 9:37 am.
- ODH: 8 new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday - 2:28 pm
- SOMC accepting patients at new Northwest Family Practice - 9:49 am
- Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12 - 9:47 am
- Sen. Johnson, Rep. Baldridge backing firework legislation - 4:34 pm
- ODH: 3 new COVID-19 cases reported Monday - 2:43 pm
- Salvation Army celebrates employees this week - 2:09 pm
NEWS
Commissioners save more than $1 million in bond refinance
PORTSMOUTH — With interest rates at historic lows the Scioto County Commissioners have been working since March 2021 with County Auditor David G...
Ohio governor: Coronavirus health orders to end June 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is offering big lottery incentives — including a $1 million prize and college scholarships ...
Salvation Army Week Continues
PORTSMOUTH — Continuing with the celebration of Salvation Army week, today’s employee highlight is with Jane Jarrells, Emergency Assistanc...
Portsmouth man found guilty of rape, sexual battery and gross sexual imposition
SCIOTO- Scioto County Prosecutor Shane A. Tieman announced that on May 12, 2021 Defendant Juan Salvadore Guerrero Torres was found guilty of all count...
$67 million needed for new water treatment plant
PORTSMOUTH- In his presentation before Portsmouth City Council Monday night, Kris Ruggles of Strand Associates, Inc. shared a common phrase he has hea...
House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her aft...
SPORTS
Division IV powers roll into districts
PORTSMOUTH — Three tickets into next week’s Division IV district softball tournaments were punched with rather ease on Thursday by Scioto ...
Panthers go perfect in SOC I
IRONTON — Indeed, it’s been an interesting three Thursdays in a row for the Clay High School baseball team.But for the Panthers, at the en...
Asian carp and crappie time
Asian carp now inhabit the Ohio River in large numbers from the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville downstream to the Mississippi River. None have been do...
‘Burg tennis Final Four
PORTSMOUTH — Of course, there’s those black-tie affairs, but consider the Southeast District’s Division II sectional boys tennis tou...
SPRING SCOREBOARD — May 13
SPRING SCOREBOARD — May 13Division IV Softball Sectional FinalsNotre Dame 19, Whiteoak 0 (5 innings)Clay 12, Trimble 0 (5 innings)South Webster ...
May 14th, 2021 updated: May 14th, 2021. |
2021 Run By The River Virtual 5K set
RUSSELL, Ky. — Registration is now open for the 44th annual Run By The River, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of East Greenup County, Ky.The race ...
LIFE
The dos and don’ts of fire pits
Many homeowners relish any opportunity to retreat to their back yards, where they can put up their feet and relax in the great outdoors. That retreat-...
Plants that can keep bugs away from outdoor living spaces
Outdoor living spaces have become increasingly popular among homeowners in recent years, and that popularity grew even more over the last year. As soc...
Tips to making delicious ice cream at home
Ice cream is a favorite dessert across the globe. The average American consumes more than 23 pounds of ice cream per year, says the International Dair...
Mortal Kombat: mediocrity at its finest
As summer approaches we are seeing more tent-pole films open up. Recently with Godzilla vs. Kong and now MORTAL KOMBAT!I remember the original film th...
Pet of the week: Bella
This week’s Pet of the Week is Bella, Bella is seven years old and she is owned by the Parsley family in Minford. We wanted to share why this ph...
How to foster social skills in an era of social distancing
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretched on, children who have been called on to do their part still may not fully understand why they have had to skip play...
OPINION
While we still can
CS Lewis said, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest...
Emergency Broadband Benefit
Our Agency values the opportunity we have to provide our community with education and information surrounding helpful and beneficial resources. That i...
The meaning of “Woke” and its dangers
Charles Gaspirino in the New York Post writes, “Hysteria, groupthink and a fair amount of hypocrisy are the key ingredients in a ruinous cocktai...
Your Glycemic index reminder
We were reminded about this thing called the glycemic index, which is probably really a thing, by the April 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medi...
The fruit of our lives
My friend George Barna once said, “Leadership is the ability to put the plans into practice, and to accomplish the specified objectives through ...
What we do now!
I believe that it was Earl Nightingale who said, “Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside...
